HISTORIC SHEEP STATIONS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND

BY COLIN WHEELER … Many New Zealanders connected with the stations are named and drawn

STATIONS FEATURED:

MOUNT LINTON GLENARAY CECIL PEAK GALLOWAY WEST WANAKA LAKE HAWEA MORVEN HILLS KURIHEKA HAKATARAMEA BLUE CLIFFS GLENTANNER LILYBANK MOUNT ALGIDUS COLDSTREAM MOUNT WHITE LAKE HAUPIRI SAINT JAMES UPCOT LANGLEY DALE PORT LIGAR

FIRST EDITION.

A.H. AND A.W. REED, WELLINGTON, 1971.

HARDBACK WITH DUST JACKET.

104 PAGES.

A VERY BIG BOOK !!

IN THE 1960S AND 1970S ARTIST COLIN WHEELER PRODUCED SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL BOOKS ILLUSTRATING HISTORIC SHEEP STATIONS OF NEW ZEALAND.

Colin was born in Dunedin in 1919. He taught art at Waitaki Boys High School until 1969 when he commenced painting full time and producing books.

He trained first at the Canterbury School of Art and then at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts in London.

His favourite subject matter includes buildings, the landscape and related activities and his well-known books chronicling the old sheep stations of New Zealand reflect this interest.

These books were commissioned by the publisher A.H. and A.W. Reed. The research for these became both a labour of love and an odyssey with both he and his wife travelling for up to twelve months at a time, staying at the old homesteads that he portrayed.

His work has been keenly collected throughout the six decades that he has been painting and is exhibited in numerous public and private collections throughout New Zealand as well as abroad.

AN ICONIC PORTRAIT OF THE HIGH COUNTRY AND HIGH COUNTRY LIFE.

VISITS 20 OF THE BEST KNOWN NORTH ISLAND STATIONS.

INCLUDES BLACK AND WHITE DRAWINGS AND 20 COLOURED PLATES.

FINE HEAVY ART PAPER IS USED THROUGHOUT.

A FINE QUALITY NZ ART BOOK.