Te Wairua Tapu Exhibition

After hearing about an exhibition featuring Maori artists in Redfern, NSW, at Te Wairua Tapu Church, I immediately enquired as to whether I could exhibit as well, seizing an opportunity to "put my art out there" especially amongst my people.  Luckily, they had sufficient space for my art and I took a number of pieces into the church the day of the opening, Friday 24 May, 2008.  I took my daughter, Galilee, to introduce her to the art culture and expose to the art world.  I enjoyed talking to various artists and viewing the work on display.  I spoke to a wonderful, most generous Aboriginal artist, Matthew Stewart, who had beautiful prints on exhibit, and who, after I showed interest in his work, offered my one of his prints!  I had dabbled in printmaking while at high school in NZ, and thoroughly enjoyed it, and upon talking to Matthew, this sparked my interest in it once again.