The Flax Hat by Phillip Waddington
The Flax Hat by Phillip Waddington
Oil on canvas
Influences exhibition, Mitchell Studios 2019
$13,500 SOLD 2019
Tangi Tamarau was well known as an expert weaver of flax (harakeke). She made the hat she is wearing. Tangi and I became very close over the years and I was honoured by her calling me her “pākehā mokopuna”.