SIDDELL, Peter, 1935-
Northern Shore (Painting)
There is a lot that is familiar in Peter Siddell’s
landscape paintings. Long horizons, Victorian
architecture, waterways and volcanic cones.
They all look like bits of Auckland we know,
although you can’t quite finger where.
Probably not the suburb you grew up in but
possibly one you visited a few times. Perhaps it
was before the old mansion was pulled down, or
the new tower went up? Even the way the light
plays across the landscape. This is the artist’s
city and his scenes have become so familiar that
the real Auckland sometimes looks a lot like
his paintings.