When I painted this painting I was actually painting a dutch tree. I wasn’t happy with how the painting was coming out so I decided to turn the canvas upside down. What I then discovered was stunning. The tree looked just like Tane Mahuta, the huge Kauri tree in the North Island of New Zealand. I was subconsciously painting Tane Mahuta and decided to ‘consciously’ finish this painting. Tane Mahuta, god of the forests.