Tapa Cloths from The Pacific and Artwork
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                             Artwork






Erica Lyons is a mixed media artist.Her works can be found in collections worldwide.
Smaller works like the ones displayed on this website can be easily sent overseas.
Larger works and commissions are mainly available in New Zealand.



Artist Statement.



A collection of paintings (created in April 2013) crossing boundaries and exploring new territories,with fragments of precious vintage Tapa cloths from wide and faraway places...






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Similarities.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga and Samoa. SOLD
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Dawn Rituals. Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Fiji,Niue and Tonga. SOLD
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Travelers passing through.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Fiji,Tonga and Pygmy barkcloth from Congo. SOLD
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Melodies from distant Shores.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga,Samoa and Pygmy barkcloth from Congo. SOLD
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Star on Sacred Ground.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga,Fiji and PNG. SOLD
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The Way to my Father's House.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga,Samoa and Fiji. SOLD
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Crossing New Boundaries.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga,Fiji and Pygmy barkcloth from Congo. SOLD
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In Search of Daylight.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Fiji,Niue and Pygmy barkcloth from Congo. SOLD
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This way Up.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga and Fiji.SOLD
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Shadows from the Past.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga and PNG. SOLD
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A Search for X.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga.SOLD
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Here and Beyond.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga. SOLD
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Whispering Mountain.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga.SOLD
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Shortcut in Time.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga and Fiji. SOLD
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Drifting Mountain.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga and PNG. SOLD
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This moment in Time.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga and Fiji.SOLD
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Floating Rock and Flotsam.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga and Niue.SOLD
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Rising Mountain.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga and Fiji. SOLD
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Moehau Mountain revisited.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga and Fiji.SOLD
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Preservation of the Land.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga,Fiji and PNG.SOLD
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Memories from the Past.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga,Fiji,PNG and Pygmy barkcloth from Congo. SOLD
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Traveling the long Way round.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga,PNG and Pygmy barkcloth from Congo. SOLD
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Preservation of the Species.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga,Fiji and Pygmy barkcloth from Congo. SOLD
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Connecting the Past.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga and Fiji. SOLD
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The Lighthouse.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga,Fiji,PNG,Samoa and Pygmy barkcloth from Congo. SOLD
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Forbidden Fruit.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga and Fiji. SOLD
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Secret Life beyond the Mountain.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga and Fiji.SOLD
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Silent Takeoff.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga,Fiji and PNG. SOLD
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Twenty six Days and Nights.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga and Niue. SOLD
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Steps up to White Mountain.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga,Fiji,Niue, Samoa and Pygmy barkcloth from Congo.SOLD
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Descend.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga and Pygmy barkcloth from Congo. SOLD
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Twenty Seven days Alone.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga. SOLD
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Movement in the Rhythm.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga,Fiji and Pygmy barkcloth from Congo.SOLD
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Between Ancient Lines.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga,Samoa and Fiji. SOLD
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Connecting Elements in Time.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga,Fiji and Pygmy barkcloth from Congo. SOLD
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Time Passages.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga,Fiji,PNG and Pygmy barkcloth from Congo. SOLD
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This Moment in Time.Incorporating vinatge Tapa pieces from Fiji,Tonga and PNG.SOLD
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Preservation of Species.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from Tonga. SOLD
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The Burning Sun.Incorporating vintage Tapa pieces from PNG,Fiji,Tonga and Pygmy barkcloth from Congo. SOLD
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