MICHEL TUFFERY

Michel Tuffery has always been one of my biggest inspirations his work is amazing and he too, is part Rarotongan, my spark for relating my work to my culture came from Michel his piece of work entitled TE FENUA (Translates to the land, territory 2013

http://solandergallery.co.nz/michel-tuffery-te-fenua

work by Michel Tuffery

Michels work always embraces his culture and I relate to it by his use of identity place family  and history within his claim of where he comes from, my sense of belonging is put into my work to portray where i have been and where i belong.