Birgitta Nagel was born in the Netherlands which soon became Git. Since immigrating to New Zealand in 2010 she also has been known as Whetū, which stands for star in the Māori language and is related to her original name Birgitta.

She is largely self-taught. In her work she captures the essence of nature and real live related emotions, by zooming in on details and conveying the mercuriality of colours.

Fascinated and attracted to the extraordinary, she digs deeper into the wonder of nature and emotions with every painting.

This leads to both abstract and figurative paintings using mixed mediums.

In turns, her work glimmers with quiet reflection and explodes with vibrant colours, multi-layered and honest, explicit and vague.

A signature of Whetū ‘s work is her bold use of colour and of layering that colour to increase intensity.

Her works are often very emotive and expressionist.

“Details trigger my senses. My enthusiasm grows, my happiness expands, my spirit brightens. The beauty, complexity, depth and unknown reasons of those details makes me paint or catch them with my camera”

You also can find her works on facebook page @echt.nz / www.facebook.com/echt.nz

Her website is www.echtarts.com / www.echtarts.com

Please email echt.nz@gmail.com for any queries.