Wellington from above the Terrace
Watercolour
54 x 72 cm
EXHIBITED
Jonathan Grant Galleries, Peter McIntyre Exhibition, 2009
ILLUSTRATED
(2009) Peter McIntyre [Exhibition Catalogue]. Auckland, New Zealand: Jonathan Grant Galleries.
‘’City and harbour from above The Terrace; the buildings below stand on land reclaimed from the sea.”
“Wellington has the beauty of its setting, a beauty that places it high among other cities similarly blessed – Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong, Vancouver.
It has been said that no city should have been built here where only a narrow ledge of flat land skirted the harbour and steep hills made building and roading difficult. But it is a site that has contributed so much to Wellington’s charm. As Frank Lloyd Wright said, ‘Choose a difficult site and out of the difficulties will come character.’”
Peter McIntyre. (1975) Peter McIntyre’s Wellington. A.H & A.W Reed Ltd, Wellington.
