West Coast Tree is an original acrylic on canvas (255 × 255 mm) by New Zealand artist Max Thomson. A single tree stands alone against a turbulent sky - dark, full-canopied, its roots lost in a churning foreground of deep teal and grey. Cloud and land seem to merge around it, the pale mist pressing in from all sides, while the tree holds its ground with a quiet, unmistakable permanence. It is a painting about endurance as much as landscape.
Born in Wanganui in 1945, Thomson has a long family connection with the West Coast, and that history runs through this work. The West Coast tree - shaped by wind, salt, and exposure - is an image he returns to with the familiarity of someone who knows this country from the inside.
Dimensions: 255 × 255 mm. Original artwork, one of a kind. Artist: Max Thomson (b. 1945, Wanganui, NZ)
A unique work of New Zealand contemporary art - rooted in memory, weather, and the West Coast landscape.
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Max Thomson
