Tropical Style

When artist Paul Gauguin arrived in Papeete in June 1891, his romantic image of Tahiti as an untouched landscape, a paradise derived in part from Pierre Loti's novel Le Mariage de Loti (1880). What is worth noting is that Gauguin was actually disappointed by the extent to which French colonization had corrupted everyday life in Tahiti. He subsequently attempted to immerse himself in what he believed were the authentic aspects of the culture. By later including Tahitian motifs in paintings and ceramics, he displayed what is referred to in Western art as Primitivism. Typically borrowed from non-Western or prehistoric people perceived to be “primitive", the likes of Gauguin and Henri Rousseau borrowed from subject matter deemed exotic or indeed tropical such as in Rousseau's In a Tropical Forest Combat of a Tiger and a Buffalo (1908–1909).

Despite non-Western art being important to the development of modern art, Primitivism has often been critiqued for reproducing racist stereotypes. Now, it can be argued then that the canon is no longer entirely Western-centric and tropical style art movement has been later depicted by the African artworks of Roger Djiguemde and also Ana Maria Dias who hails from Brazil. Further implementing the importance of this art style despite how exotic its setting.

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The way I see it 04

The way I see it 03

Finding the answers

Be led by the dreams

Abstract - Phoenix Within

Where You Stand

Meant To Be 01

Trees of stillness 01

The world around us

But by choice

Campervan seen from the water

Unforgettable memories

Out of the blue 02

Having so much inside

Out of the blue 04

Faith01

Jungle greenhouse

Serenity 23

What weighs you down

You are what you have

Autumnal 01

Out of the blue 03

You can’t be replaced

She needs love 00

Stay Together

If I have you

Decorative sculpture - Vase

Sky is the limit 01

Grow old with you

But by choice

Unresolved

Without you

Resisting the present

Heal

Red roofs 21

Mi Cielo

Dune forest

Love Letter to her

Storm tent

Tent

Because hopes are high

I choose peace 02

Dont just exist, Live

No life without whimsy

The one who loves you a lot 24

I am back

Lead from the heart

Summer nights

Where you are

Believer

Does this path have a heart?

Knowing the presence

Faith 03- sailing boat

Eden

Magnolia - Artemis

Floral Tapestry

Live in my soul 2

Sisters

Surfspot

Reflection

Better off alone 01

Sky is the limit 02

Wind on the beach

Checking the waves

Lost somewhere

To the North Sea with my surfboard