Today's picture is a painting called Hawkins by Rata Lovell-Smith from 1933, of which we have had a print on our office wall for some years. The original is now in the Christchurch public art gallery -
info. It conjures up the simple, unhurried stress-free country life, before the pace of life became today's "do everything and get everywhere as fast as possible."
Hawkins was a stop on the 18 km Whitecliffs Branchline which joined the Midland Line at Darfield; it closed like many other branch lines in the early 1960s. The painting seems to show an A
B-hauled steam train approaching from further along.
We love it that you have added "Hawkins" to your site, but could you update the link to
ReplyDeletehttp://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/collection/objects/81-33/
thanks!
Tim Jones
Christchurch Art Gallery