Paintings from Dave's sketchbook

I finally got around to scanning all the watercolor paintings (and one drawing) that I particularly liked in Dave's many sketchbooks.  I'm going to post a few of them here. Most of them date from after our arrival in New Zealand in 2007, but a few of them come from 2004 to 2006. What I find amazing is that Dave insists on calling them "sketches." Some of them are so lovely and so detailed, I consider them paintings.

 Lake Te Anau, about four hours west of Dunedin:

 Mt Joseph and Lake Alexandrina, about four hours northwest of Dunedin:

 Camp Tirohanga, a Presbyterian camp near Dunedin where we often go for retreats:

We've stayed several times at our friends' house on Lake Hawea, about four hours west of Dunedin, so you'll see several paintings of Lake Hawea:

 Lake Hawea. The tall mountain is called Corner Peak:

 Lake Hawea:

 Kaptiti Island, just off the southwest coast of the North Island

 Lynne doing her favorite activity:

 Anglican church in Paihia, Bay of Islands, North Island:

 Lake Manapouri, about 4 hours west of Dunedin:

 Governor's Bay, Lyttleton harbour, near Christchurch:

 Oban Presbyterian Church, Stewart Island:

 Nyhaven, Copenhagen:

 Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island:

 Alki Beach in Seattle:

 Lake Harrison in British Columbia:

Woodland Park roses, Seattle:

 The greenhouse (glasshouse) in Dunedin's Botanic Garden:

 Jonathan's hats at his and Aki's Woodland Park Apartment:

 A church in Oamaru, one and a half hours north of Dunedin:

 Roses in Auckland in December:

 Two Maori wakas (canoes) at Waitangi on the North Island:

 Lynne at age 4 in Wiesbaden Germany. Dave painted it from a photograph:

More roses from Woodland Park, Seattle: