Inspiring landscapes
The Geraldine district has long enticed artists to come to paint. This is not surprising given its setting near the foothills of the Southern Alps and proximity to the mountains themselves.
The area is now home to several award-winning artists whose work encompasses a wide range of artistic styles.
Among the best-known is landscape artist Austen Deans - now an elderly man but still painting regularly. Deans, a member of Canterbury's pioneering Deans family, was a Second World War artist. He has painted in Antarctica and his New Zealand landscape paintings are still in huge demand.
The Deans family (and there are several other artists in the family) are based at Peel Forest, a tiny settlement famed for its native forest and waterfalls.
Artists like John Badcock, whose ever-changing painting styles have encompassed landscapes, cityscapes, portraits, botanical and nudes, are also based in Geraldine. Ben Woolcombe is another award-winning artist with a strong attachment to painting his interpretation of the land around him.
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