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Lyle and Johnny Penisula

Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer

Lyle Penisula is a senior contemporary painter living and working from Invercargill, and is son of Johnny Penisula. Johnny Penisula MNZM is a master stone sculptor and painter who has been exhibiting in Aotearoa since the 1970s.

Everything By: Lyle and Johnny Penisula

Pacific Arts Legacy Project12.08.21

Tūfuga and dad, Johnny Penisula

From Sāmoa to Southland, Ioane (Johnny) Reuelu Penisula is a renowned master stone carver whose work and life has been dedicating to serving and empowering his aiga. Lyle Penisula writes on the legacy of tūfuga and dad, Johnny Penisula.

By Lyle and Johnny Penisula
Read Time: 15 mins

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