I've been enjoying reading this book lately: Dick Frizzell: The Painter which is full of Frizzell's paintings and drawings and written in a really entertaining way by the artist himself. I enjoy his pop art work a lot and also his grand landscapes. Like most NZers of my age, one look at his drawing style brings me back to my early school years- D.F would illustrate many of our reading books and journals. I'm pretty sure he even illustrated the government-issue Plunket (baby health) books of the 1980's. So he's a bit of a legend. (You can see more of his work here.)
I hadn't seen his flower paintings before, but there are quite a few featured in this book. I love his use of colour and the way each painting is described in text somewhere along the side (e.g. 'Yellow Roses', or 'Large Vase'). His Yellow Roses inspired me to paint something from my garden. I guess I'll call my small painting Pink Zinnias.
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