Big thanks to Toi Matarau Gallery in Otaki Wellington for exhibiting my painting ‘Te Ata Pūao’ in their current exhibition of the same name. My artist profile was also featured recently in their newsletter as follows:
Taryn is an international Artist and A.R.T descendant of Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Kāi Tahu.
Largely a travelling artist, Taryn creates across multidisciplinary art forms with a background in fashion and graphic design. Her chosen disciplines are Tāmoko, Poetry and Mixed Media.
Taryn’s paintings are meditational, philosophical and biblical where she draws on connection to faith and te ao Māori to navigate her path of self-healing. She often leans into soft pastel pallets of colour to uplift her work.
Te Ata Pūao is inspired from the Ōtaki view of Kapiti, the ocean coast line of this area where magical panoramic views of the sun can be soaked in every morning and evening. Te Ata Pūao is a composition of brush strokes, whispers of reclamation from the first human woman; Hineahuone who became Hinetauira. She then became Hinetītama transitioning from Te Ao Mārama, the world of light back into the otherworld beyond the veil.
