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People and Places
by Paul Hanrahan
This book offers a rare insight into the vision
and talents of one of New Zealand’s foremost watercolour artists.
Paul Hanrahan who was once described as having been ‘born
with a pencil in his hand’ has gone on to utilise his talents
in a career of illustration, art, and architectural design.
When he moved out of big city life, he concentrated
on developing the most difficult of all art disciplines, that
of water-colour painting. He has of course excelled in this
by any international measure, and is one of the very few who
can capture figures in action.
In the first pages of the book, he shows a
collection of his ‘on location’ sketches in both watercolour
and pencil, capturing distinctive aspects of New Zealand life;
from the quirky to the spectacular, set in backgrounds of
both grandeur and the familiar. Town, country, people at work
and at play, and the changing seasons in landscape and seascape.
Then in the final chapters, he shows his portraits and some
of the finished works, most of which have found appreciative
homes among the large group of discerning buyers who cause
the almost sell-out shows whenever he exhibits throughout
New Zealand.
This book is an essential for New Zealanders
at home or abroad and for watercolour lovers everywhere.
Published by Saint Publishing in 2006.
Price: $50.00 (plus packing and postage for overseas orders).To
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