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OPINION It has taken a lifetime for me to appreciate that my father was a war hero. The penny finally dropped when I peeled the back off a framed pencil...

Esther Deans remembers going on the odd painting trip with her grandfather. Now her work is on display at a Timaru gallery.

Timaru Port by Ainslie Manson, Timaru Harbour by William Menzies Gibb and Timaru from South Street Railway Bridge by Clifford Brunsden. The exhibition is a creative way of highlighting the beloved favourites of the gallery’s permanent collection, she said. A Colin McCahon, titled Tasman Bay from Mapua, Nelson also made the cut. “It has been interesting to see which artworks people want to see. While there are one or two clear favourites there is a real diversity of interest in the community. Our collection reflects that,” Fitzgerald said. She said the art collection belongs to th...