Art is food for the soul

We need food, drink, and shelter to survive, but we can thrive through having beautiful art and crafts around us. Whether it is an original painting, a print, a photo, or a lovely item of craft work, we enter into a relationship with the piece, and indeed the maker. Art and crafts have had a deep meaning to the human being since the beginning of time; think back to the early cave painters who were not only creating drawings to signify an important event like a hunt, but also leaving behind an image for those who came along afterwards. I love running the Otautau Gallery in South Island, New Zealand for many reasons, but two of the most important have to be the fact that I know all my artists and craftspeople, and the emotional connection I see customers have with the paintings etc.

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