TY - BOOK AU - Sydney, Grahame, AU - Marshall, Owen, TI - Timeless land SN - 0958340560 (cased) : U1 - 758.1937 20 PY - 1995/// CY - Dunedin, N.Z. PB - Longacre Press KW - Sydney, Grahame, KW - Landscape painting, New Zealand KW - New Zealand KW - South Island KW - South Island (N.Z.) in art KW - South Island (N.Z.) in literature KW - New Zealand poetry KW - 20th century KW - lcsh KW - Short stories, New Zealand N1 - "[F]eatures over 50 of Grahame Sydney's ... paintings of the [Central South Island] ... Complementing the paintings are poems by Brian Turner ... and stories by Owen Marshall"--Jacket N2 - Timeless Land is considered a ground-breaking regional book which now has become popular with the public throughout NZ. Accentuating the fact that New Zealanders have a great love of the land, the book showcases the stunningly beautiful Central Otago. A region which is represented by the works of three steadfast and individual talents. The book is beautifully presented with iconic images and words. It features over 50 of Grahame Sydney's finest paintings of Central Otago. Sydney is renown for conveying the subtlety of light and shadow, of mood, and for showing us the majestic durability of the land. Brian Turner's poems complement the paintings with remarkable synchronicity, and Owen Marshall's stories bring a human element to the whole. Sam Neill has written the Introduction ER -