Wairua Tangaroa
Whale Spirit
Tangaroa as the sea personified. Water is traditionally represented by water. our relationship with our emotional self determines how the sea will treat us. A good, loving, respectful relationship and the sea will feed us, carry us to our destination and bring us whales and dolphins. A bad relationship and the spirit of the sea will manifest as sharks, rips and storms.
In this piece, this is shown the three spirits intertwined, like green fire. we have growth (plant), currents(water) and predators(animal) combining to produce the spirit of a whale, the largest animal life in the sea.