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I am from the land and the sea. When I was newly born my mother took the afterbirth and buried it under our favourite Pohutukawa, then washed me in a rock pool made warm from the low-tide sun.
I still remember the shadows and shapes of seaweed floating across my eyes. The Pohutukawa flowers always bloom on my birthday when there is seafood, ripe under the waves. I never go hungry.’
— A. Flowers |
My Pohutukawa - I am born of land & sea
760 x 760 Mixed Media - Paint, dress patterns, graphite, charcoal, metallic foil SOLD If you look closely you can see the baby, birthing apron or cloak, the buried afterbirth panel, rock pool of fantasy Pohutukawa-inspired sea plants and creatures and the belly of the Mother. |