'Heart Light' - (Karen Hansen, 2025) Kawakawa, Metal Leaf and Acrylic (Framed)

Karen Hansen 'Heart Light ' (2025) 165x220x30 mm

Kawakawa is such a powerful symbol of healing, grieving, love and nourishment. It is a great cleanser of the body and spirit - one of the first application's I learned for it was as a spiritual poultice on the third eye chakra. This is a collaboration between two nature beings and myself: Kawakawa from my own young tree in my memorial garden, and Chrysanthenum from Ngongotaha, as a ghostly print in the background.

Matted and Framed (Deep Set).

All Karen's latest works are co-creations with Spirit and Nature Beings, which continue their conversations with the viewer long after they come into physical being.