Moana Nohanga (Resting Place of the Ocean)

Painted from a moment captured while out fishing, Moana nohanga reveals the quiet poetry of surrender. The weathered hull of the abandoned vessel Fish II lies in the still waters of Waikare Inlet — now a sanctuary for nesting and newborn seagulls.

Here, what was once forsaken becomes refuge; decay gives way to new life. The artist translates this scene into soft tides of colour and reflection, where sea and sky merge in renewal.

“Moana nohanga” — the resting place of the sea — reminds us that even in abandonment, nature breathes again.