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Nic Tucker graduated from Dunedin School of Art in 1992. Nic has various awards in painting, 3D work, photography, drawing and has community commendations in art. Nic taught art at secondary level for 22 years and has taken tertiary courses in art.

Nic is of Ngai Tahu and Ngati Kahungunu descent. Born in Invercargill, Nic has lived all around New Zealand from the deep south to the far north in Ahipara (west of Kaitaia).

Nic’s works are an adaption of the Japanese woodcut style, in which each colour is an inked up block of wood, then printed until the final key or drawing block is printed over the top of the colours to make sense of the whole image.

“I understand the importance of land and its connection to the people, which is a big inspiration of my woodcuts”.

Each individual work takes around 6 days to draw and carve depending on the size of the image and 8-10 days to print because of the layers of colours and drying time required to complete the final work.