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Illustrator Desmond Bovey’s first book, Tongariro National Park: An artist’s field guide, was inspired by a profound encounter with a kārearea (New Zealand falcon) after a three-decade absence from New Zealand. The resulting collection of 400 paintings depicts the park in a uniquely personal way. Was illustration always going to be your career path? I have […]

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