Colin McCahon, 'Truth from the King Country'; 1978 - Print - wholesale Science and Nature grounded in the knowledge of

grounded in the knowledge of ancestors and based on research

or prosperous colonial settlers in New Zealand

It’s an entirely fresh way to approach art

Height: 32 cm

Colin McCahon, 'Truth from the King Country'; 1978 - Print - wholesale Science and Nature grounded in the knowledge ofColin McCahon is widely recognised as New Zealands foremost painter. Over 45 years, his work encompassed many themes, subjects and styles, from landscape to figuration to abstraction and an innovative use of painted text. His adaption of aspects of modernist painting to a specific local situation and his intense engagement with spiritual matters, mark him out as a distinctive figure in twentieth century art. He was born in Timaru but worked and lived