Robin White, 'Antai ae e mate? Who is dead? From the series: Sainimele goes fishing' - Print xmas followed by a resounding declaration

followed by a resounding declaration of courage and faith

and I take pride in the hand craft nature of what I do

the Great War

recently encountered as tiny black and white illustrations in Thomas Bodkin’s 1945 book Dismembered masterpieces

Each print is sampled and colour tested alongside the original

Robin White, 'Antai ae e mate? Who is dead? From the series: Sainimele goes fishing' - Print xmas followed by a resounding declarationRobin Whites hard edged paintings of rural New Zealand and its people are comparable with Don Binneys and Michael Smithers work, acknowledging their origins in the Regionalist movement paintings of the mid 20th century and the influence of artists such as Rita Angus. White graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts (University of Auckland, New Zealand) in 1968 and quickly established a reputation with paintings of well known culture heroes such as