Inspirational paintings

By Tracy Knowles

Beautiful

Canterbury Garden Bird

Don Binney Canterbury Garden Bird 1970

The Forks of the Rakaia

Thomas Selby Cousins The Forks of the Rakaia c. 1880

Untitled (Meadow)

Olivia Spencer Bower Untitled (Meadow) c. 1940

Spring Flowers, Cornwall

Margaret Stoddart Spring Flowers, Cornwall c. 1902-c. 1906

New Brighton

Margaret Stoddart New Brighton c. 1911

Diamond Harbour

Margaret Stoddart Diamond Harbour 1909

Mountain Lilies

Margaret Stoddart Mountain Lilies c. 1930

Flax Gully, Cashmere

Margaret Stoddart Flax Gully, Cashmere c. 1915-c. 1920

Old Cornish Orchard

Margaret Stoddart Old Cornish Orchard c. 1902

Te Tihi o Kahukura and Sky, I

Bill Sutton Te Tihi o Kahukura and Sky, I 1976

Mountains, Cass

Rita Angus Mountains, Cass 1936

Wainui, Akaroa

Rita Angus Wainui, Akaroa 1943

Hawkins

Rata Lovell-Smith Hawkins 1933

Kaikoura Country

Olivia Spencer Bower Kaikoura Country 1941

Untitled (Meadow)

Olivia Spencer Bower Untitled (Meadow) c. 1940

Still Life With Sunflower

Michael Smither Still Life With Sunflower 1966

Sunday Morning

Russell Clark Sunday Morning c. 1939

Sunset On The Estuary, Sumner

William Menzies Gibb Sunset On The Estuary, Sumner 1921

Rangitata near the sky

Austen A Deans Rangitata near the sky 1968

Untitled

E. Rosa Sawtell Untitled  

Untitled

E. Rosa Sawtell Untitled  

Port Hills From Horse Shoe Lake

James Lawson Balfour Port Hills From Horse Shoe Lake 1904

Lake Brunner

Elizabeth Kelly Lake Brunner c. 1917

Ca D’Oro, Grand Canal, Venice, 30 May 1974

Bill Sutton Ca D’Oro, Grand Canal, Venice, 30 May 1974 1974

Garden, La Glaciere, Concarneau

Sydney Lough Thompson Garden, La Glaciere, Concarneau 1913?-1919?

Almond blossom, Grasse

Sydney Lough Thompson Almond blossom, Grasse c. 1927

Haycocks, Wainui

Rita Angus Haycocks, Wainui 1943

Kaikoura Country

Olivia Spencer Bower Kaikoura Country 1941

Hills and Plains, Waikari

Bill Sutton Hills and Plains, Waikari 1956

Mackenzie Country

Esther Studholme Hope Mackenzie Country 1954

Dry September

Bill Sutton Dry September 1949

Plain and Hills

Louise Henderson Plain and Hills 1936

Cass

Rita Angus Cass 1936

Lake Brunner

Elizabeth Kelly Lake Brunner c. 1917

Spring by the Avon

Margaret Stoddart Spring by the Avon 1925

Taylor's Mistake

William James Reed Taylor's Mistake c. 1932

Rising Mists, Lake Wakatipu

Olivia Spencer Bower Rising Mists, Lake Wakatipu c. 1938

West Coast, Wellington

Nugent Herman Welch West Coast, Wellington c. 1949

Morning, Kairaki

William Menzies Gibb Morning, Kairaki c. 1899

Untitled (Meadow)

Olivia Spencer Bower Untitled (Meadow) c. 1940

Untitled (Ōpāwaho Heathcote River, Ōtautahi Christchurch)

Robert Askew Gill Untitled (Ōpāwaho Heathcote River, Ōtautahi Christchurch) 1898

Mountains, Cass

Rita Angus Mountains, Cass 1936

Calm Morning on the Clyde

Patrick Downie Calm Morning on the Clyde c. 1905

Untitled

E. Rosa Sawtell Untitled  

Lyttelton from the Bridle Path

Sydney Lough Thompson Lyttelton from the Bridle Path 1937

The Hill Road [also known as Sugarloaf, Cashmere]

Margaret Stoddart The Hill Road [also known as Sugarloaf, Cashmere]  

Mackenzie Country

Esther Studholme Hope Mackenzie Country 1954

Untitled [Garden at Waikanae]

Rita Angus Untitled [Garden at Waikanae] 1957

Mist on Mt. Peel

Austen A Deans Mist on Mt. Peel 1971

Untitled (Cromwell Gorge)

Doris Lusk Untitled (Cromwell Gorge) 1950

Ponte De L’Abazia, Venice, 11 June 1974

Bill Sutton Ponte De L’Abazia, Venice, 11 June 1974 1974

Canterbury College

Ronald James McKenzie Canterbury College c. 1924

Mount Maud

Rita Angus Mount Maud 1938

Castle Rocks, Golden Bay

John Oakley Castle Rocks, Golden Bay 1938

The Creek

Esther Studholme Hope The Creek  

The Mailboat in a Norwester, Wakatipu

John Madden The Mailboat in a Norwester, Wakatipu 1913

Taylor's Mistake

William James Reed Taylor's Mistake c. 1932

Cass

Rita Angus Cass 1936

Poorer Christchurch

Juliet Peter Poorer Christchurch c. 1938

Sunday morning, Duvauchelle

Rita Angus Sunday morning, Duvauchelle 1933

The Sea and the Bay by Rhona Haszard

The Sea and the Bay by Rhona Haszard

Visitor Host Supervisor Janet Abbott discusses The Sea and the Bay by Rhona Haszard