Tonga Dance from Niuafo'ou Baby Onesie

This painting is based on sketches of live dancers on Niuafo'ou, the northern-most island of the Kingdom of Tonga, in the South Pacific. The costumes were made from tapa, bark-cloth, tree-hibiscus, coconut fronds and fresh flowers. The women were incredibly graceful and their moves very harmonious.

Judith Kunzle is drawing dancers in action, paints mountains en plein air, and many other subjects she encounters. Judith lived for 30 years in the South Pacific, mostly in the Cook Islands, two years on Hawaii and six years in California. In 2021 she returned to Switzerland. Judith Kuenzle zeichnet Taenzer in action, malt Berge en plein air und andere Sujets die ihr begegnen. Judith lebte 30 Jahre im Sued Pazifik, vor allem in den Cook Inseln, zwei Jahre in Hawaii und sechs Jahre in Kalifornien. Seit 2021 lebt sie wieder in die Schweiz.