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"The job of an artist is to always deepen the mystery."
- Francis Bacon

JEFF WILLIAMS (inanga), Artist, Writer and Web Designer

Hi, I’m a Kiwi from Greymouth on the West Coast of Aotearoa and inanga is my painting/pen name. I travelled the world as a mountaineer and travel writer (for Lonely Planet) for many years, and I started painting later in life after a chance meeting with the infamous, in New Zealand, art forger Karl Sim (aka Goldie). The Coast has been my inspiration, and many of my artistic influences and mysticism of my art and writing stem from the rugged landscape found there.

I paint extensively utilizing the Phi-spiral based on the Golden Ratio and describe in writing the spiritual connections with the land, and the motif and symbol in my work.

My credo is: I paint to capture the moment I am in - that nanosecond when light is fused into the image in front of me. Each painting starts as a swirl and then evolves into a lattice of swirls - the results astonish, regardless of method, media, size or surface. It is my tangible hand of God.

I set up Hand of God Productions to fulfill a vision of an online gallery infinite in scope as the www. In the gallery click to see paintings, writings, slideshows, even ‘Google Earth tour’ to worldwide locations depicted in my art. My online galleries receive many visitors, inquiries, comments and sales and I am now exhibiting for the first time in the land of my birth. I recently finished and have published the first part of a trilogy on Aotearoa called “Tides of Heaven: The Night Fishermen”, available on ibooks and Amazon -

ibooks: https://itunes.apple.com/nz/book/the-night-fishermen/id586042055?mt=11

amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Night-Fishermen-Aotearoa-ebook/dp/B00APSKF5M

Please enjoy - inanga

A recent review from Amazon -

"what a book! historical fact intermingled with toa tohunga magic. this is a must if you are whanau or pakeha. the realm of tu and the lives of the hirama mix and the story is epic. from raha's escape leading to the famous haka ka mate to the privations and glory of the warriors of yesteryear. I loved it and will read it again and again.
hone - Ireland"

I hope some of the PAINT and LETTERS rub off on you. i am at inangawiremu@gmail.com, Facebook - Jeff Williams, Webcam or iPhone +64-21-02252622

- 'mitakuye oyasin' (we are all one) - JEFF (inanga)

Featured Galleries

Tuscany Painting Tour

i had to clean up this gallery before i could repost it in Travel. i l ...

Updated: May 19, 2010 12:38pm

PatRik- Carvings with Soul

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Updated: Apr 04, 2013 5:07pm

The Night Fishermen

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Updated: Apr 10, 2013 4:58pm

The Battle of the Trees

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Updated: Apr 10, 2013 7:28pm

Slideshow

Galleries

Faces of Earth

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Updated: May 18, 2010 12:00am PST

The irenicon

The irenicon - a journey in canvas. Obviously lots more to come as tim ...

Updated: Apr 10, 2013 5:45pm PST

Hopi & Waitaha

Arizona (and the three mesa of the Hopi) is one of my spiritual homes. ...

Updated: Feb 07, 2010 8:43am PST

The Night Fishermen

AOTEAROA: TIDES OF HEAVEN: The Night Fishermen - Jeff Williams - T ...

Updated: Apr 09, 2013 7:58pm PST

Sufi Magic

I am very much influenced by the writing of the Sufi saints of the Mid ...

Updated: Dec 15, 2009 10:49pm PST

Tuscany Painting Tour

i had to clean up this gallery before i could repost it in Travel. i l ...

Updated: May 18, 2010 3:38pm PST

The Battle of the Trees

Owaiouru-o-pakaka-o-karakau (Sacred Grove of the Battle of the Trees) ...

Updated: Apr 09, 2013 10:28pm PST

The Phi Swirl

Hi inanga here... i saved a site on SmugMug for future use by arts ...

Updated: May 18, 2010 12:28am PST

PatRik- Carvings with Soul

Wonderful carvings from Aotearoa

Updated: Apr 03, 2013 8:07pm PST

Aotearoa I - New Zealand

Aotearoa 1 - New Zealand My country is Aotearoa - Land of the Long Wh ...

Updated: Dec 15, 2009 4:04am PST

Sacred Spaces

Sacred Spaces - i suppose all space on earth is sacred, although we se ...

Updated: Dec 07, 2009 3:19pm PST

Seasons

Seasons These four pieces were executed on the same piece of timber – ...

Updated: Aug 03, 2009 11:51pm PST

Ms P: Rainbow Series

R a i n b o w Series This all started as a bit of a dare. Ms P felt ...

Updated: Sep 10, 2009 7:01pm PST

Collages

This is a fascinating art, but beware it is addictive. In order to get ...

Updated: Dec 19, 2009 5:37pm PST

Land of Oz

Land of Oz - these pics were originally in Sacred Spaces. All the Eart ...

Updated: Nov 26, 2009 9:05pm PST

Aotearoa II - New Zealand

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Updated: Dec 13, 2009 11:19pm PST

Rooms with a View - inanga's Big OE Snapshots

Rooms with a View - all those years as a traveller - travel writing fo ...

Updated: Sep 02, 2009 5:52pm PST

Phi-tography

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Updated: Aug 18, 2010 4:59am PST

inanga - Smug Ugly

The Wizard in the Spiral - this is a collection of biographical pics, ...

Updated: Jun 02, 2010 3:43am PST

Built World

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Updated: Dec 05, 2009 4:23am PST

Welcome to Jville (Johnsonville). Where I live...

Thanks for the invitation to your Blues Festival community - a little ...

Updated: Dec 09, 2009 10:51am PST

Mu Torere

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Updated: Sep 19, 2009 7:37am PST

Another Roadside Attraction - Arizona

i invented this game 'Treasure Island', but it's not the usual Robert ...

Updated: Dec 13, 2009 11:18pm PST

SmugShots

Work-in-progress for rest of site

Updated: Nov 10, 2010 2:19pm PST

Smug Serious

Mainly Anti-War Compositions

Updated: Feb 10, 2010 5:49am PST

Spirituality

Smug Secrets - to be revealed... in due course.

Updated: Sep 25, 2009 6:26am PST

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