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"Wish you were here: Views from Golden Bay and the Abel Tasman National Park" Art Exhibition at The Suter Art Gallery

Saturday 18th February–Sunday 1st April 2012

"Wish you were here: Views from Golden Bay and the Abel Tasman National Park" an exhibition that revels in the beauty of the Abel Tasman National Park and Golden Bay region as seen by different generations of artists. It will feature landscape paintings from The Suter collection, supplemented by loaned works by regional artists. Two of The Suter’s most important art works: Western Coast of Tasman Bay 1885 by John Gully and All Along the Heaphy Highway 1998 by Bill Hammond will be on display along with a stunning suite of landscape studies by Irvine Major, watercolours by Doris Lusk and Olivia Spencer Bower, and paintings by John Bevan Ford and Cedric Savage. A portrait of pioneering New Zealand conservationist and founder of the Abel Tasman National Park, Perrine Moncrieff (1893 – 1979) by Marjorie Naylor, will also be on show.

Family Friendly

Date(s)

February 18–29
March 1–31
April 1

Time

Gallery open 7 days 10.30am to 4.30pm Entry free Saturdays

Location

Nelson & suburbs

Venue

The Suter Art Gallery & Theatre
208 Bridge Street, Nelson
Close to town, a short walk along Bridge Street. Includes Suter Theatre and popular Suter Cafe offering tasty, wholesome food and Havana coffee. Vegetarian, gluten and dairy-free catered for. Overlooks the tranquil Queens Gardens. Cafe open 9am-4pm daily

Tickets, Bookings and Entry

Gallery Entry: $3 Adults, 50c Child, $1 Students / NZ Gold Card (with ID) Free entry to Gallery every Saturday. Visit The Suter Store, open during Gallery hours offering unique, locally made items, greeting cards, exhibition catalogues and art magazines.

Contact

Ph. 03 548 4699
info@thesuter.org.nz

Additional Info

Official Website

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Image:  Irvine Major (1922 – 2000).  Untitled landscape study, 4 January 1981 (Echoes from Inlets and Bays of the Abel Tasman National Park drawing series) 1981.  Pencil on paper 308 x 421 mm.  Gifted by Margaret Major in 2008. > <

Image: Irvine Major (1922 – 2000). Untitled landscape study, 4 January 1981 (Echoes from Inlets and Bays of the Abel Tasman National Park drawing series) 1981. Pencil on paper 308 x 421 mm. Gifted by Margaret Major in 2008.