Hastings

‘Frizzell is a painter who has always cared about words’ — Kim Knight, New Zealand Herald

‘A celebration of landscape and culture, history and everyday objects’ — John Daly-Peoples, New Zealand Arts Review

‘Will leave you both laughing and longing for a time when boyhood was one grand adventure’ — Chris Reed, NZ Booklovers

‘Conjuring a world within a moment as seen through Frizzell’s eyes’ — Jack Riddell, Hawke’s Bay Today

‘Presented with such colour, sympathy and vitality’ — Peter Simpson, Kete

‘So much detail to love’ — Catherine Robertson, RNZ’s Afternoons

‘An affectionate portrait of 1950s Hawke’s Bay’ — Elisabeth Easther, Woman’s Weekly

‘Portrays the experience of growing up with a touch of humour and keen insight’ — Jim Sullivan, Otago Daily Times

Dick Frizzell MNZM is one of New Zealand’s best-known painters. He studied at the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury from 1960 to 1963 and then had a long career in advertising. Alongside his career as a painter, Frizzell is also the highly sought-after designer of a range of products from toys to wine. He is the author of Dick Frizzell: The painter (Random House, 2009), It’s All About the Image (Random House, 2011), Me, According to the History of Art (Massey University Press, 2020), The Sun Is a Star (Massey University Press, 2021) and The Dance of the Hooligans (David Ling Publishing, 2023). Dick exhibits regularly and often works in collaboration with writers and other artists. He lives in Auckland with his wife, Jude.