B.
Seeing Things
Behind the scenes
Driving from Whitecliffs (where?) to the Gallery each day leaves a lot of time for idle thoughts.
You be the judge.
David Low Caricature of Neville Chamberlain. Chalk. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, donated by Maureen Raymond, 1941
Whitecliffs, Canterbury
The profile etched into the hill started playing on my mind and I started to wonder is it art imitating nature or nature imitating art?
or even...
Chrystabel Aitken Dorothy Strachan. Oil on board. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, presented by the artist 1994
Tony de Lautour Head 2007. Woodcut. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gifted by the Kowhai Press 2007. Reproduced courtesy of the artist