Pauline Morse
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Pauline Morse | |
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Born | Christchurch |
Nationality | New Zealand |
Alma mater | Wellington Girls College, Victoria University |
Known for | Painting |
Pauline Morse is a New Zealand painter, based in Pukerua Bay.
Biography
[edit]Morse's best-known work is a series of bird studies which appeared on a series of definitive stamps first issued between 1985 and 1991.[1]
Morse is also known for her paintings of Pāuatahanui, Plimmerton, Pukerua Bay, and Mana Island. Her paintings have been exhibited at many New Zealand art galleries. Morse's career as a painter started in Fiji where she was asked to illustrate Birds of the Fiji Bush by Fergus Clunie and then in 1994 she wrote and illustrated Wild Natives.[2]
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