Obituary: Val Raymond, artist and 'quiet activist'
Supplied Val Raymond sketching for the book ‘Ngā Marae o Ngāti Tūwharetoa’. The original sketches became one of three significant collections gifted to the iwi by the artist. Val Evon Raymond, artist, educationalist, “quiet activist” 19/11/1931 - 19/2/2021 Taupō painter and artist Val Raymond – synonymous with landscape and portrait painting in the town and wider central North Island has been remembered for her “quiet activism” for the area’s environment and heritage and her bridging of the gap between a European aesthetic and Te Ao Māori. Among a series of glowing trib...
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