E. Mervyn Taylor, 'Te kotuku rerenga tahi', 1949 - Print - wholesale Gallipoli from landscape to figuration to

from landscape to figuration to abstraction and an innovative use of painted text

She has been lucky enough to work at the Natural History Museum (London)

and researches Samoan traditional tattooing and the contemporary practice of this ritual

It tells the previously untold story of craft in Aotearoa New Zealand

E. Mervyn Taylor, 'Te kotuku rerenga tahi', 1949 - Print - wholesale Gallipoli from landscape to figuration toErnest Mervyn Taylor was a wood engraver, painter, illustrator, sculptor and designer, born in Auckland in 1906. In the course of his career as a freelance artist, Mervyn was fascinated in his art with depicting Maori life and legends within his nationalist art movement. This movement sought to capture the particular qualities of New Zealands landscape and culture. Mervyn took on the role as being both an artist and communicator, for he wanted his art