Dance on Paper

Judith Kunzlé's Limited Edition Prints feature dancers, seashells, Cook Islands natural history, landscapes and compositions with fruit and veggies.

Work in Progress: Aitutaki Action Song and Fire Dancers

Tango dancers

The prints are hand-signed and numbered. They are high-quality gicleés on canvas, watercolour paper or offset prints with light-fast inks on acid-free paper.

In the Cook Islands, dance is a very important part of the local Polynesian culture.

Judith's dance mentor in Rarotonga is Jackie Tuara-Newnham.

Judith studies the different dance forms in the South Pacific in Hawai'i, Tahiti, the Marquesas, Easter Island, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea.

Judith Kunzlé sketches dancers and troupes at rehearsals and performances to study the body language of various dance forms.

In dance studios in Europe, the USA and New Zealand she has observed contemporary dance movements.

She has recently sketched Tango dancers in Buenos Aires.

Judith paints the lush tropical landscapes Rarotonga, and takes her watercolor gear to New Zealand, China, Fiji, French Polynesia.

The Painting Expeditions and Sketchbook Therapy are an ideal opportunity for artists to combine drawing and painting with learning about Polynesian culture and natural heritage.

Interview with Hannah Kaye, about thoughts on dance and rugby, art ideas and methods.

Judith's Art Articles are without jargon. Most of these texts have been published in the Cook Islands News.

Judith has recorded her trip to China with an illustrated Travel Log.

Judith Kunzlé was born in Switzerland and lives since 1986 in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.