'Ello 'Ello 'Ello (Auckland) Multi-Cache

The Hay Wain  (1821)

I wonder what John Constable would make of some of the roads, streets, closes, lanes and ways, that bear his name ? Little rows of neatly aligned houses, with well tended lawns. Not very interesting to paint, I'd bet.

This multi-cache follows a road which I guess he might have liked. Striking views over the Tasman sea, with Muriwai beach stretching out into the distance.

Perhaps his most famous work was The Hay Wain . This painting adorns many a suburban living room. My parents had this very print hanging above their fireplace for years.

Below are a selection of his other landscapes. The self portrait on the right was done using an arrangement of mirrors !

Self-portrait   1806, pencil on paper.

Weymouth Bay  ( c.   1816)

Dedham Vale  (1802)

Wivenhoe Park (1816)