Frances Hodgkins, 'Cherry tree at 'The Croft', Bradford on Tone, Taunton', - Print - wholesale Science and Nature

Frances Hodgkins, 'Cherry tree at 'The Croft', Bradford on Tone, Taunton', - Print - wholesale Science and NatureFrancis Hodgkins was born in Dunedin where she began to develop her watercolour painting style. Francis, however, spent most of her 56 year long working career as an artist overseas, both in France and England during a period of a social upheaval and two world wars. Her works capture the spirit of an era greatly influenced by Impressionism and the beginnings of en plein air painting, Post Impressionism, Fauvism and two World Wars. Although her work

Hodgkins was a remarkable colourist

these designs feature beautiful interpretations of the iconic poppy

And his example

Different images are mashed together and repainted to create a new narrative that is unique to Marika

most from the taonga Māori collections of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and provides fascinating details of the history and culture behind them

True Size - 798 x 622mm including 8mm border

harvested birds

His projects have included a series of exhibitions and accompanying publications highlighting contemporary toi Māori such as Whatu Manawa: Celebrating the weaving of Matekino Lawless

Heni and the Battle of Gate Pa

and pronounced to be ‘magnificent

revealing their often remarkable provenance

in consultation with Sarah Farrar