At first, I didn’t think there was a lot of color in Glenorchy and the Southern Alps. The color of the things that make up the landscape is in fact somewhat restrained. The mountains are olive and celadon in the forested parts… golden, where the tussock grass grows… and slate gray above the bush line. [...]
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A Change in the Relationship
I had a crush on Mt. Alfred. Viewed from the lagoon at the north end of Glenorchy, NZ, Mt. Alfred is a self-satisfied thing, its confidence rooted in geometry. The mountain is an isosceles triangle, the left slope equal to the right, and its base exactly twice its height. But the mountain is not stolid; [...]
Glenorchy, NZ
Glenorchy, New Zealand, where I’ll be for the next 8 weeks, sits on a lake that is 100 meters deeper than the surface of the sea and is fed by runoff from mountains named the Remarkables. The lake, Wakatipu, is shaped like a dog’s leg and Glenorchy is on the hip end at the north. [...]
Warren Cooper, Landscape Painter
I lost the first round. We were looking at a canal scene of Venice that he had painted and I mentioned that once on art business I had stayed in that city for a month. Warren Cooper, a tall man of 79 years with clear, blue eyes and the kind of thick, white hair [...]
Leaving
Packing went on all week. Every choice was labored. It’s mid-summer in New Zealand, have I brought enough yellow and green? Will the mornings be cool enough for long johns? Can I get by with medium grit sandpaper, or should I take fine and coarse as well? Once selected, each item was inventoried, and placed [...]
