I wrote and illustrated Country Churches of New Zealand. It was published in 2002 by New Holland, Publishers and is still on sale in bookshops. The publishers have kindly agreed to me re-publishing some of the book’s images and descriptions in this blog.
This is the last post of the book which contains 149 churches
scattered throughout New Zealand.
scattered throughout New Zealand.
AND FINALLY...
This small ex-Presbyterian church from Totara Flat in the Grey River valley south of Reefton was in the course of re-decoration as a private dwelling when I stopped to draw it.
There was nobody around that day. My sketch sums up the fun of my odyssey: to enjoy the warmth of the day, admire some simple, honest architecture, scratch a few pen lines, and splash on a little watercolour.
A rusty iron gate in the church's roadside fence had this message wrought into its bars: 'Thy Way to God is in the Sanctuary'.
I’m not quite sure what it means…
© DON DONOVAN
donovan@ihug.co.nz
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