Art @ the Library

Westland Arts Incorporated and Westland District Library are collaborating to make a free exhibition space available.

Art @ the Library is a small, nimble and flexible project that aims to provide exhibition space for artistic and innovative proposals.

Current Exhibit: Nicole Tai - Landscape in Colours

Artist Statement:

My interest in photography started at a very young age, influenced by my dad who used to take lots of photos on our family trips. I had always enjoyed photography and owned a few different cameras over the years but never really had the time to take it more seriously. Moving to Hokitika 6 years ago, and no longer having to work full-time as a Quantity Surveyor was a blessing in disguise. Suddenly I had the time to pursue my love of photography, started learning through an online course and joined the Greymouth Photography Club.

For this exhibition, I chose to focus on colours. Colours have different meanings to different people, they evoke different emotions depending on your belief systems and past experiences. Colours can transport you to a place of dreams or a place of fear. Colours also have healing powers and often affect our bodies and our emotions.

There are about 10 million colours in the world that the human eye can see, but here I focus on the seven rainbow colours which are also the chakra colours. Chakras are understood to be the subtle energy centres located in the body that connect the physical, psychological and spiritual aspects of our being.

These colours have a striking effect on our minds because when you look directly at the rainbow, there is a clear indication of calmness after a massive storm.
There is a brief explanation of the seven colours, what they represent and their meanings next to each image.

Nicole Tai Photography
Facebook: facebook.com/nicoletaiphotography
Mobile no: 021 0286 7748
eMail: nicoletaiphotography@gmail.com