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| Kotare Iti |
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| A detailed view of Kotare |
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| The flourish which is used to show his call is again taken from an old Victorian copperplate. |
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Monday, March 28, 2011
Kotare Iti
This gorgeous work is available for sale on Toggle
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Friday, February 4, 2011
tui waiata tira
Here is the latest addition to my Waiata series. She was enjoyable to paint and many rich colours layered up within her feathers. The image that I used for inspiration when painting her was high contrasting tonally, this gave her a pronounced controur on the brow. Because of this I nick-named her Frida.
Waiata tira is a choral song; a song sung as a choir without actions. I imagined her listening to the dawn chorus, waking up and contemplating joining in. On my other blog; ellaQuaint, you can see the process as to how I layered up her feathers.
She is available for purchase from toggle; enjoy
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| Tui Waiata Tira 2011 |
Waiata tira is a choral song; a song sung as a choir without actions. I imagined her listening to the dawn chorus, waking up and contemplating joining in. On my other blog; ellaQuaint, you can see the process as to how I layered up her feathers.
She is available for purchase from toggle; enjoy
Sunday, January 30, 2011
new representation
Toggle is a fabulous site dedicated to the great New Zealand design and art. I am really happy to be represented by them. Keep an eye out for more works to come shortly
http://www.toggle.co.nz/ella-thomas.html
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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.