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The Immigrants NZ
1405 x 705mm
Oils on canvas
$4700.
Content of painting from left to right.
• Bench on Mt. Eden . . . with historic view of Auckland Harbour, Rangitoto Island on the Hauraki Gulf – in 1842
• 1840 . . . the first immigrant ship arrives in Auckland, from the UK – the Platina
• The night sky with the seven stars of Matariki . . . and the three Maori rock drawings from 1500s – Bird men
• The Guardian . . . Maori wood carving with greenstone mere and paua shell eyes
• Ocean Liner . . . the Monowai of the NZ Union Steamship Co, in service in NZ from 1930 to 1960 (built 1924)
On the San Francisco to NZ run . . . then the Trans-Tasman run.
• Bullocks – used to haul Kauri logs out of the Northland forests from 1820s to 1940s
• Immigrants arriving in Auckland from USA 1930
• ‘Balance’ . . . twisted ‘No 8 fence wire’ sculpture
New work for sale
THE FOUNTAINHEAD - 1500 X 1000MM - COMBINATION OF OIL & INTERFERENCE OIL PAINTS
$6000
This line of work is the exploration of human interiors . . . as expressions of human psychology and the historically varied styles of architectural design, both structurally and as surface adornment, that also is full of human symbolism.
$6000
This line of work is the exploration of human interiors . . . as expressions of human psychology and the historically varied styles of architectural design, both structurally and as surface adornment, that also is full of human symbolism.