volume 16, number 2, 2021
About the cover
Maununu Sa’anga Ama (Nunu), Moana, 2021, acrylic paint and ink on paper, 500 × 580mm
Artist statement
By limiting my colour palette, changing process, and introducing conté, this allowed me to discover new patterns and forms. A surprising and harmonious connectivity between shape, line and colour. When I apply the coloured inks I feel so in love with colours, my housework is forgotten, the stress is released onto my page and after visiting the studio I am always happy to go home. I was surprised at how the ink spread out, how the colour flows in this picture, at the many different shades of blue, amazing – I was having fun! I don't even know what it is? I would like to promote art to Pasifika people, to show that art can support people with medical conditions and their families.
About the artist
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Maununu is a member of Māpura Studios where she pursues her art practice while supporting her son Ululau Ama in his. Her first art experience in Aotearoa New Zealand was with the Artilepsy group, and she has been part of the Māpura community since 2015. In the years at Māpaura Nunu has developed her art skills and shown artworks in a number of exhibitions. She produces work on her own and in collaboration with Ululau.
