'Lady on the Rock'

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Lovely sea, well painted Paul and what a great story. Thanks for your comment on the 'coat of arms' on embroidery, they are very fiddly to copy accurately as you obviously know. A very happy new year to you. Carole.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Fri 09 Jan 10:12:07

What a beautiful image Paul the water is lovely...because I live in Oz it's late here but I will be back tomorrow night to look through the rest of your portfolio

Posted by Patsy King on Thu 22 Jan 16:32:13

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31/03/2015

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A watercolour of a statue of 'Wairaka' (Lady on the Rock), at Whakatane habour entrance, in New Zealand. This is what the statue represents; The name " Whakatane" ("Wh" is pronounced "F"), commemorates an incident occurring after the arrival of the Maori canoe "Mataatua" . The men had gone ashore and the canoe began to drift. Wairaka, a chieftainess, said "Kia Whakatane au i ahaua" (I will make myself a man), and commenced to paddle the canoe, which women were not allowed to do, and with the help of the other women saved the canoe.

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Paul Atkinson

I was born in Yorkshire, UK, my family immigrated to New Zealand in 1960. In 1999 I returned to my homeland for a month after 40 years absence and returned to the UK in 2005 for a working holiday for 4 years, during this time I took up watercolours for the first time after spending most of my early…

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