The landscape is one of New Zealand’s most beloved, and enduring subjects. Consistently rated among the most treasured works in public and museum collections, and routinely attracting high prices at auction, the popularity of the genre shows no sign of abating. From Petrus van der Velden to Toss Woollaston, Colin McCahon to Dick Frizzell, Rita Angus to Robin White, generations of artists have helped us to interpret and understand our environment, celebrating both the prosaic and the sublime. Artists continue to broaden these horizons and forge new pathways into this tradition. Among them are: Richard McWhannell, Tony Lane, Martin Ball, Peter James Smith and John Madden, and we are very pleased to present a few of their recent paintings in this exhibition.