Happy to have a new original painting in a new fun, colourful, vibrant, floral style now available over on my PAINTINGS page.
'Love, land, lineage' an upcoming solo exhibition
I am both nervous and excited about my upcoming solo exhibition that I am currently working on in Porirua, Wellington.
’Love, land, lineage’ will be my most significant solo project to date and is scheduled to open in 2025 in Wellington CBD. I will release more information in due course.
Mahi moko ki Tuku Rakau, Waikanae
New paintings now available
I have recently completed 6 new paintings.
BIG THANKS to everyone that has already bought art from me over the past sixteen or so years.
Recent moko peha puhoro work
I am thrilled to currently be working on two moko peha puhoro for clients in Nelson and Wellington.
We are spreading the work out over time, during several sessions, rather than doing it all in one big sitting lasting several days in a row. I look forward to sharing more pics once the mahi is all complete.
I am happy to offer moko peha puhoro to both male and female clients.
Email me on taryn.teuira@gmail.com if you would like to start your moko peha puhoro journey with me.
Mauriora!
Installation of my art at Labour MP offices in Paraparaumu, New Zealand
Many thanks to Creative Manaaki for organizing the current installation of over 15 of my art works in Paraparaumu, at the offices of female Labour MP’s Terisa Ngobi and Barbara Edmonds.
Most of the art pieces on display are original paintings.
I always appreciate diverse opportunities to exhibit and sell my art works.
My recent tour of Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns and Perth, Australia
Many thanks to all the beautiful souls that have crossed my path over the recent months of my Australia tour in Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns and Perth.
It has been especially significant to spend time with close whanau in Australia whom I haven’t seen in a few years due to Covid.
I appreciate you all so much.
Mauriora!
Matariki Whakanuia exhibition at Kiwibank Paraparaumu
I was very happy to have five artworks exhibited recently at the ‘Matariki Whakanuia’ exhibition at Kiwibank Paraparaumu organized by Creative Manaaki.
Many thanks to everyone that made this exhibition happen.
'Waitangi, why tangi, why we tangi' exhibition in Palmerston North and Whakatane
Happy to have one of my original paintings in the ‘WAITANGI, WHY TANGI, WHY WE TANGI’ exhibition that showed in Palmerston North and is soon opening in Whakatane, New Zealand.
Thanks to everyone involved in making this exhibition happen.
Mana Island painting series in progress
It’s lovely to have a view of Mana Island to gaze upon from my private painting studio in Titahi Bay.
Here’s some recent poetry inspired by the many moods of the island I look at every day:
Today I cannot see my island
She is shrouded and cloaked in cloud
Hidden from the view
Of her usual nosey neighbours
Our island has reappeared
Beaming as usual
Te Tauihu at the back
Beckoning beautifully high and clear
Singing for me to come near
Every evening
We would watch the sun set
Over Mana Island
Making each other dinners
Infused with love
Taking turns at saying different karakia
Out on the deck
Before we ate
Staring into the horizon
Giving thanks for all the blessings
At our colourful table
Singing praises
And laughing together
Admiring the view
Each day moving forward
The both of us
Into the new
I am happy to now be working on a new series of small paintings featuring our very special island.
The completed works will be available to purchase online in time.
Recent mahi moko in Porirua, Wellington
in About Me, Tā Moko, Moko Kauae
It has been very healing and grounding to have been based in Porirua, Wellington, my tribal homeland, for the past four months or so.
Thanks to all my local clients and those that traveled from afar to get tattooed by me in recent months.
My recent TE TAUIHU taa moko summer tour
in Moko Kauae, Travels, Tā Moko
Thank you so much to all of my clients in Nelson, Blenheim, Taakaka and Kaikoura that I recently tattooed during my summer Te Tauihu tour, it was great to see you all!
Recent mahi moko completed in Otaki, Nelson and Opunaki
Much gratitude to the women and men who came to get tattooed by me recently in Otaki, Nelson and Opunake. I appreciate every one of my clients.
I am currently in the process of transitioning my main painting and moko practice to Porirua, my tribal homeland, which I am very happy about. It just feels right to go home at this time in history and in my life.
With an awesome client.
With a lovely client.
With a lovely client.
With some lovely clients.
With a lovely client.
