Green by Chance

Marlborough-based artist Clarry Neame describes himself as an impressionist painter of light. He believes that when you are surrounded by nature's best that's lit with the region's superb clarity of light, you cannot do or be otherwise. Born in 1947, Clarry grew up in Spring Creek, a small country village near the Wairau River in Marlborough, New Zealand. One of nine children, Clarry found his place and his self-expression through the love of drawing and painting as a young child of four years of age. Clarry's studio is located at Hunter's Wines winery in the heart of Marlborough's awesome landscape. With its wild and rugged coastline, magnificent mountains on both sides of the valley, its rivers and lakes, and of course the beautiful waters of the magical, Marlborough Sounds, Marlborough provides Clarry with inspiration and motivation for his work.