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Nikki Romney Artist
SOLD WORKS
SONGBIRD
1200 x 800
LOVING LOLA
800 x 600
TAKE ME TO CHURCH
1220 x 800
CHANGIN' TIMES 2020
800 x 1220
ELEUTHERIA
800 x 600
This one was rejected for a Nelson art award so I sent it off to a national art awards where it achieved first place. I also received runner-up for another work in the same competition that year. Eleutheria (ancient Greek personification of liberty) interprets the gap between controlled thought and freedom.
HURIA MATENGA - REWORKED
850 x 620
Intended as a quirky tribute to one of the powerful female figures of Nelson's past. My original work depicted Huria topless with nipple piercings - a strong, proud and beautiful woman - embracing pakeha ways. I envisioned her unashamedly baring her breasts when the christian missionaries told her to cover up. After controversy from members of her iwi (Ngati Tama) and threats to sue me, I reluctantly made alterations. The work also depicted a current Nelson storm, referencing her part in the historic rescue of the Delaware crew.
THE ORDER IS RAPIDLY FADIN'
1200 x 800
THE SELFIE
1350 x 970
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LET'S DO THIS
550 x 1220
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THE BOATSHED
500 x 600
THE THREE BITCHES
520 x 850
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THE WEEPING MADONNA
750 x 680
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
1200 x 660
LILITH
850 x 720
LET ME BE
570 x 420
Sold to former Starbucks International president Howard Behar in the states. He saw it on a visit to Nelson around 2015
MAKE BELIEVE - NFS
600 x 1200
THE INSUBORDINATE WOMAN
480 x 760
Featured In the background - some of the words in religious books that subjugate women. Another work sold to a collector in the States.
INSUBORDINATE WIFE, 2
840 x 540
5.5 TRILLION DEGREES CELCIUS
1500 x 1100
DANCER
800 x 600
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MOB RULE
750 x 600
ALICE ROMNEY
550 x 420
Portrait of my great grandmother. Extended family moved over from England. The Fencibles settled in Howick, Auckland.
PINOT AND VERSACE
750 x 680
SONNET 116
660 x 480
NOT ANOTHER FUCKIN' LANDSCAPE
500 x 1000
STUDY - UNFINISHED
500 x 1000
THE ADAM PAINTING
1200 x 900
This sparked a lot of controversy at the time, with arts writer Hamish Keith devoting a whole column in the Listener to it, suggesting censorship in the arts was the true obscenity. One of two works sold to Texas musician Rod Williams and his Kiwi-born songbird partner Shelley Mac.
TAKING TIKANGA TO THE WORLD
1400 x 1000
A painting celebrating Maori culture. I was inspired by an app put out by Te Wananga O Aotearoa, where all people can digitally apply kirituhi moko and feel connected to Maori culture & see how they look with this tattoo. A great topic to paint on. My own painting of CF Goldie's - Ina (Ena) te Papatahi in the background - how would she feel about the sharing of this moko app?
This painting caused quite a stir due to moko on the chins of non-Maori, and also my using an ancestor in this work. Folk were ignorant of Te Wananga's APP.
ADAM AND EVE
420 x 600
My take on the creation myth, where they blamed Eve for tempting poor Adam to sin. Then there was the big scary serpent. Poor Adam. From the day this story came to life women were blamed for tempting men .
WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?
850 x 580
TIME FLIES
750 x 500