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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

Fog, Hawke's Bay

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On an early morning bus trip to Napier, Rita Angus watched the fog shroud the landscape. She made the first sketches for this painting there and then.

Angus wanted to create a sense of movement in Fog, Hawke’s Bay. She suggests the sensation of travelling through the landscape – buildings glimpsed from different angles, sudden changes in the weather, and vehicles disappearing into the distance.