Mansfield painted as ‘bold, reckless’ colonial

Sally Burton, a Nelson artist, is fascinated by Katherine Mansfield, describing her as bold, brave, and lonely. She first encountered Mansfield’s work at Nelson Girls’ College and later depicted her in a series of paintings of high-profile New Zealand women artists. Burton’s art is well-known in collections across New Zealand and Australia, with a focus on capturing Mansfield’s stories of nature, the bush, and birds.

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