The watermark in the lower right corner of the image will not appear on the final print.
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Dimensions
Image:
8.00" x 8.00"
Overall:
10.00" x 10.00"
After Unexpected Rain Poster
by Maria Rova
Product Details
After Unexpected Rain poster by Maria Rova. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
Design Details
Traditional mats woven from sun-dried pandanus leaves are a constant feature of my life as a member of a Fijian household. Starting with the layers... more
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Artist's Description
Traditional mats woven from sun-dried pandanus leaves are a constant feature of my life as a member of a Fijian household. Starting with the layers of large, brightly-fringed mats piled up as ceremonial gifts at our wedding feast years ago, our Fijian mats are part of the rhythm of life here, coming and going as valued cultural symbols, presented, received, treasured, and passed on again at a never ending cycle of funerals, births, marriages, home-comings, and other celebrations that connect our extended families. Each mat is a labour of love, representing hours and hours of work by the patient, creative hands of grandmothers, aunts, and sisters. The woman who has many such finely woven mats in her home is considered wealthy and blessed.
Our mats are used for the mundane as well as the ceremonial � we eat on them, sleep on them, use them for picnics, for sunning out bedding, for the baby to play on� The mats that cover our living room floor are laid out...
About Maria Rova
The Fiji Islands are my home, and source of inspiration, as I use dyes, paint, barkcloth, sand, silk and cement to respond in my own creative way to the challenges, tension, and beauty of life in a developing Pacific island nation. Sea changes can have surprising effects: since leaving behind all that was familiar in my American/German upbringing, to build a life here in my husband’s homeland two decades ago, my art has taken on dynamism of its own… My work is awash with the intense, vibrant colors of the tropics, and my themes are often an exploration of Fiji’s stunning natural environment and rich cultural heritage. Traditional barkcloth crafted by women from my mother-in-law’s island village often serves as my canvas. Steeped...
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Manju M
Congratulations! It's beautiful!
Eva Lechner
Wonderful!F
Lynda Lehmann
Animated, colorful, and spirited work! Lovely! LF!
Ateca Cavu-barini
Just stumbled onto to your work this morning...love love love your work!
Carole Johnson
I just love this. I especially love the bold way you turned the center field into colorful odd shaped squares. wonderful! Carole
Deborha Kerr
Your work is exquisite! So full of vibrancy...I love it!
Christina Rahm Galanis
I love this one. It speaks directly to my soul with its colors.
Sharon Mau
.. your lovely image is featured today in Tropical Paradise .. congratulations :)) You are welcome to add it to Square Format as well
Connie Valasco
So much to this one. Like! Stunning!
Rae Chichilnitsky
Great piece! Love the vibrancy of your colors on this and your other artwork... now, i see why you loved my "stained glass" stuff (btw, thank you for commenting...)
Carol Law Conklin
Maria, As the others I've commented on,, this is magnificent!
Dinesh Dubey
extraordinary work, well done.
Tautvydas Davainis
I like this work! Nicely done!
Karen Conine
Maria, great composition, beautiful colors, very unique and lovely, a favorite of mine~Karen.
Carolyn Doe
i really like the feel of this. very wonderful!