Classic central South Island, New Zealand – a lake and mountains and not many houses, people or roads.
Mt Cook/Aoraki (Cloud-piercer, great name) is NZ’s highest mountain at 12,000ish feet, where Edmund Hillary practiced in the early 50s for his ascent of Everest. Stunning trek for the rest of us up the valley at the end on the left to the lake at the end of Hooker’s Glacier at the foot of Aoraki.
Oils on canvas 18″x18″. Sold at my solo exhibition at Exhibitions Gallery, Wellington May 2026
The 3rd version of this scene, here are the 2 others – as with version 1, I wanted a contrast of warm and cold.
Alistair McDonald's Art 
I love all three. It’s almost an otherworldly scene. And I also like the name Cloud-piercer.
Thanks for that Claudia, hope you are all good. Ive minimised my online things recently, good and bad to that of course