The Canterbury School Style By Rebecca Ogle Features of The Canterbury School Style Louise Henderson Plain and Hills 1936 Simplification of detail to flattened shapes and patches of colour. Rata Lovell-Smith Hawkins 1933 Human presence in buildings, roads, bridges. Emphasis on picture plane. Rita Angus Cass 1936 Hard-edged forms. Sense of isolation. Bill Sutton Dry September 1949 Strong local colour especially ochres and blues. Colin S. Lovell-Smith Sunset, Craigieburn 1932 Clear statement of place, specific locality. Rata Lovell-Smith Bridge, Mt Cook Road 1933 Formal, structured composition.