Mike Yardley: Free-roaming Manawatū
After enjoying my share of Palmerston North’s urban enticements, Manawatū’s big backyard was calling. The corrugated dragon-like spine of the Tararua and R
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After enjoying my share of Palmerston North’s urban enticements, Manawatū’s big backyard was calling. The corrugated dragon-like spine of the Tararua and R
Monday, 8 March 2021, 12:45 pm Cornelius (‘Con’) Vickers is having his first solo exhibition at age 91. Born in 1930 in Seaton, Country Durham England, Con started painting at school during the war. At age 12 he won First Prize for a painting of a Spitfire titled ‘ Plane over France’ which came with prize money of half a crown or two shillings and sixpence, a princely sum for a young boy. His working life was as a bricklayer then as a building manager before accepting the offer of early retirement at age 60. He then took evening art classes and after the death of his beloved wife She...
Monday, 8 March 2021, 12:45 pm | Feilding Art Centre Cornelius (‘Con’) Vickers is having his first solo exhibition at age 91. Born in 1930 in Seaton, Country Durham England, Con started painting at school during the war. At age 12 he won First Prize for a painting of a Spitfire titled ‘ Plane ... More >> REGIONAL