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Gwitha Mclean outside Porangahau general store
Photograph: Guy Chapman

Untltled landscape
Watercolour by Gwitha Mclean

Clouded Mountain from Waiouru
Watercolour by Gwitha Mclean

Gwitha Mclean often painted these whimsical little landscapes in watercolour as she traveled around the country.

She lived in the beautiful area of Porangahau in the North Island of New Zealand.

Whangaehu Beach 1984
Watercolour by Gwitha Mclean

Porangahau was untouched for many years but even the once un-populated Whangaehu beach is turning into a small village now.