Tattooing at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand
I was chuffed to be invited to Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand earlier this year to taa moko alongside some outstanding artists and culture experts.
With some of my whanau at Te Papa.
New commissioned painting for TWITTER
I was thrilled to recently have been commissioned by TWITTER to complete this original painting titled ‘NEW BEGINNING’ for their new Wellington office.
For all custom painting commissions please email taryn.teuira@gmail.com.
Mauriora!
Work in progress.
The final piece.
Thank you for getting tattooed by me this year!
Many thanks to all of the beautiful people, men and women who came to get tattooed by me this year!
May we all have a wonderful and blessed 2021 together!
Ngaa mihi nui!
‘EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE’ from James 1:17. Original painting. Acrylic, ink, gloss on stretched canvas, signed and dated on the back. SOLD.
My new SPRING COLLECTION of original #littleprayer paintings
This Spring I am having a lot of fun playing with a new color palette inspired by the colors that I observe in my garden. This is a new season of life for me where I am spending a lot of time at home, gardening, painting, mothering, restoring, re-generating, praying, meditating, studying Christianity and observing nature.
Being able to spend a lot of my days now focusing on experiential color therapy and painting, is another dream come true for me.
The yellow used in this series refers to the gorgeous sunny faces of the Daffodils that have now sprung up everywhere with the coming of Spring. Also represented in this series are the kumara and riwai (potatoes) that are growing in our garden, mounded with earth around them to keep them warm - a symbol of sustenance, survival, and nourishment for the family, and a gift from God.
The whitebait that have started running in the river here in Ōtaki are also represented in this series, and I am looking forward to cooking and eating the ones in my freezer given to me by a lovely client!
These paintings are colored songs of praise and worship for our life-giving God and His gifts given to us through the physical natural world, whenua (earth), maara (gardens), flowers, trees, plants and natural kai.
The abundance of nature is revered in the SPRING COLLECTION, and the colors of the gorgeous wildflowers springing up at this time of year also - I love observing the different wildflowers and their colors in our garden.
Spring is a time of re-generation. fecundity, new life, birth, new beginnings, and fertility and these themes are symbolized throughout this new series of works.
The earth literally becomes ‘born again’ during the Spring season, and having recently been baptized into Gods Kingdom at Rangiātea Church here in Ōtaki, I now have a deeper understanding of what it means to be ‘born again’, and natures demonstration of this during the Spring season is truly a sight to behold, and to be a part of, as a human engaging with nature.
Email taryn.teuira@gmail.com to stay posted about new works becoming available soon from the SPRING 2020 COLLECTION.
Working outside in the sun on the new SPRING COLLECTION.
‘OH COME, LET US ADORE HIM’ original painting. Acrylic, ink, gloss on stretched canvas. Signed and dated on the back. AVAILABLE by emailing taryn.teuira@gmail.com.
‘POIPOIA TE KAAKANO KIA PUAWAI’ original painting. 20cm by 25cm. Acrylic, ink, gloss on stretched canvas. Signed and dated on the back. AVAILABLE by emailing taryn.teuira@gmail.com.
‘ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD’ from Mark 10:27. Original painting, acrylic, ink, glitter, gloss on stretched canvas. 50cm by 60cm. Signed and dated on the back. AVAILABLE by emailing taryn.teuira@gmail.com.
‘BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS, FOR THEY WILL BE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD’ from Matthew 5:9. Original painting. Acrylic, ink, gloss on stretched canvas, signed and dated on the back. AVAILABLE by emailing taryn.teuira@gmail.com.
‘THE FECUNDITY OF SPRING’ original painting, acrylic, ink, gloss on stretched canvas. Signed and dated on the back. SOLD.
‘FOR THE GIFT OF JAH IS LIFE’ new original painting from the SPRING COLLECTION. NOW SOLD.
I love to look at my garden when I paint.
‘OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY, BEHOLD ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW’ from 2 Corinthians 5:17. Original painting, acrylic, ink, gloss on stretched canvas. Signed and dated on the back. SOLD.
‘LET THE HEAVENS REJOICE AND THE EARTH BE GLAD’ from Psalm 96:11. Acrylic, ink, gloss on stretched canvas, signed and dated on the back. SOLD.
‘WE BURIED OUR UTU AND EMBRACED FORGIVENESS’ original painting. Acrylic, ink, gloss on stretched canvas. Signed and dated on the back. SOLD.
