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Title: Atiuan Fishermen
Artist: Rick Welland
Owner: Glenn Funnell

Original painted by Rick Welland in 1986.

The artist creates his paintings by taking photographs of his subjects
to keep the pose as natural to true life as possible.

  • Artist well known for getting correct skin tones of Polynesians.

  • No record of where this painting is but a full photographic record of his paintings is kept in Rarotonga.

  • The Artist was very conscious of land and of the islands of Polynesians, having their own unique canoe and outrigger designs.

  • The Atiuan canoe has a high prow and small outrigger which dominate the waterfront of Atiu. They are used mainly for fishing.

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    Rick Welland
    Biography

    Rick Welland Gallery
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