Smith Gallery is an art gallery at 30 Forest Drive in Methven, in the Ashburton district of Canterbury, with a perfect 5.0 rating from its single Google review. A gallery in a small ski town like this lives closest to its landscape: the best regional spaces show work rooted in their surroundings, from Southern Alps vistas to high-country farmland, often by painters who live down the road. Browsing costs nothing and carries no obligation, and gallerists are generally happy to talk about an artist's background even if you are only looking — asking what a piece is about is half the pleasure. Regulars also know that country galleries can keep irregular or seasonal hours, particularly outside the ski season, so it pays to check before making the trip. For a piece of the Canterbury high country to take home, Smith Gallery is right there on Forest Drive in Methven.