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Justin Summerton says:

I've been enjoying the Important, Early and Rare catalogues from the International Art Centre for a while and often sit down with a coffee in a sunny bay window to pour over them - always thinking man I wish I could get a work into this auction. So I set out to paint something worthy.

The germ of the idea for this painting came when looking at the cover of a International Art Centre catalogue which featured Charles Blomfield's Cheltenham Beach. I realised that Devonport had greatly changed with the passing of time. I set out to paint the Auckland of today, juxtaposed against Blomfield's interpretation. The work I created is part of the Bachelor Pad series. I've also paid homage to another favourite painter of mine, Gordon Walters. The painting on the easel is of contemporary Auckland with its container port, cranes, harbour bridge and Sky Tower. The modernist work with flipsided koru is in contrast to both the other paintings. There is a link to Walters koru motif which is based on the native New Zealand fern tip mirrored in the pot plant in the right of the painting.

I feel privileged that this work is included in this catalogue and by coincidence so are works by both Blomfield and Walters.