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.