VENUS ON A BEACH TOWEL: THE PAINTINGS OF LINDSAY CROOKS HARDCOVER

BY LINDSAY CROOKS

HARD COVER WITH DUST JACKET

Publisher: Longacre Press (2003)

158 PAGES

IN REALLY NICE CONDITION

With illustrations and reproductions, a collection of over 70 Lindsay Crook paintings, and how they are responded to by chosen viewers - a nice idea

To view Lindsay Crooks bold and spirited paintings is to be absorbed into the fullness of New Zealand life, from early babyhood on the beach, to the floury interior of a bakery, to 150 years ago as the first European settlers made their initial footfalls.

Each painting is accompanied by a written response - the artist's brother meditates on diving, rugby player Josh Kronfeld reminisces about surfing at St Clair, while poet Emma Neale muses on motherhood.

Generously illustrated in magnificent colour, 'Venus on a Beach Towel' is a retrospective tribute to Crooks' remarkable painting career.