Ko Hāta Maria, te Matua Wahine o te Atua - Holy Mary, Mother of God – An Introduction to the Artwork

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Today we went to church to see the Mary Icon. The painting has Mary, the mother of Jesus, Jesus, Four buildings and Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Mary was wearing a beautiful cloak of ocean blue feathers, What a coincidence because that represents the oceans. At the bottom of Mary's cloak was a red, black and white poutamu, that represents the staircase to heaven. In Mary's hand was a fern with twelve fronds, these fronds represent the twelve apostles. Jesus was wearing a rare kiwi cloak of kiwi feathers, called kahu kiwi. Also in the painting was a winged matua, winged ox, a winged lion and a winged eagle, These are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, just a few of Jesus' apostles. 












 

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