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Christine Rena Maori Artist mahi toi

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Tattoo of Mahuika the Māori Goddess of Fire Ātua Wahine

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Storytime 👇

TLDR: I got burnout and what was meant to be a normal male human hand came out as what I assume is a distorted demony version of my own hand.

When I realized, I leant into it hard and released all my feelings. Then I tore it up.

I'm gnna keep the pieces in a jar.

Takeaways:
🖤 Art reflects emotion (duh)
🖤 Art goes where it wants (always)
🖤 You can be releasing stress and not even realize

#artistburnout #demonhand #maoriartist #manawahine

Storytime 👇

TLDR: I got burnout and what was meant to be a normal male human hand came out as what I assume is a distorted demony version of my own hand.

When I realized, I leant into it hard and released all my feelings. Then I tore it up.

I'm gnna keep the pieces in a jar.

Takeaways:
🖤 Art reflects emotion (duh)
🖤 Art goes where it wants (always)
🖤 You can be releasing stress and not even realize

#artistburnout #demonhand #maoriartist #manawahine

Storytime 👇

TLDR: I got burnout and what was meant to be a normal male human hand came out as what I assume is a distorted demony version of my own hand.

When I realized, I leant into it hard and released all my feelings. Then I tore it up.

Takeaways:
🖤 Art reflects emotion (duh)
🖤 Art goes where it wants (always)
🖤 You can be releasing stress and not even realize

I'm gnna keep the pieces in a jar.

Anyway happy Friday!

Sticker from @pounamu.pounamu

#artistburnout #demonhand #maoriartist #manawahine

Storytime 👇

TLDR: I got burnout and what was meant to be a normal male human hand came out as what I assume is a distorted demony version of my own hand.

When I realized, I leant into it hard and released all my feelings. Then I tore it up.

Takeaways:
🖤 Art reflects emotion (duh)
🖤 Art goes where it wants (always)
🖤 You can be releasing stress and not even realize

I'm gnna keep the pieces in a jar.

Anyway happy Friday!

Sticker from @pounamu.pounamu

#artistburnout #demonhand #maoriartist #manawahine

The Goal: Movement. Manawahine. Moody Intrigue.

87.6% of the time I will use myself as an art reference.

He aha ai?
🖤 Convenience
🖤 No copyright issues
🖤 Know the wairua
🖤 Get exactly what i need
🖤 FUN

Sometimes they are planned like this one, a, sometimes they are me in my pj's noticing how oddly gaunt but cool my hand looks (I posted it to stories so you can see what I mean).

Anyway - that's just a lil behind the scenes of part of my week!

#maoriartist #manawahine #aotearoa #maori

The Goal: Movement. Manawahine. Moody Intrigue.

87.6% of the time I will use myself as an art reference.

He aha ai?
🖤 Convenience
🖤 No copyright issues
🖤 Know the wairua
🖤 Get exactly what i need
🖤 FUN

Sometimes they are planned like this one, a, sometimes they are me in my pj's noticing how oddly gaunt but cool my hand looks (I posted it to stories so you can see what I mean).

Anyway - that's just a lil behind the scenes of part of my week!

#maoriartist #manawahine #aotearoa #maori

A colouring book so good it was in a music video 💅

Its school holidays AKA its the perfect time to download colouring books that the whole whanau can use

AND

because they are downloads - you buy once and print and colour as many times as you like.

Its basically free after awhile (if you use girl math. Which i do)

Link in bio 🩷🩷

A colouring book so good it was in a music video 💅

Its school holidays AKA its the perfect time to download colouring books that the whole whanau can use

AND

because they are downloads - you buy once and print and colour as many times as you like.

Its basically free after awhile (if you use girl math. Which i do)

Link in bio 🩷🩷

The Goal: Movement. Manawahine. Moody Intrigue.

87.6% of the time I will use myself as an art reference.

He aha ai?
🖤 Convenience
🖤 No copyright issues
🖤 Know the wairua
🖤 Get exactly what i need
🖤 FUN

Sometimes they are planned like this one, a, sometimes they are me in my pj's noticing how oddly gaunt but cool my hand looks (I posted it to stories so you can see what I mean).

Anyway - that's just a lil behind the scenes of part of my week!

#maoriartist #manawahine #aotearoa #maori

The Goal: Movement. Manawahine. Moody Intrigue.

87.6% of the time I will use myself as an art reference.

He aha ai?
🖤 Convenience
🖤 No copyright issues
🖤 Know the wairua
🖤 Get exactly what i need
🖤 FUN

Sometimes they are planned like this one, a, sometimes they are me in my pj's noticing how oddly gaunt but cool my hand looks (I posted it to stories so you can see what I mean).

Anyway - that's just a lil behind the scenes of part of my week!

#maoriartist #manawahine #aotearoa #maori

I'm so excited to be launching @ahuacreativelab - a love child between me and the gap in knowledge and autonomy I see so many pakihi struggle with when it comes to the digital assets that make up their online presence.

Logos, typography, vectors, websites - they have never been more crucial and Āhua Creative Lab is dedicated to helping small business and not for profit navigate it like BOSSES.

My aim is to leave you guys in more knowledgeable and empowered postions than you were before with the confidence to largely manage your own assets (or I can do that for you to!)

So jump on the Āhua waka and let's goooo.

#maorigraphicdesigner #maorigraphicdesign #maorilogo #ahuacreativelab #ahua #pakihi #maoribusiness #graphicdesignnz

I'm so excited to be launching @ahuacreativelab - a love child between me and the gap in knowledge and autonomy I see so many pakihi struggle with when it comes to the digital assets that make up their online presence.

