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TUAMOTU


2020

Nuku Taeroto-1, 2020

Oil on paper (detail)

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TUAMOTU
2020

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
Nuku Taeroto, 2020

Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
190 x 140 cm

TUAMOTU 4261
Nuku Taeroto 1, 2020

Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm

TUAMOTU 4263
Nuku Taeroto 2, 2020

Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm

TUAMOTU 4265
Nuku Taeroto 3, 2020

Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm

TUAMOTU 4267
Nuku Taeroto 4, 2020

Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm

TUAMOTU 4273
Nuku Taeroto 7, 2020

Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm

TUAMOTU 4269
Nuku Taeroto 5, 2020

Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm

TUAMOTU 4271
Nuku Taeroto 6, 2020

Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm

TUAMOTU 4276
Nuku Taeroto 8, 2020

Anaa, Tuamotu
Oil on paper
41 x 31 cm

TUAMOTU 4280
Sous-marine 1, 2020

Fakarava, Tuamotu
Pastel on paper (plastic)
70 x 50 cm

TUAMOTU 4282
Sous-marine 2, 2020

Fakarava, Tuamotu
Pastel on paper (plastic)
70 x 50 cm

Maps

TUAMOTU 4256
Carte des Tuamotu, 2021

Huile sur toile, 140 x 103 cm

Making-of

Illustration Making Of
Lagon de Tuau, 2020

© Gwen Le Bras

Illustration Making Of
Lagon de Fakarava, 2020

© Gwen Le Bras

Illustration Making Of
Illustration Making Of

Film : Anna et Fakarava © Gwen le Bras

Books

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