Visit to the McCahon House

Dame Patsy and Sir David visited the McCahon House in Titirangi. The home of painter Colin McCahon and his family from 1953-1960, the bush that surrounded the house inspired McCahon's art and was also the place where he began to experiment further with incorporating words into his paintings. McCahon himself did much of the work involved in expanding the house into a more liveable space for his family.