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'My period of close association with Theo Schoon began when I first met him in June or July 1941… We had become friends because our tastes in art tended to coincide, and I was able at this time to profit from Theo’s larger experience and training in Europe…. from 1946 – 1949 Theo had been engaged in recording South Island rock drawings…. I shared his enthusiasm for these works and for a time they had an influence on my painting.'

Gordon Walters, 1982

(Intimate Portraits, 2005)