Ramblings of a much published New Zealand author

08 December 2012

Prints For Sale: The Hunting Lodge, 'Glendale', Waimauku


This historic lodge was built in 1868 for the Kerr-Taylor family (who also built Alberton). In later years it became a restaurant.

This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my book 'New Zealand House & Cottage'. Size of image is 27 cm x 41 cm .

Price is $NZ 95.00 inc. p&p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

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Prints For Sale: Austin 7 Ruby Saloon 1930s



This 1930s saloon car stood in the driveway of a Kaiapoi cottage (see earlier post). This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my book 'New Zealand House & Cottage'. Size of actual image is 20 cm x 11 cm .

Price is $NZ 55.00 inc. p and p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
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Prints For Sale: Typical New Zealand Cottage In Kaiapoi




This typical colonial cottage could date back to 1867.

This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my book 'New Zealand House & Cottage'.

Size of image is 21 cm x 25 cm .

Price is $NZ 55.00 inc. p and p in New Zealand
Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
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07 December 2012

Prints For Sale: Two George Street Cottages, Dunedin



These historic mirror-image cottages are numbered 1014 and 1008 George Street.

This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my book 'New Zealand House & Cottage'.

Size of image is 20 cm x 63 cm (8" x 25")

Price is $NZ 125.00 inc. p&p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz
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06 December 2012

Prints For Sale: St. Patrick's Church, Akaroa



St Patrick's was built in 1865 and served a Roman Catholic congregation based upon the local French settlement. This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my book 'Country Churches of New Zealand'.

Size of image is 21 cm x 28 cm .

Price is $NZ 55.00 inc. p&p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz
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05 December 2012

Prints For Sale: Onuku Church, The 'Kaik', Akaroa



The print of this simple, dignified Maori church is identical to the original drawing that appeared in my book 'Country Churches of New Zealand'.

Size of image is 22 cm x 26 cm .

Price is $NZ 59.00 inc. p and p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz

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Prints For Sale: St. Stephen's Church, Judges Bay, Auckland



This little chapel in its historic graveyard stands in a peaceful suburb near the heart of New Zealand's largest city.

This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my book 'Country Churches of New Zealand'.

Size of image is 23 cm x 30 cm .

Price is $NZ 59.00 inc. p&p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz

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01 December 2012

Prints For Sale: Pukehiki Community Church, Otago Peninsula



This elegant little church stands high on Otago Peninsula, not far from Larnach's Castle.

This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my book 'Country Churches of New Zealand'.

Size of image is 17 cm x 25 cm .

Price is $NZ 45.00 inc. p&p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz
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Prints For Sale: Puhoi Hotel



This 1879 colonial style pub is a Sunday-drive destination for Aucklanders.

This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my book 'The Good Old Kiwi Pub'.

Size of image is approx. 27 cm x 47 cm .

Price is $NZ 85.00 inc. p&p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz
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30 November 2012

Prints For Sale: Lodge Arrow Kilwinning No. 86, Arrowtown, Central Otago



This fine schist building was put up in 1888 for masons of one of the richest of the Otago goldfields.

This print is identical to my original drawing, done 100 years after the lodge was erected. It appeared in my book 'New Zealand Odyssey'.

Size of image is 28 cm x 21 cm .

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

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz

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29 November 2012

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

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz
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28 November 2012

Prints For Sale: Court House, Reefton, Westland.



The courthouse was built in 1872 when Reefton was thriving as a gold mining area. This drawing was made in 1987 but the building it still looks the same today. The print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my book 'New Zealand Odyssey'.

Size of image is 26 cm x 43 cm .

Price is $NZ 85.00 inc. p&p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz

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27 November 2012

Prints For Sale: Wain's Hotel, Dunedin



This elegant Victorian building was built in 1879. This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in New Zealand Historic Places Magazine'.

Size of image is 28 cm x 33 cm .

Price is $NZ 95.00 inc. p&p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz

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26 November 2012

Prints For Sale: Evans Atlas Flour Mill, Timaru 1987


It's hard to conjure up a vision of dark, satanic mills in New Zealand but the 1888 Evans Atlas Flour Mill in Timaru comes close. This is how it looked ninety-nine years later, I'm not sure whether it was still grinding in 1987, when I did this painting, but you could still read the name on the building. 

This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my book 'New Zealand Odyssey'.

Size of image is 31cm x 49 cm. (Approx 12.5" x 20")

Price is $NZ105.00 inc. p&p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz
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25 November 2012

Prints For Sale: Vulcan Hotel, St.Bathans, Central Otago



--> There's been a Vulcan Hotel in St. Bathans since 1869 but this one, notorious for its ghost, was built in 1882 to replace two previous 'permanent' structures both of which had burned down. This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my book 'The Good Old Kiwi Pub'.

Size of image is 30 cm x 48 cm .

Price is $NZ 95.00 inc. p&p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz
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Prints For Sale: Fishing Boat on Hard Stand, Port Chalmers, Otago



This fishing boat was having its keel cleaned and resealed on the harbourside at Port Chalmers in 1987. This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in the book 'New Zealand Odyssey' that I co-authored with my late friend Euan Sarginson.

Size of image is  21 cm x 29 cm .

Price is $NZ 45.00 inc. p&p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz
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24 November 2012

Prints For Sale: Albany Inn, Auckland





It has had various names - Wayside and Wharfside Inns for example - but this is how the Albany pub looked in 1994 with its new roof and a re-paint; it still looks the same today. This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my book 'The Good Old Kiwi Pub'. 

Size of image is 29 cm x 48 cm .

Price is $NZ 95.00 inc. p and p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz
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22 November 2012

Prints For Sale: Alberton House, Auckland




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Allan Kerr Taylor, born in India in 1832, began this gracious house in 1863 to house his new wife Martha Meredith. She died in 1863 and Kerr Taylor re-married in 1865 a 17 year old Sophia Davis who bore him ten children. The house is now administered by the Historic Place Trust.

This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my book 'New Zealand House & Cottage'. Size of image is 29 cm x 42 cm .

Price is $NZ 100.00 inc. p&p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz
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Prints For Sale: Old Clevedon Dairy



This historic watercolour shows the old Clevedon Dairy as it was in 1990.  This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my book 'Open 7 Days'. Size of image is 26cm x 50 cm .

Price is $NZ 95.00 inc. p&p in NZ.

Please contact me at donovan@ihug.co.nz

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz
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21 November 2012

Prints For Sale: Kohatu Hotel



--> This historic hotel was built in 1894 when it was called 'Bromell's' after its proprietor. It became important in 1899 when Motupiko Station (later called Kohatu) became the terminus of the Nelson railway.

This print is identical to my original drawing that appeared in my book 'The Good Old Kiwi Pub'. Size of image is 28 cm x 37 cm .

Price is $NZ 95.00 inc. p&p in NZ.

© DON DONOVAN. donovan@ihug.co.nz 
www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz
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