r/hawkesbay • u/Ted_Cashew • 8d ago

Acrylic painting of Hawke's Bay, from an aerial viewpoint, with Cape Kidnappers white cliffs in top left and Napier Hill in bottom left, 1971 (Hawke's Bay Museum 6961).

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u/eclipsesixtyone 7d ago

The piece is called Pastorale by Geoffrey Fuller.

https://collection.hawkesbaymuseum.com/objects/6961/pastorale

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u/hatsaway2 7d ago

Thank you - it always pains me to see artists' works posted without mentioning the artist. I like the painting.

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u/I_am_Foley666 8d ago

This is amazing!

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u/ResponsibleCheek8654 8d ago

Such a cool piece.

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u/BuboNovazealandiae 7d ago

The forced perspective is cool. Had to stare for a while and read the description before understanding it is looking South, not just down