Kaia Dearlove is a local artist and young mum from Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. Currently she runs her family’s small coffee business, performs as a dancer for cultural shows and paints in her spare time. After having her daughter last year, she decided to pursue art as a side hustle where she started selling her artwork out of her own small studio. Concerned with the bold, stylised, and vibrant she paints portraits, animals, birds, flowers, and plants local to her island home.