Dick Frizzel : the painter / [with foreword by Hamish Keith]

"Live clean & let your works be seen"--Cover.

Where do you start? -- Art school -- Heading North -- Out in the shed -- Making it a-fishial -- What next? -- Putting it all on the lion -- Handout -- Illustrations of America -- Art school - again -- Home is where the art is -- The nitty gritty -- Everybody's business -- A pukeko in a ponga tree -- Messy years -- Escape from salvation -- Magpie mind -- Bad landscapes -- Sabbatical -- Too much information -- Tikis -- Great escape -- Dadstracts -- Junk mail narratives -- Meaning of life -- Posh tarts to Tuscany -- Going back -- Serious artiste -- Big return -- Please keep us safe -- Painted illustrations -- New still lives -- Taking the sign at face value -- Applying myself -- Go figure -- Long ride home -- Ones that got away on me -- Antarctica -- Faraway -- Prints -- Works -- Thanks.

..."Dick Frizzel: the painter is the story of Dick's life in art - how he found his way through, got lost and found his way again. It's a treasure trove, a kaleidoscope of influences, references and artworks - brilliant for lovers of popular culture, art, kiwiana and biography."-- Back cover.