As Matariki Rises

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An original oil painting by Sandra Jane, created with professional-quality oil paints on stretched canvas.

Medium: Oil on canvas
Year: 2025
Dimensions: 40 × 50 cm (unframed)

And the Angel spoke,
not with wings of fire
but still, and full of knowing,
A light without heat
You are older than time,
older than the first name spoken,
woven into the fabric of creation
with hands shaping night and dawn,
and breath giving life to the stars
And when silence does surround you
and names are forgotten,
you shall be carried,
not through flesh, but in spirit
for the Wairua does not shout,
it listens, it guides
and it burns softly within
like coals beneath ash
And then the Angel waited
And again, did speak
Look behind you
not with eyes, but with the breath of memory
For your blood is not only yours,
but the skin of mountain and tide,
the flow of the river,
the sacred patterns woven inside
You are the echoes of ancient hands lifted in prayer,
of tears spilled into sacred soil
and of the Hope spoken in darkness
And so within that great light of dawn,
the Angel again did say
Remember those who have walked before you
and of those still to come,
share your story of the greater garment,
of the love for those that have returned to the stars
where their breath becomes wind
and all memory becomes prayer.

This original artwork has been sold and is no longer available.
Please get in touch if you are interested in similar works or would like to enquire about future paintings.

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An original oil painting by Sandra Jane, created with professional-quality oil paints on stretched canvas.

Medium: Oil on canvas
Year: 2025
Dimensions: 40 × 50 cm (unframed)

And the Angel spoke,
not with wings of fire
but still, and full of knowing,
A light without heat
You are older than time,
older than the first name spoken,
woven into the fabric of creation
with hands shaping night and dawn,
and breath giving life to the stars
And when silence does surround you
and names are forgotten,
you shall be carried,
not through flesh, but in spirit
for the Wairua does not shout,
it listens, it guides
and it burns softly within
like coals beneath ash
And then the Angel waited
And again, did speak
Look behind you
not with eyes, but with the breath of memory
For your blood is not only yours,
but the skin of mountain and tide,
the flow of the river,
the sacred patterns woven inside
You are the echoes of ancient hands lifted in prayer,
of tears spilled into sacred soil
and of the Hope spoken in darkness
And so within that great light of dawn,
the Angel again did say
Remember those who have walked before you
and of those still to come,
share your story of the greater garment,
of the love for those that have returned to the stars
where their breath becomes wind
and all memory becomes prayer.

This original artwork has been sold and is no longer available.
Please get in touch if you are interested in similar works or would like to enquire about future paintings.

Click image to view full size.