Nuku Taeroto
It was on the way back from a painting dive in the Tuamotus.
"Oh look, a blue cloud", said my friend Gwen, as we crossed the wonderful atoll of Anaa in a small boat (…).
Abstracts
It is true that the appearance of these blue clouds is striking!
In the past, Oceanian navigators used to spot the presence of an island or atoll in this way. First they sailed by the stars, then they followed the flight of pelagic birds in distant approaches and finally, closer to the shore of these invisible islands, because they were barely a few metres above the ocean, they spotted the lagoons thanks to the turquoise or veronese green clouds reflecting their light. In the Pau'motu language they are called Nuku Taeroto. Nuku means cloud and taeroto means reflection of the lagoon.
Extract from Escales en Polynésie, 2020, Éditions Au vent des îles.
Works
![TUAMOTU 4315](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/nuku-taeroto.jpg?itok=0PWK6QpD)
Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
190 x 140 cm
![TUAMOTU 4261](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/nuku-taeruto_1.jpg?itok=Xsv1lU54)
Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm
![TUAMOTU 4263](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/nuku-taeruto_2.jpg?itok=1bY5-if6)
Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm
![TUAMOTU 4265](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/nuku-taeruto_3.jpg?itok=dc56aSs5)
Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm
![TUAMOTU 4267](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/nuku-taeruto_4.jpg?itok=avzu2atA)
Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm
![TUAMOTU 4273](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/nuku-taeruto_7.jpg?itok=EXk7uEBP)
Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm
![TUAMOTU 4269](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/nuku-taeruto_5.jpg?itok=8go4Smvy)
Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm
![TUAMOTU 4271](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/nuku-taeruto_6.jpg?itok=fv0ZLa2x)
Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm
![TUAMOTU 4276](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/nuku-taeruto_7_0.jpg?itok=KAwa1zFJ)
Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm
![TUAMOTU 4280](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/sous-marine_1.jpg?itok=QiAH6d2u)
Fakarava, Tuamotu
Pastel on paper (plastic)
70 x 50 cm
![TUAMOTU 4282](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/sous-marine_2.jpg?itok=FuULYlX0)
Fakarava, Tuamotu
Pastel on paper (plastic)
70 x 50 cm
Maps
![TUAMOTU 4256](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/cartes/archipel-des-tuamotu.jpg?itok=PmwVp-hg)
Huile sur toile, 140 x 103 cm
Making-of
![Illustration Making Of](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/width-half/public/uploads/illustration/toau_0.jpg?itok=PCXb3rHe)
© Gwen Le Bras
![Illustration Making Of](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/width-half/public/uploads/illustration/fakarava.jpg?itok=Qek-UYIR)
© Gwen Le Bras
Film : Anna et Fakarava © Gwen le Bras