Joanne Barrett (Ngāi Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe) In the This Stillness
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Medium: Acrylic on canvas
As I turned to thank the elderly Italian man for taking us to the Assisi War Cemetery, I saw tears in his eyes, and instead it was he thanking us. Such was his memory of the horrors of war and of the sacrifice our men made during the Italian campaign to liberate townships. 1944 saw, 945 commonwealth casualties, 29 from Aotearoa NZ, buried row upon row. And here lay the bones of my dad’s cousin. Overwhelmed, and in the stillness, I sang to my whanaunga, ‘Au e Ihu’ – the soldiers’ hymn as adopted by the 28 Maori Battalion.
Joanne Barrett
The works of contemporary landscape artist Joanne Barrett, reflect her belief that, ‘The land is precious. It is greater than me, yet I am part of it and, it is part of me’.
For most of her life Joanne lived and worked in Auckland. She enjoyed a long and successful career in graphic design, advertising, brand development and publishing. In 2015, Joanne left Auckland to live in Northland where she now paints full-time from her studio in Hokianga. Whilst graphic design has, in part, shaped Joanne’s art practice, she considers herself primarily to be a self-taught artist. She was co-winner of the 2016 Far North Art Awards and, winner of the 2021 Titirangi Community Arts Council Emerging Artist Award.
