Escape artists: modernists in the tropics

This book explores the journeys of artistic and self discovery by many of Australia's greater and lesser known artists. The colour, light and heat of the tropics, the characters, tales and ancient landscape of the region have profoundly influenced the development of Australian art. The artists Harold Abbott, Valerie Albiston, Douglas Annand, Yvonne Atkinson, John Bell, Yvonne Cohen, Ray Crooke, Lawrence Daws, Russell Drysdale, Ian Fairweather, John Firth-Smith, Donald Friend, Bruce Goold, Elaine Haxton, Frank Hinder, Frank Hodgkinson, Sydney Nolan, Alan Oldfield, Margaret Olley, John Olsen, Tony Tuckson, Brett Whiteley, Fred Williamsand Noel Wood.