Art New Zealand

Peter Nicholls

A māhoe (whiteywood) sapling has been planted at the head of Peter Nicholls’ grave in Green Park cemetery, Dunedin. What could be more fitting to mark the final earthly resting place of an artist who was profoundly influenced by the natural world and whose long familiarity with timber as a material informed his work from first to last?

Peter was born in Whanganui. He

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