Shane
Cotton is one of New Zealand's most significant contemporary
painters. He was born in 1964.
He is of Ngapuhi descent and his works strongly allude
to Maori and Pakeha topics. He puts
historical and modern things side by side at times.
The art establishment like to analyse his works in
nauseating detail. I just like looking
at them and don't get too concerned with the many layers of meaning in his
works. But that's just me.
The painting at the top is Whakapiri atu te Whenua. Here we have some pots and vases with
flags planted in them plus the Tree of Life in the centre pot.
These beautiful stained glass windows by Shane Cotton
can be found in the Holy Trinity cathedral in Auckland.
This work is called Artificial Curiosities.
The bird in this painting is a tui – known also as the parson bird because of the little tuft on
the bird's throat.
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