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Central Otago  1953-56/1969	Arrowtown (Coronet Peak from Speargrass Flat)  1953	Sketch for Central Otago (Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables)  1953
Sketch for Central Otago (Naseby)  1953	Sketch for Central Otago (Naseby)  1953	Sketch for Central Otago (Cecil Peak, Arrowtown)  1953
Sketch for Central Otago (Naseby)  1953	Flood, Hawke’s Bay  1955-56	Flood, Hawke’s Bay  1955
Landscape with Arum Lily  1953	Fungi  circa 1956-57	Landscape with Sea  1953
Mangonui  1953	Mangonui  1953	Northland  circa 1955
Clouds and sea  circa 1953	Clouds and sea  circa 1953	Harbour scene and bush  1950
Waikanae  1951	Seashore, Waikanae  1952	Seascape, heatwave  1949
Iris  1953	Garden, Waikanae  circa 1952	Colour notes  1950s
Plum tree at Waikanae  1952	Autumn  1951

Waikanae

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Rita Angus loved the Kapiti Coast, north of Wellington, and the beach was a favourite sketching place.

This work shows the freedom of her watercolour technique. With quick brush strokes and washes of colour, she suggests the windswept beauty of the coast.

Angus often stayed with her parents at Waikanae for weeks at a time. In 1950, after a nervous breakdown, she spent a year at Waikanae while she regained her health.