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She considers herself an emotive painter, creating an aspect of her own life dedicated to freedom and expression, in a world often harsh and rigid. Kere paints purely because she is simply unable not to, her practise transcending logic or explanation. She believes painting to be the purest purge of the soul that one shares, for the results to land wherever they may, for whoever they may.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ql-align-justify\"\u003eCurrently her work delves more into the monochromatic, exploring form and negative space, using texture and tone to ultimately communicate contrast within shape and form. 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The well-being of the trees is intrinsically linked to the well-being of the people.\u003cspan class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"af8d9bde-bc9d-48f3-b0a8-19f8f0cbedf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"UV3uM\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kere M Baker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43519374065724,"sku":null,"price":720.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/1135\/3916\/files\/Slide12_540x_037017da-235d-4f54-beaa-7fb7a9baf804.webp?v=1758317755"},{"product_id":"totara","title":"Totara","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"4230124082701077507\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKUA HINGA TE TŌTARA I TE WAONUI-TĀNE (A Tōtara tree has falled in the great forest of Tāne).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic \u0026amp; Wax Pastel on Canvas \/ Diptych\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePainted Tasmanian Oak Frame\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e43.5x54 (x2) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"4230124082701077507\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"4230124082701075494\"\u003eThis proverb signifies the passing of a person of great importance, reverence or mana, comparing their significant presence to the majestic and long-lived totara tree that represents nobility and strength within the forest of Tāne.\u003cspan class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"d46d5d7b-5747-48b1-8f81-728c19d12a8f\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"UV3uM\"\u003e A compliment of the highest to character and legacy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kere M Baker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43519452446780,"sku":null,"price":720.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/1135\/3916\/files\/Slide10_540x_2eb50b52-571e-47c6-8529-022aff07b024.webp?v=1758319423"},{"product_id":"manuka","title":"Manuka","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKUA TAKOTO TE MANUKA. (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe leaves of the Manuka \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehave been laid down).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic \u0026amp; Wax Pastel on Canvas \/ Diptych\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePainted Tasmanian Oak Frame\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e43.5x54 (x2) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"7383830548428765328\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis signifies that a challenge has been presented or one that lies ahead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"7383830548428766801\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe whakatauki (proverb) relates to the tradition of laying down manuka foliage as a symbol to visitors, with the response of picking up the leaves indicating a peaceful or hostile intent, thus setting the stage for a formal challenge or an understanding of its seriousness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"7383830548428765651\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-cid=\"99fecdd0-61b9-4f89-a622-ab503ee7788d\" class=\"pjBG2e\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"UV3uM\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kere M Baker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43519496585276,"sku":null,"price":720.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/1135\/3916\/files\/Slide13_540x_abad2a90-bbc8-4485-bda1-121c97655af8.webp?v=1758320363"},{"product_id":"and-taranaki-mourns-his-two-lost-loves","title":"And Taranaki mourns his two lost loves.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic, Ink \u0026amp; Gouache on Canvas \/ Diptych \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTasmanian Oak Frame\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e54x43.5 (x2)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"11372141228023769893\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe legend of Taranaki, Pīhanga, and Tongariro tells of the mountains' original home in the Central North Island, where Tongariro and Taranaki (formerly known as Pukenaki) fought a bloody battle that went for days, for the beautiful female mountain Pīhanga. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"11372141228023768506\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter Tongariro's victory, a defeated Taranaki fled west, carving the Whanganui river \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"11372141228023768506\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith his tears and settling in his current, solitary location stopped by a spur of the Pouākai ranges. He settled in his current location, where he remains in lonely isolation, still gazing longingly towards his lost love, Pīhanga. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"11372141228023767119\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the central plateau, Pīhanga remains with Tongariro. As legend goes, Tongariro continues to smoke and smoulder with anger and jealousy, sometimes letting out fiery outbursts from his peak.  \u003cspan data-huuid=\"16696640392927831501\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"16696640392927831920\"\u003ePīhanga herself is said to sigh, and the mists that shroud Taranaki are seen as her visible signs of longing for her banished love. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kere M Baker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43519515525180,"sku":null,"price":820.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/1135\/3916\/files\/Slide1_540x_64d9dc1e-f977-4e3e-bea0-46932240314f.webp?v=1758321489"},{"product_id":"so-did-anyone-ask-what-pihanga-wanted","title":"So, Did Anyone Ask What Pīhanga Wanted?","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"shopify-section-product-template\" class=\"shopify-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-template__container page-width\" id=\"ProductSection-product-template\" data-section-id=\"product-template\" data-section-type=\"product\" data-enable-history-state=\"true\" data-ajax-enabled=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid product-single product-single--medium-media\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid__item medium-up--one-half\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-single__description rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic, Ink \u0026amp; Gouache on Canvas \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTasmanian Oak Frame\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e54x43.5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"11372141228023769893\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe legend of Taranaki, Pīhanga, and Tongariro tells of the mountains' original home in the Central North Island, where Tongariro and Taranaki (formerly known as Pukenaki) fought a bloody battle that went for days, for the beautiful female mountain Pīhanga. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"11372141228023768506\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter Tongariro's victory, a defeated Taranaki fled west, carving the Whanganui river \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"11372141228023768506\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith his tears and settling in his current, solitary location stopped by a spur of the Pouākai ranges. He settled in his current location, where he remains in lonely isolation, still gazing longingly towards his lost love, Pīhanga. