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Fog, Hawke’s Bay  1966-68	Sheds, Hawke’s Bay  1967	Taradale, Hawke’s Bay  1963-64
In Hawke’s Bay  circa 1968	Churches, Hawke’s Bay  1962-63	Scrub burning, Northern Hawke’s Bay  1965
Hawke’s Bay sketchbook  circa 1965	Fish V  1969	AD 1968  1968
Hawke’s Bay sketchbook  circa 1967	Napier aquarium and Hawke’s Bay sketchbook  circa 1968

Napier aquarium and Hawke's Bay sketchbook

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These sketchbooks show Rita Angus’s quick observations of the Hawke’s Bay landscape. Angus often made the sketches from the front seat of the bus as she travelled from Wellington to visit her parents. Some sketches depict no more than fleeting details of buildings or hills.

Also shown here are more detailed drawings that Angus did at the Napier aquarium. The strange creatures there fascinated her. They inspired paintings like Fish V and AD 1968, which you can see on the opposite wall.