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    Colin McCahon's 1948 painting "Ligar Bay" depicts a burnt summer landscape with yellows, oranges, and blacks but little green. While McCahon used thick brushstrokes that seem crude, with slightly askew bay lines, the blending of oils in the valleys makes it recognizably his style. It shows dim evening light falling through a dark landscape before darkness washes over, as suggested by purple clouds. McCahon explored different styles like landscapes and abstracts, ignoring pressure to conform to one approach.

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    Colin McCahon's 1948 painting "Ligar Bay" depicts a burnt summer landscape with yellows, oranges, and blacks but little green. While McCahon used thick brushstrokes that seem crude, with slightly askew bay lines, the blending of oils in the valleys makes it recognizably his style. It shows dim evening light falling through a dark landscape before darkness washes over, as suggested by purple clouds. McCahon explored different styles like landscapes and abstracts, ignoring pressure to conform to one approach.

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    Colin Mccahon Ligar Bay 1948

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    Jack Pillans
    Colin McCahon's 1948 painting "Ligar Bay" depicts a burnt summer landscape with yellows, oranges, and blacks but little green. While McCahon used thick brushstrokes that seem crude, with slightly askew bay lines, the blending of oils in the valleys makes it recognizably his style. It shows dim evening light falling through a dark landscape before darkness washes over, as suggested by purple clouds. McCahon explored different styles like landscapes and abstracts, ignoring pressure to conform to one approach.

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    COLINMcCAHONLigarBay1948 oiloncanvas,876x1259mm.(CollectionofJohnandConnieSummers) http://www.artnewzealand.com/Issues11to20/havens.

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    Burntyellows,deeporangesblendingtoblackandverylittleuseofgreendepictsaburnsummer landscape.McCahonhimselfpaintswiththicklineswhichseemslikehehastakenaslightlymore crudeapproachasthebaylinesareslightlyaskew.ButthisisstillsucharecognizableMcMahon workbytheoilblendinginthevalleys.Ithasadimlightfallingthroughadarklandscape,paintedin thelatehoursofthedaysuggestedbythepurpleclouds.Thelastlightbeforethedarknesswashes overtheTasman.McCahonwasoneofthefewthatignoredpressuretoconformtoonestyle, insteadheexploreddifferentstylesrangingfromlandscapessuchasthisonetoabstract.

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