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"11372141228023767119\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the central plateau, Pīhanga remains with Tongariro. As legend goes, Tongariro continues to smoke and smoulder with anger and jealousy, sometimes letting out fiery outbursts from his peak.  \u003cspan data-huuid=\"16696640392927831501\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"16696640392927831920\"\u003ePīhanga herself is said to sigh, and the mists that shroud Taranaki are seen as her visible signs of longing for her banished love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=So,%20Did%20Anyone%20Ask%20What%20P%C4%ABhanga%20Wanted?\u0026amp;url=https:\/\/redolivestudios.com\/products\/so-did-anyone-ask-what-pihanga-wanted\" class=\"btn btn--small btn--share share-twitter\" aria-describedby=\"a11y-new-window-external-message\" rel=\"null noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kere M Baker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43519545311292,"sku":null,"price":680.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/1135\/3916\/files\/Slide2_540x_53dc0bc3-8317-4dca-b399-41a15c69e51a.webp?v=1758321644"},{"product_id":"but-did-tongariro-even-love-her","title":"But, Did Tongariro Even Love Her?","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"shopify-section-product-template\" class=\"shopify-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-template__container page-width\" id=\"ProductSection-product-template\" data-section-id=\"product-template\" data-section-type=\"product\" data-enable-history-state=\"true\" data-ajax-enabled=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid product-single product-single--medium-media\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid__item medium-up--one-half\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-single__description rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic, Ink \u0026amp; Gouache on Canvas \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTasmanian Oak Frame\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e54x43.5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"11372141228023769893\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe legend of Taranaki, Pīhanga, and Tongariro tells of the mountains' original home in the Central North Island, where Tongariro and Taranaki (formerly known as Pukenaki) fought a bloody battle that went for days, for the beautiful female mountain Pīhanga. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"11372141228023768506\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter Tongariro's victory, a defeated Taranaki fled west, carving the Whanganui river \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"11372141228023768506\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith his tears and settling in his current, solitary location stopped by a spur of the Pouākai ranges. He settled in his current location, where he remains in lonely isolation, still gazing longingly towards his lost love, Pīhanga. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"11372141228023767119\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the central plateau, Pīhanga remains with Tongariro. As legend goes, Tongariro continues to smoke and smoulder with anger and jealousy, sometimes letting out fiery outbursts from his peak.  \u003cspan data-huuid=\"16696640392927831501\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"16696640392927831920\"\u003ePīhanga herself is said to sigh, and the mists that shroud Taranaki are seen as her visible signs of longing for her banished love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=So,%20Did%20Anyone%20Ask%20What%20P%C4%ABhanga%20Wanted?\u0026amp;url=https:\/\/redolivestudios.com\/products\/so-did-anyone-ask-what-pihanga-wanted\" class=\"btn btn--small btn--share share-twitter\" aria-describedby=\"a11y-new-window-external-message\" rel=\"null noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kere M Baker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43519569100860,"sku":null,"price":680.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/1135\/3916\/files\/Slide3_540x_8b98a07a-498c-4c48-9ba5-48c5ba2083ca.webp?v=1758321796"},{"product_id":"what-if-your-mountain-called-me-home","title":"What if your mountain called me home?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"shopify-section\" id=\"shopify-section-product-template\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-ajax-enabled=\"false\" data-enable-history-state=\"true\" data-section-type=\"product\" data-section-id=\"product-template\" id=\"ProductSection-product-template\" class=\"product-template__container page-width\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid product-single product-single--medium-media\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid__item medium-up--one-half\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-single__description rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcrylic, Ink, Gouache, Mica \u0026amp; Texture on Canvas  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTasmanian Oak Frame\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e62.5x62.5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen I was just sixteen,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a sacred moment carved itself into me —unexpected, quiet and profound — reshaping how I saw life, love, spirit. I fell witness to the whispered legacy of our ancestors, woven through the stories we tell ourselves of divine connections and destiny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"626\" data-start=\"392\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoon after, the dreams began. Always of Mt. Taranaki — his silhouette etched against a twilight sky, watching, waiting. Night after night, for three long years, the vision and the view was always the same. The message always steady, clear, and true. His silence louder than any voice I’d ever known.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHis glow brighter than any light I’d ever seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKo te maunga, ko te kupu, ko te tohu.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (The mountain, the message, the sign.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd then — as if a cord had been violently cut — it stopped. No gentle fading, no farewell. Just absence. Just loss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet even buried deep, the mountain never truly left me. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI think he still breathed in me —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehis voice curling like smoke in the corners of my dreams, in places I couldn’t reach. Somewhere in the marrow of my memory, my original DNA, his voice lingered — telling me who I was, and who I might yet become beneath his gaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStill, I turned away. I could not dwell on what was lost, or what might have been. But in the truth of facing myself — he was always there. The door was always open.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1176\" data-start=\"1063\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1093\" data-start=\"1063\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen I turned forty-seven,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e I stood in Rangiātea, cradle of Polynesia, birthplace of the great voyage. Alone in the waters of our marae, I whispered to the old ones —those whose breath still stirs the tides, whose hands shaped the stars.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSurely I was meant for more? Surely they saw more in me, and for me? I told them I was ready. That I was lost, but willing to be found. I asked to be led — to the path meant for me, to the self I had not yet dared to become.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1683\" data-start=\"1567\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd then, \u003cstrong\u003ethirty-one years later\u003c\/strong\u003e, the mountain came to me once more. In dreams. In the wind. 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