Prints For Sale: Mataia, The Old Gardner Homestead Near Glorit

This handsome double-gabled colonial house stands back off the Helensville to Wellsford highway north of Auckland.

This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my blog post: 'Leaves from My Sketchbooks'.

Size of image is 17 cm x 28.6 cm .

Price is $NZ 50.00 inc. p&p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

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Leaves From My Sketchbooks. 52. The Old Gardner Homestead, Glorit, New Zealand

There's nothing I enjoy more than drawing old, colonial houses. This one, north of Auckland, on the road from Helensville to Wellsford is one of the best and the only one I know of with a double roof. I was particularly pleased with the way this piece turned out - it's a good sketch even if I say it myself.

Later, I did a large, very large, watercolour of it which hung in the old Auckland Club for a long time. It's now leaning against a wall in my studio.

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