Photoprint for Sale: Sheep Grazing At Dusk, Te Waewae Bay, Fiordland, New Zealand

This is an original photoprint from my personal collection

Size of image is 30cm x 46cm (12" x 18").

Price is $NZ 50.00 inc. urban p. and p. in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz or 09 4159 701.

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New Zealand Odyssey: Brookshaw Woolshed, Pigeon Bay, Banks Peninsula

'New Zealand Odyssey', published in 1989 by Heinemann, was authored by me, Don Donovan (who did the text and illustrations) and Euan Sarginson, who did the photography and design. In this series of blog posts, I will publish some of my drawings.

I particularly remember that day in 1987 when I painted the woolshed. It was warm and dry and the heavy scent of lanolin sat on the still air like an exotic perfume. As the day warmed the timbers of the old building creaked a little as they moved in a continuum of movement that had gone on for many decades leaving the clapboards uneven, distorted and a delight for the artist.

Pigeon Bay was named for the abundant flocks of native birds - kereru - found there by European sailors in the mid-nineteenth century. The sailors killed them for food remorselessly; these days, thank heaven, the birds are protected.

© DON DONOVAN
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New Zealand Odyssey: Marlborough A & P Association, Blenheim

'New Zealand Odyssey', published in 1989 by Heinemann, was authored by me, Don Donovan (who did the text and illustrations) and Euan Sarginson, who did the photography and design. In this series of blog posts, I will publish some of my drawings.

I found an interesting similarity of shape between these two buildings both of which were part of Blenheim's Agricultural and Pastoral Association's showgrounds. The entrance gates (above) were obviously designed to impress with their carefully considered brick doorways and wrought iron gates whereas the stockyards (below) had a distinctly cloth cap look about them, businesslike, ready for the manure and trodden straw, the plaintive bleating of Perindales and Romneys and the patient ruminations of cattle and goats as they awaited their annual parades.

A & P shows are the essence of rural New Zealand usually held once a year and where town and country mingle, country people showing themselves off and townsfolk acknowledging this country's debt to the farmers of the land.

 © DON DONOVAN

donovan@ihug.co.nz

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