Logos, typography, vectors, websites - they have never been more crucial and Āhua Creative Lab is dedicated to helping small business and not for profit navigate it like BOSSES.

My aim is to leave you guys in more knowledgeable and empowered postions than you were before with the confidence to largely manage your own assets (or I can do that for you to!)

So jump on the Āhua waka and let's goooo.

#maorigraphicdesigner #maorigraphicdesign #maorilogo #ahuacreativelab #ahua #pakihi #maoribusiness #graphicdesignnz

Mānawatia a Matariki mā Puanga e te Iwi ✨️✨️

Karakia from @manawatiaamatariki

Reo pākehā -
Clear the sky above
Clear the earth below
Establish this ceremony
The formal ceremony of Matariki and Puanga

Mānawatia a Matariki mā Puanga e te Iwi ✨️✨️

Karakia from @manawatiaamatariki

Reo pākehā -
Clear the sky above
Clear the earth below
Establish this ceremony
The formal ceremony of Matariki and Puanga

It all starts with a whakaaro 💡

Sketches don't have to be good. They don't even have to be ok - they just have to be the kaupapa whakaaro rānei birthed into Te Ao.

#maoriart #matarikimāpuanga #maoriartist #manawahine #toitūtetiriti #Maori

It all starts with a whakaaro 💡

Sketches don't have to be good. They don't even have to be ok - they just have to be the kaupapa whakaaro rānei birthed into Te Ao.

#maoriart #matarikimāpuanga #maoriartist #manawahine #toitūtetiriti #Maori

16 days left 🖤

Some close ups of my print 'Matariki mā Puanga.'

I love that up close they could almost be sad but from a distance they look happy. As though they look down on us with love but have an inner sadness in whanaunga with us and all we have been through the past year.

I wonder what their hopes are for us for the new year

16 days left 🖤

Some close ups of my print 'Matariki mā Puanga.'

I love that up close they could almost be sad but from a distance they look happy. As though they look down on us with love but have an inner sadness in whanaunga with us and all we have been through the past year.

I wonder what their hopes are for us for the new year

My Matariki mā Puanga print is now live ✨️

👇 COMMENT 'matariki' OR 'puanga' to be sent the link - or head to the website in my bio 💙

The Matariki theme of 2025 is Matariki mā Punaga (Matariki and Puanga) - a theme that resonates close to my heart as one of the Iwi that looked to the rising of Puanga insted of Matariki.

Depcited here they share a moko kauae as they share a whakapapa, kaupapa and peoples.

Afterpay available.

#matarikimāpuanga #matariki #puanga #manawahine #māori #toitūtetiriti #kiwiart #maoriart #maoriartist

My Matariki mā Puanga print is now live ✨️

👇 COMMENT 'matariki' OR 'puanga' to be sent the link - or head to the website in my bio 💙

The Matariki theme of 2025 is Matariki mā Punaga (Matariki and Puanga) - a theme that resonates close to my heart as one of the Iwi that looked to the rising of Puanga insted of Matariki.

Depcited here they share a moko kauae as they share a whakapapa, kaupapa and peoples.

Afterpay available.

#matarikimāpuanga #matariki #puanga #manawahine #māori #toitūtetiriti #kiwiart #maoriart #maoriartist

Its a universal year 9 which means there's NO better time to clear out the Studio and save money (for you guys) doing it 🥰

Anything that ends up in the Last Chance corner of the website is (mostly) the only one of its kind left. Very rare. Very demure.

Comment LAST CHANCE below and I'll send you straight there for a nosey!

#maoriartist #Zodiacart #starsigns #manawahine #wahinetoa #starsigndecor #zodiacdecor #aotearoanz

Its a universal year 9 which means there's NO better time to clear out the Studio and save money (for you guys) doing it 🥰

Anything that ends up in the Last Chance corner of the website is (mostly) the only one of its kind left. Very rare. Very demure.

Comment LAST CHANCE below and I'll send you straight there for a nosey!

#maoriartist #Zodiacart #starsigns #manawahine #wahinetoa #starsigndecor #zodiacdecor #aotearoanz

Ake ake ake. Amene.

PĀNUI KOTAHI for the upcoming start of a new year e te whanau ---> Shipping is now FREE* and always will be 🎉🎉

*excluding rural delivery and only within Aotearoa. Normal charges apply for international purchases sorry overbroard whānau 😭

Pānui e rua coming soon 👀

Ake ake ake. Amene.

PĀNUI KOTAHI for the upcoming start of a new year e te whanau ---> Shipping is now FREE* and always will be 🎉🎉

*excluding rural delivery and only within Aotearoa. Normal charges apply for international purchases sorry overbroard whānau 😭

Pānui e rua coming soon 👀

Ko te marama puoro o Aotearoa🎶

Throwback i tera atu tau when I had the honor of doing the cover art for @alyajade.music debut single 🖤🖤

If this sort of mahi feels like abit of you head over to my graphic design pakihi @ahuacreativelab and we will suss something out!

Ko te marama puoro o Aotearoa🎶

Throwback i tera atu tau when I had the honor of doing the cover art for @alyajade.music debut single 🖤🖤

If this sort of mahi feels like abit of you head over to my graphic design pakihi @ahuacreativelab and we will suss something out!

When your best friend has a baby so OF COURSE you help her gift a very special thank you for her amazing midwife 🫶

And now a beautiful little girl is in our lives for ever 🥰

When your best friend has a baby so OF COURSE you help her gift a very special thank you for her amazing midwife 🫶

And now a beautiful little girl is in our lives for ever 🥰

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