David Pearce, an Art Teacher from Palmerston North Boy’s High School has a recent artwork on display in the current Te Puna o te Atua exhibition at Te Manawa.

Working across a range of media, 15 artists from the Te Awahou Collective delve into a concept that artist and tohunga Dr Cliff Whiting explored through his 2015 paper The Ultimate Reality is Spirit.

Te Puna o te Atua, contends that our links through whakapapa form a spiritual reality that resides within us and can be seen through the actions we take as we move through life. This spirit is divine and associated with the Atua, for some, through Christianity and for others within a specific tūturu Māori context.

Te Puna o te Atua, means the wellspring of the ancestors, and celebrates the pursuit of the source of the creative process, that sits at the heart of the work of artists.

Te Puna o te Atua will be open for public viewing at Te Manawa Art Gallery until 9th November.