Sunny Collings first felt the allure of sculpture on a visit to the Musée Rodin when she was 21. Housed in agrand, 18th-century residence on Paris’s Left Bank, the museum celebrates the life and achievements of France’s most famous sculptor, Auguste Rodin.
Behind the house, the collection spills out onto amagnificent garden, offering an oasis of sculpture and greenery in the centre of the city. “I was just completely captivated,” says Collings. “I hadn’t really thought about sculpture before that.”
Decades later, those seeds of inspiration have developed into a thriving sculpture park in Central Otago, hidden away in the Queensberry Hills. When she saw the 15ha property for sale in 2015, Collings felt drawn to the location. The elevated position provides sublime views of the Southern Alps and the upper Clutha/Mata-Au River. But the view also encompasses land near Lake Hāwea where Collings’ great-grandparents once had a farm at Lagoon Valley. She consulted her partner, Selena Henry, and the pair
