Elephants For Sale

Today it was a pleasure to see this work by New Plymouth artist, , Elephants

For Sale, at the Govett-Brewster here in New Plymouth.

Immediately I saw the work I felt that it had some presence,

and substance, it even seemed to breathe.

There was also some sense of relief because unlike most of the

work on at the gallery there were no words. I didn't have to read my way

into it it.

My personal opinion is that Don Driver is very under appreciated in New

Zealand, I'm not sure why.

The photo below is of a Don Driver exhibition at

Tauranga Art Gallery last year. The link will take

you to a recent article in Art NZ, about his work.