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He did not travel alone. With him came his four wives, his four brothers, and twenty women of noble rank — a people ready to build a new world on the shores of a new island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waters of Ootu and the motu of Akitua nearby are part of that sacred landscape — the same lagoon that greeted Ru’s canoe, that has held his descendants for generations, and that Sheree Wills knows intimately as the motherland of her own forefathers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, Ootu Beach is where cruise visitors wade into the lagoon for the first time, where athletes compete in water sports and ironman events, and where the community gathers. But beneath all of that, the water remembers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePainted from personal memory, \u003cem\u003eOotu Lagoon View\u003c\/em\u003e is an invitation to stop, gaze, and feel the depth of a place that has been home for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal acrylic on canvas — 50 x 50 x 2 cm. 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