Mereana Slade - NZ Artist

Email: art@mereana.co.nz
Mobile: 021 827 482

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Acrylic paintings - painted on canvas - can be viewed in Rotorua or Tauranga - purchased paintings can be couried to other places
All paintings can be printed as posters if required and posted to you - Commissions welcome
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Kaitiaki - Protector or Guardian
Kaitiaki
$220
Many of life's conflicts are difficult to express
Hidden Conflict $110
Ako(learn)  Mohio(know)  Korero(speak)
Ako
$80
Te Wero - the challenge
The Challenge
$250
MÂORI PAINTINGS FOR SALE
 
Te Wheke - the octopus - the eight arms representing the many parts that make up a person
Te Wheke
$90
The Kowhai flower is NZ's National flower.
Kowhai Embrace
$90
Rangimarie - Peace
Rangimarie
$220
 
 
 



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SOME OF MY SOLD PAINTINGS
 
 
Painted for Ani Maria - representing her links to her whanau and tribe in Whanganui
Te Awa 2
SOLD
Painted for Tiffany - representing her links to her whanau and tribe in Whanganui.
Te Awa 1
SOLD
Flax was a valuable resource of the maori people - used for  ropes, fishing nets, baskets,  clothing etc
Maori Heritage
SOLD
Plaiting and making things with flax was a pasttime of the early maori


True Beginnings
SOLD

SOLD MÂORI PAINTINGS

Tangaroa - Maori god of the sea
Tangaroa's Depths
SOLD
Te Ika - The fish
Te Ika (Fish)
SOLD
A greenstone Tiki
Tiki
SOLD
Oranga Hou means ‘New Life’ in Maori. This design is a stylised form of the koru, meaning new life beginnings taken from the uncurling of the fern frond.
Oranga Hou
SOLD
This is a painting showing a korowai that a friend of mine made
Korowai (Cloak)
SOLD
SOLD PAINTINGS
Motherhood can be a mixture of all emotions - from joys and laughter to turmoil and pain
Motherhood
SOLD
A hei matau is a carving in the shape of a highly stylized fish hook typical of the Maori people of New Zealand. It represent strength, good luck and safe travel across water.
Matau (Hook)
SOLD
For the Maori people of NZ the fish hook was also a symbol of prosperity.
Prosperity
SOLD
Life means forever growing and coping with challenges along the way
Tipua (Growth)
SOLD
Painted for a friend of mine - Koru patterns depicting growth
Tipua set of 3
SOLD
Wahine Tokotoru - 3 women
Wahine Tokotoru
SOLD
Eruera Maihi Patuone - a Nga-Puhi Chief of Upper Hokianga
Eruera Patuone
SOLD
A painting showing the turbulent emotions that  youth  either cause for others or have to face themselves
Complexities of Youth SOLD
Warrior standing proud - He Toa
Warrior - He Toa
SOLD
Timatanga  (Beginning) Tipuranga (Growth) Tumanako (Hopes )
Positivity
SOLD
Kotahitanga - Unity / Oneness
Kotahitanga
SOLD
Mere and son Wiremu would have lived in the 1800s. Supposedly a Maori princess, Mere's full name was Waiaua Taranaki Mere Kupa.
Mere Kupa & Wiremu SOLD
 
The twist design is a symbol of unity  between people and / or cultures
Magnetic Embrace
SOLD
The manaia is representative of a spiritual guardian - part bird, man and fish - linking the spirit world and earth
Manaia (Spiritual Guardian) SOLD