Mango Fandango
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Nikki Mariner
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INSPIRATION
Mangoes are always special.
Fancy. Soft. Sweet. Round.
Celebratory and luxurious.
So this is what I infused in the figures, tones, and shapes.
It feels warm and sweet and happy.
I learned so much about mangoes doing this painting.
Eg.
🥭The paisley pattern on bandanas originates from mangoes.
🥭The leaves from a mango tree are believed to repel negative energy and attract prosperity and fertility in India where the mango is believed to originate.
ARTWORK
The starting point was the heads of the women, which followed an exact formation of mangoes hanging on a tree. Everything went from this point.
I used the colours of mangoes: orange, yellow, red, green, coral, purple. Tropical, sweet and glowy.
I used the curvy shapes of oval mangoes, long pointy leaves, and delicate long red stems laden with pale yellow tiny mango flowers.
Metallic colours of gold and copper added luxe and celebration.
This is the story of Mango Fandango.
(I used fandango in the sense of fun, party and dance).
Mata Lulu
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Lani Young
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A collection of fun, fearsome and fanciful stories from Samoa for children. Recommended for Ages 8 to 12 (and for the child in all of us!)
Only $10 USD.
Mata Oti
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Lani Young
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The virus has breached the island’s borders. Paradise has fallen. A thrilling apocalyptic novel from the author of the bestselling Telesā Series.
Only $10 USD.
Me Time
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Nikki Mariner
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This painting is about trying to capture the individual experience of looking inside for clarity and truth and looking outside for strength or inspiration.
I painted it as I was learning to meditate.
An unlikely sources of artistic inspiration in this depiction of a Samoan woman is mosque architecture.
Memory of Flight
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Bella's World
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Musing on the paradox of permanence. What lasts? Bone? Or a butterfly’s brief beauty?
“Butterfly and Bone”
Only $10 USD (approx currency conversion).
My Time
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Nikki Mariner
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The image that comes to mind is a figure inside an hourglass with most of her body in the lower half and just a head and arm reaching through to the top half.
I decided on the most simplistic abstract form following the style of Matisse.
It seemed to make the image more universal.
Everyone knows the feeling of time running out but not giving up.
Natural Woman
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Nikki Mariner
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Craving nature, feeling anti-technology, craving authenticity, resenting clocks and calendars and dresscodes, imagining living off the land, channeling ancestors, craving trees and fruit, and fresh air.
Ocean’s Kiss
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Lani Young
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When danger threatens the island of Niua, an ancient weapon is unleashed and Daniel Tahi must decide if he will embrace his Tongan heritage and stand alongside the Vasa Loloa sisterhood of his mother’s people. A standalone novel from the Telesā World. Inspired by mythology of Oceania, the richness of Samoan culture and the very real threats to the Pacific caused by climate change.
$10 USD (Approx currency conversion)
Pacific Blue Madonna
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Lalovai Peseta
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The original painting was exhibited and sold at the Regenerating Oceania Exhibition at the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture in Honolulu 6-16 June 2024.
This print is a deep statement about motherhood and the crucial role mothers have in sustaining society in Oceania.
Pisupo Pacific
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Nikki Mariner
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This print features a favourite food in Samoa: Corned Beef or Pisupo.
Like artists for centuries, I teach myself about painting by doing my own versions of the great masters and modern icons.
Personally, I’ve never been attracted to the artwork by American artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987), but corned beef cans gave me the perfect opportunity to explore his work. Step into the experience of studying the minutiae of mundane objects and products.
It was interesting and it gave me a new appreciation.
POETRY COLLECTION: O Se Paopao i le Aniva: A Canoe in the Constellations
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Jasmine C Koria
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A luminous canoe across memory and sky, O Se Paopao i le Aniva: A Canoe in the Constellations explores love, loss, longing and identity. It is an ode to the ways we hold ourselves together when the world wants us to fall apart.
Pretty Crabby
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Lalovai Peseta
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This print by Lalovai Peseta features his signature style of tatau patterns and the monochromatic palette he does so well.