‘GOD IS WITHIN HER, SHE WILL NOT FAIL’ from Psalm 46:5. Original painting. Acrylic, ink, gloss on stretched canvas, signed and dated on the back. SOLD.
‘PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU, MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU’ from John 14:27. Original painting. Acrylic, ink, gloss on stretched canvas. Signed and dated on the back. SOLD.
Crushing on this color palette.
‘BE IMITATORS OF GOD, AS LOVED CHILDREN’ original painting. Acrylic, ink, gloss on stretched canvas, signed and dated on the back. SOLD.
‘IN ALL THINGS, REJOICE’ original painting. Acrylic, ink, gloss on stretched canvas, signed and dated on thew back. SOLD.
‘I WILL WALK BY FAITH, EVEN WHEN I CANNOT SEE’ original painting. Acrylic, ink. gloss on stretched canvas. Signed and dated on the back. SOLD.
‘KUA WAATEA TE HINENGARO, ME TE KAHA O TE RERE O TE WAIRUA, KA TAEA E KOE NGAA MEA KATOA’ original painting. Acrylic, ink, gloss on stretched canvas. Signed and dated on the back. SOLD.
Also, big thanks to everyone that has recently visited me at my private Ōtaki (Wellington) based studio, to receive taa moko.
Latest MAHI MOKO at my private ŌTAKI (Wellington) studio
in Tā Moko
Here is just some of my recent MOKO work made at my new private Ōtaki (Wellington) based studio.
Thank you to all of my lovely clients.
With one of my lovely clients that traveled from Te Wai Pounamu.
‘MANA FROM HEAVEN’ new original painting. Email taryn.teuira@gmail.com to purchase.
A change of heart, new 'MANA FROM HEAVEN' collection
A new JESUS inspired collection has sprung through me, quite unplanned. Here are some of the first pieces. I am currently working on more new original paintings in this series, and it feels very healing and exciting for me.
I am looking at converting to Christianity and have been recently studying the Bible, the teachings of Jesus, the different Māori Christian movements of the past two hundred years, and general Christian philosophies overall - for the first time in my life, at age 35.
Part of what really appeals to me so far about this pathway, is the simple values of love, peace and forgiveness and the daily practice of those things.
I now have new eyes and a new heart and the internal shift feels quite profound for me. I will write and share more on this topic in time.
Attending our Māori Anglican Church, Rangiātea in Ōtaki recently has been a blessing.
‘DO NOT FEAR, FOR I AM WITH YOU’ new original painting, from Isaiah 41:10. SOLD. 20cm by 25cm.
‘KO TE MEA NUI, KO TE AROHA, THE GREATEST THING IS LOVE’ new original painting. SOLD.
‘WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE WATERS, I WILL BE WITH YOU’ new original painting. From Isaiah 43:2. SOLD.
‘FOR GOD DID NOT GIVE US A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER, AND OF LOVE, AND OF A SOUND MIND’ new original painting. SOLD.
‘WRITE IT IN THE HEAVENS’ new original diptych. SOLD.
‘KA TUITUIĀ TĀTOU E TE AHO TAPU, THE SACRED THREAD THAT WEAVES US TOGETHER (IS LOVE)’ new original painting. SOLD.
‘SHE IS FAR MORE PRECIOUS THAN JEWELS’ new original painting. From Proverbs 31:10. SOLD.
‘THE ALLURE OF GENTLENESS’ new original painting. SOLD.
Thank you to all of the supportive people that purchased these paintings in this series.
Celebrating Matariki at Te Papa this 19th July 2020
Looking forward to joining an awesome group of artists that will be sharing their art forms together at Te Papa Tongarewa National Museum of New Zealand this Matariki on 19th July from 11AM - 3PM.
I will be demonstrating taa moko and will also have some of my original paintings on display.
Hope to see you there if you’re around Wellington!
A recent moko completed at my new private studio in Ōtaki, Wellington.
A recently completed original painting titled ‘Hei te pō, hei te ao’ currently showing at Toi Matarau Gallery at the Māoriland Hub in Ōtaki.
A recently completed original painting titled ‘He kororia ki te atua’ currently showing at Toi Matarau Gallery at the Māoriland Hub in Ōtaki.