Episode 143: Desmond Bovey – Coming home to the landscape

‘Looking is an apprenticeship’
- Desmond Bovey

After spending 30 years in France, artist Desmond Bovey returned to New Zealand and the landscape of his childhood. With attention and curiosity, Desmond used sketching nature as a way to truly come home.

 
Listen to hear more about:

• The travel adventures that eventually led Desmond to spend 30 years in France.

• Desmond’s homecoming back to New Zealand and the landscape that became his anchor.

• The moment that nature gave Desmond an invitation, and the sketch that started the book!

• Curiosity in nature and cultivating a deeper awareness.

• Invasive species and their impact on the landscape.

• The colours Desmond used to illustrate the park.

• How observing colour can deeply connect us with the landscape.

• Nature writing and the process of putting observations into language.

• The geological history of the park and how that shapes the life there.

• Finding moments of calm wonder in nature.
  

To find out more about Desmond’s book visit: https://www.pottonandburton.co.nz/

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