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Fiji Islands Greeting Card featuring the painting Rovati - The Welcoming by Maria Rova

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Rovati - The Welcoming Greeting Card

Maria Rova

by Maria Rova

$6.95

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Our greeting cards are 5" x 7" in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss finish. The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.

Design Details

This painting celebrates and ancient Fijian welcome tradition. Seafarers returning from ocean voyages in large double-hulled canoes would be greeted... more

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Comments (6)

Gena Weiser

Gena Weiser

Neat abstract. Congratulations on your sale.

Shylaja Nanjundiah

Shylaja Nanjundiah

I love the concept. Beautiful painting! Fav

Oliver Wong

Oliver Wong

Brilliant. Such graceful and rhythmic movements. Love it Maria!!!

Ketti Peeva

Ketti Peeva

WOW! This artwork is GREAT!!! Full of imagination, great colours and emotional! - Ketti

Dinesh  Dubey

Dinesh Dubey

its very creative & impressive work.

Demeter Gui

Demeter Gui

Exceptional work!

Maria Rova replied:

Thanks, your compliment much appreciated.

Artist's Description

This painting celebrates and ancient Fijian welcome tradition. Seafarers returning from ocean voyages in large double-hulled canoes would be greeted on the shore by the young women from their village. The maidens, with their finely braided locks as proud symbols of their virginity, would carry welcome gifts, including swathes of barkcloth and treasured whales teeth on cords. A variation of this custom is still used today, to celebrate the arrival of a new plane, boat, or other significant acquisition. These days, the young women often carry bales of brightly coloured cloth, looped between them in a colourful and jolly procession.

About Maria Rova

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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