TONY BRIDGE Bio:
Tony Bridge is a Māori artist (Te Rarawa, Ngati Wikitoria) from the Hokianga region of Northland, Aotearoa/New Zealand. His whakapapa (genealogy) traces back to an ancestor who arrived on the first voyage of the great Polynesian navigator, Kupe, around 975AD.
His work follows the ancient spiritual traditions of his people, taught to him by various tohunga (traditional healers), and the subject matter bases itself upon the unique world view of the Māori people.
He describes what he does as Whakairo Ma(a)rama, or carving with light.
Initial captures are made with a digital camera, but the carving is done digitally, using techniques he has developed himself.
Tony Bridge’s, Stunning, Mystical, Beautiful , photographic Painting ;the Van Gogh of the Photography world ; https://innerlight.io
Patricia Brickell
Patricia Brickell
Returned from living in Melbourne for the last 7 years, and previously for 18 years in Seattle and Wisconsin USA with my husband Gavin.
Whilst there, I produced and hosted Sound-paintings on Community TV and Radio, a show supporting poets and other creatives with words to music or words to paintings aired in the early hours of Saturday and Wednesday morning. At age 15 years received first commission painting a bar scene for the Jolly farmer Drury.
Attended Ardmore Teachers College majoring in Art. My paintings are held in private homes in England. America, Australia and NZ.
As a dedicated painter, I make paintings as though I am writing poetry.
EMMA SNELL
Northland born artist Emma Snell graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Arts from NothTec in 2018 and is establishing herself as a sculptural and multi-media artist. She explores themes such as grief, time, loss and nature; and hopes to evoke thought and conversation around the inevitable using experimental art.
Emma Snell’s delicate piece ” Ma ” and “Poppa” are currently viewable at Art on Riverside Whangarei
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