I first discovered how many eccentrics we have in NZ when I was recording a series of programs for Radio NZ called Drawl and Twang. Each programme profiled a singer who sounded like a dinkum kiwi not like an imitation American.
Category Archives: Art
A Taste of Batik to Come from Dinah and Tony’s Eccentric Encyclopaedia
I’m currently preparing a book, which includes many of Tony’s and my batik pictures. They all feature NZ’s past and present. Some are caricatures. The pix and text are just a taste of what this book will include. Continue reading A Taste of Batik to Come from Dinah and Tony’s Eccentric Encyclopaedia
Joy Cowley Cartoon
Lovely to see Bess Manson’s article in the Dom Post today describing our National Treasure, writer Joy Cowley and a child’s delight in her lively story, Mrs Wishy Washy’s Farm/ Here is my cartoon of Joy herself as Mrs Wishy Washy,
Dinah Priestley
The Glorious Yachting Voyages of Captain James Cook
Narrative batiks by Dinah Priestley and Tony Burton. Continue reading The Glorious Yachting Voyages of Captain James Cook
Dinah Priestley 