Text Box: A GIFT OF ORCHIDS
Vanuatu
51 x 61 cm / 20” x 24”
Acrylics on Canvas
Text Box: Often it is the children who first approach our yacht. Their youthful fearlessness coupled with immense curiosity makes us a natural draw. They venture close to the boat in their hand-made dugout canoes and hope someone emerges from below to talk with them. 
These young girls from a Vanuatu village, paddling their rickety old canoe with a mere stick, had gathered flowers for us.  They were delighted with the exercise books and hair combs we presented them, thus opening the door for further trade with the village.

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