Old buildings on canvas

Press, 16 April 1981, Page 5

Old buildings on canvas

A Christchurch artist, Mr Don Dean, with his watercolour of Rangi Ruru School. The painting is part of an exhibition of Mr Dean's work, which is being held in the Bank of New Zealand’s Armagh Street Branch this week. Mr Dean began paint-

ing about four years ago, as a hobby, and dow sells his’ paintings throughout New Zealand and in Australia. His subjects are mostly old buildings; he says that he has an interest in architecture, and likes to see them caught on paper before they disap-

pear forever. Ships and boats also figure prominently in his work. His favourite painting is one of the old Lyttelton tug. Mr Dean says that his pictures usually take no more than five hours to do, from the first sketches to the finished product. Most of his

painting is done in the early morning or late at night; during the rest of the day he works as an interior design consultant. His most important and valued critic is his wife, whose comment he appreciates because, he says, it is always constructive.