Flock Hill is a 90-minute drive west from Christchurch into the foothills of the alps. Our safari was great fun for all, with gentle drizzle adding atmosphere to our paintings. Report in the next newsletter.

Painting at Flock Hill

At Queen’s Birthday weekend a group of intrepid artists, most of them members of Watercolour New Zealand, made their annual pilgrimage to Flock Hill to paint the Canterbury high country. Chris Parsons took this photo of Bernadette Parsons, Claire Forbes, Jane Smith, Adrienne Pavelka and Biddy Karston trying to decide what part of an almost 360 degree panorama to paint.

From North to South was the Waimakariri River. Below them from east to west were Mt White, the homestead and the Hawden River. Glorious, still weather for all 3 days of the holiday weekend and some fabulous paintings, including Bernadette Parsons’ watercolour of Arthur’s Pass, painted on location in about an hour on a cold but clear day.