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Garrick Tremain is highly regarded as both a painter and New Zealand's funniest and most perceptive political cartoonist.
EMAIL : tremain@arrowtownz.com
A New Zealander by birth, he was a city child who wished he'd been a country kid. Consequently he left school to work on farms and sheep stations. It was here, in the smoko rooms and shearing sheds that his drawing ability first raised eyebrows, and he returned to the city to test his suspected talent in commercial art studios. For ten years he climbed the advertising ladder before deciding he could best combine his love of art and the rural environment by becoming a landscape painter. Since 1972 he has been a full time professional painter and in 1988 decided to add the string of political cartooning to his bow. When time allows he takes respite from the easel at the piano or on the golf course.
THIS IS IT THEN - An Autobiography by Garrick Tremain
From farm sheds to art galleries, from shipwrecks and sketchbooks to the pages of the daily news, Garrick Tremain has lived a life as colourful as his watercolour paintings.
In This Is It Then, the celebrated New Zealand artist and political cartoonist reflects on a lifetime of adventure — from horseback escapades and extensive world travels, to a distinguished career in art and an enduring love story with his wife Jill.
Told with Tremain’s trademark wit, sharp eye and irreverent humour, this is an honest, richly detailed journey through decades of creativity, controversy, laughter and loss — the full canvas of a life well lived.
Available soon for $35 + $5 p&p within NZ