Patricia Howitt

Spirit of the Tarairi Tree iPhone & iPod Skin

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Spirit of the Tarairi Tree

by Patricia Howitt

iPhone & iPod Skin

$15.00

Skins are thin, easy-to-remove, vinyl decals for customizing your device. Skins are made from a patented material that eliminates air bubbles and wrinkles for easy application.

This tree is on the sacred hill behind my property. It is the Tarairi (Beilschmiedia tarairi) of the Laurel family, found only north of Auckland. Its leaves are in some respects like the loquat, only smaller. This hill is covered in untouched forest, with many Tarairi trees, and at the right time of day on a sunny day, some wonderful effects of lighting appear among the trees and tree ferns. Acrylic on canvas board, 12 × 16in.

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Ally Coxon commented on June 29, 2012 1:00pm
Wonderful tones Patricia.
Melissa Brunet commented on June 29, 2012 1:05pm
Another beaut!!! :)
TaLins commented on June 29, 2012 1:26pm
So so beautiful!
Deepti Munshaw commented on June 29, 2012 3:35pm
I'm just speechless! It's too beautiful to be expressed in words!
Kim Bajorek commented on June 29, 2012 3:36pm
Gorgeous!
Chris Klemens commented on June 29, 2012 5:13pm
this is amazing...great work!!
Carina Povarchik commented on June 29, 2012 7:20pm
magical!!!
PAUL PiERROt commented on June 29, 2012 9:32pm
Lucky to have backside of your properties w untouched forest- ;)
Beautiful painting w it- Patricia ! Thumbs up!
André Reina commented on June 30, 2012 1:30am
Won-der-ful Art!
Catherine Holcombe commented on June 30, 2012 6:45am
wow, ethereal and fabulous!
Patricia Howitt commented on June 30, 2012 9:31pm
Thank you Ally Melissa TaLins and Deepti - I am so p0leased you like this!!
Patricia Howitt commented on June 30, 2012 9:32pm
Thank you Kim, Chris and Carina - your comments are wonderful and so much appreciated!
Patricia Howitt commented on June 30, 2012 9:32pm
Thanks a ton Paul - great to have your appro!!!
Patricia Howitt commented on June 30, 2012 9:33pm
Thank you Andre for your great support :-)) I really appreciate it!
ipixel- Ana commented on July 1, 2012 12:05pm
Amazing Patricia!! ❤
Love how you create different planes and how the tree speaks!!!
Patricia Howitt commented on July 1, 2012 12:43pm
Thank you so much Ana - glad this spoke to you!!
Françoise Reina commented on July 1, 2012 2:17pm
Superb composition and tones of green ! :)
Patricia Howitt commented on July 2, 2012 12:49pm
Thank you so much Francoise!
Enrico Guarnieri 'Ico-dY' commented on July 10, 2012 11:14pm
What an amazing technique!
Pirmin Nohr commented on July 14, 2012 11:41pm
I love trees and it seems Tarairies are very beautiful trees, I don't know them. Very beautiful painting! Thank you very much for all the hearts and wonderful compliments on my pics! :-)
Patricia Howitt commented on July 14, 2012 11:45pm
Thank you so much, Enrico!
Patricia Howitt commented on July 14, 2012 11:48pm
Thank you for visiting, Pirmin - and for the heart! Tarairis are endemic to New Zealand and they actually grow only around and north of Auckland. They are of the Laurel family of trees.
Sarah Couzens commented on July 20, 2012 3:12pm
Stunning work.
Patricia Howitt commented on July 26, 2012 5:15pm
Thank you Sarah.
Chris Chalk commented on August 14, 2012 9:49pm
Beautiful work, great narrative too!!