Waiho I Te Toipoto, Kaua I Te Toiroa Original Canvas Painting

Rotorua Museum Art Awards 2026 Highly Commended Awarded Painting.

Original Painting

Tilte: Waiho I Te Toipoto, Kaua I Te Toiroa

 Waiho I Te Toipoto, Kaua I Te Toiroa / Let us keep close together, not wide apart. This painting emphasizes the importance of keeping connected, of maintaining relationships so that we can keep moving forward together. The contemporary kowhaiwhai Māori pattern seen throughout this painting symbolises connection.

Matte Finishing 

Artist Vendela Patrick

Stretched Canvases

Canvas Size 1100 x 1100 mm

Acrylic 

Signed and Dated