For the first time this book tells the full story of the life and art of an important contemporary painter and a key figure in the emergence and evolution of abstract art in New Zealand. In a lucid and jargon-free essay complemented by more than forty full-colour reproductions, art writer and curator Justin Paton charts the evolution of Don Peebles’ style over more than fifty years of immensely varied, rich and committed art-making. The essay charts Peebles’ early and formative encounters when arriving in London with advanced European art and places his paintings in the context of an emergent New Zealand abstract art. Highly Commended 1996 Pride in Print Awards.