There's a few stories that need to be told about some of the paintings, I'll start with CHELIFER (for no particular reason). I came across this little fellow in a story in a bee-keeping mag when I was helping a friend extracting honey. He's a pseudo-scorpion found in New Zealand (as well as other parts of the world) which caught my attention, as I never realised we had any type of scorpion here! The story goes that a Katikati bee-keeper observed Chelifers killing and eating Varoa mites in one of his hives. Varoa mites have of course been causing all sorts of bother for bee-keepers world-wide, so finding a natural predator is kinda helpful!
The article in the magazine theorised that because the timber used in making hives has become so cleanly cut, with advances in milling technology, that there are now less crevices in the timber for the tiny beasties to make a home in.
So in the end it was about wood, which is why this painting is part of the exhibition.
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