Lazy days
Subtitle: painting the Kiwi lifestyle
By: Graham Young
Publisher: New Holland Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Auckland, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9781869664084
Subjects: Lifestyles; Pictorial works; New Zealand Painting
Notes: "Lazy Days features approximately 70 paintings by artist Graham Young, the vibrant paintings in this book capture that bright sparkling quality of our New Zealand light. Graham Young portrays elements of the Kiwi lifestyle against a backdrop of familiar landscapes - the corner dairy, old baches on the coast, boatsheds, villas and country barns. There is always evidence of people in these paintings, which are presented in the form of a journey through everyday culture - there is nothing highbrow about the art shown here. Graham is fascinated by signposts of the past, the architectural heritage of our towns and disused agricultural machinery hidden in long grass on older farms. He comments about his paintings, which are grouped loosely together to reflect place and scene: beach and coast, town and country"--Publisher information.