Sunday, January 27, 2008
chilling
The weather that we have been having has been fantastic. I have been pretty busy in my garage, painting up a storm. Today however, I did take time out and got to the beach. It was wonderful lying in the sun at Narrowneck, chatting with friends and swimming in the sea. The last time I swimming there I was a child. Straight out in front of where we had set ourselves up were a couple of tara diving down upon fish. White fronted terns are so aerodynamic, they fly beautifully. I wish I had had a camera on me. That is something that I want to start exploring more within my painting, birds in flight.
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About Me
- ella thomas
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Ella Thomas is a contemporary artist who lives in Auckland, Aotearoa. She is of Ngapuhi descent and has a passion for the beauty of the whenua (land), the sea and for the unique flora and fauna of New Zealand. The concepts that are explored within Ella's work are based upon notions of conservation, ecological balance and extinction. Her paintings often feature nostalgic patterns reminiscent of the mid to late 1800's, the era when European colonization occurred. It was during this time that many unique species of birds became extinct. The rarer a bird became, the more prized a specimen of it became. Alive or dead. Much of Ella's paintings are celebrations of the unique character of our surviving taonga (treasures). Ella has a Bachelor of Visual Arts and has been working within arts related industries for many years. She has paintings in collections nationwide, Australia, England and the USA. Finally the plunge has been taken and Ella has committed herself to fulfilling a dream, that of becoming a full-time artist.
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