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All posts by Tania
NZ Native Birds at Wharepuke
Following on the Birds at Wharepuke theme my mother took these beautiful photos here yesterday.
NZ Native Birds at Wharepuke. The Fantail, Tui and Kereru are the 3 most common here
2 great photos of fantails! Anyone who has tried to take photos of fantails will know that they won’t stay still and you end up with lots of photos of blurry bits of feather disappearing off the edge. The Tui , a NZ Honeyeater, has 2 voice boxes and produce extraordinary song. Many notes are beyond what the human ear can hear.
All photos © Jill Lancaster
Kereru NZ Native Wood Pigeon
The Kereru, the NZ Native Wood Pigeons are very passive here in our gardens at Wharepuke in Kerikeri. Its amazing how close you can get to these wild birds. Puffed up on a cold day after eating lots of new Mulberry leaves.
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Our guests here at our Kerikeri Accommodation love them!
Magnolias
Despite the storm last week the Magnolias here at Wharepuke in Kerikeri Northland New Zealand are beginning to bloom.
These Magnolias are out the front of our Kerikeri Accommodation by the lake.
Northland Storm in Kerikeri
Northland storm – 4 continuous days of heavy rain and strong winds here in Kerikeri.
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We got off lightly here at Wharepuke in Kerikeri Northland. A beautiful Fishtail Palm came down, a few big branches and lots of leaf litter, and the new driveway washed away but nothing compared to many who are still doing the big cleanup or waiting for the waters to recede.
A stunning sunrise as the storm passed then blue skies and sunshine.
Nature recovering.
Henny Penny
Henny Penny is favouite here with our guest staying at our Kerikeri Accommodation.
Henny Penny is about 14 years old which is ancient in chicken years
Tree Trunks
I wandered around the gardens here yesterday afternoon at Wharepuke in Kerikeri NZ snapping photos of the variety of tree trunks.
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Flowers at Wharepuke
Some of the vast array of colours, textures and shapes of flowers here at Wharepuke in Kerikeri. Always something to see not matter what time of the year….and its free to wander!
Mark Graver
UMBRA SUMUS
MAY 30 – JULY 25
gallery open 7 days 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Art at Wharepuke 190 Kerikeri Road, Kerikeri 0230
Taken from a quote by Horace, ‘Pulvis et umbra sumus’ (we are but dust and shadow) Umbra Sumus is an ongoing project containing photopolymer and acrylic resist etchings, video and sound works.
The work is partly a response to the death, in January 2011, of the artist’s father and also to the wider human condition.
The use of shadows alludes to the movement of light, the passing of time and, ultimately, to mortality. Still images are used for the etchings while the video works allow for an actual temporal experience using the same or similar source material.
The use of photographs, video and found sound relates also to place, and again reinforces the idea of time. Time fixed, or recorded, in a specific place, reproduced then re-presented through video. The shadow source photographs are gathered from different places and countries to emphasise the universal correspondence of shared existence.
Based at Wharepuke in Kerikeri, Mark Graver is an award winning artist and author of ‘Non-Toxic Printmaking’ (London, A&C Black, 2011) and founder of the The Wharepuke Print Studio and, with partner Tania Booth, Art at Wharepuke Gallery.
Mark Gravers work is held in many international collections including the V&A Museum,London, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei, NZ, Jinling Museum of Art, China, Guandong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China, Penang State Art Gallery, Malaysia ,National Museum Of Fine Art, Taiwan, Douro Museum of Printmaking, Portugal, Durban University – Arts for Humanity Collection, Literature and Arts Department, Harbin, China, CONARTE – Non Toxic Printmaking Museum, Monterrey, Mexico, Painting and Sculpture Museums Association, Istanbul Turkey and theJames Wallace Trust, NZ.