Dunstan Mountains Beyond Poolburn Dam - Limited Edition Art Print
September 28, 2022
The Poolburn Dam was a filming location for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers. The huts were transformed into Rohan Huts with thatched roofs.
The Poolburn Dam is a barren, rocky, endless landscape, accessed via the very rough Moa Creek road, located west of the Rough Ridge Range. Long Valley Creek feeds the reservoir, and the reservoir itself feeds the Ida Valley. The reservoir is inhabited by fisherman huts dotted around, and is an excellent place to fish for brown trout.
A while ago I explored the Arthurs Pass area with my good friend Dulkara, we walked up the Taramaku River, bush bashed through the thick & steep bush up to the open tops where we spent three days traversing the ridges. On the second afternoon, after lots of up and down ridge-line scrambling we approached Lake Morgan...
Camp Stream Hut, a historic musterers hut on the Te Araroa trail near Tekapo with Roundhill in the background. A magical place to visit, especially in the late afternoon although once the sun falls it becomes bitterly cold. On this particular trip the walk out was sodden with snow melt and my feet lost feeling in the last main river. Brr…
Inspired by an almost dreamlike trip along ridge lines, past Lake Morgan and to the top of Mt O’Shanessy the painting is slowly taking shape. I really wanted to capture those warm, golden, summer West Coast rays that you...
