AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR Harold Freedman was an artist of enormous drive, ambition and achievement. He was never content to mark time, always ready to turn his hand to new challenges and he left his mark on the nation in many places. Harold worked as a fine artist, an illustrator, printmaker, designer and muralist, all the while drawing on a deep well of traditional training and a determination to bring art and the creative spirit to the widest possible audience. He was a democrat at heart, seeing art as being for the people, the man and the woman in the street who had the right to live in a community where they could see and experience art on a daily basis. While best known for his series of painted and mosaic murals, the largest ever created in Australia, he was also an influential teacher, an official wart artist and book designer. AUTHORS: Gavin Fry is an artist, writer, publisher and museum professional. David Freedman, MBBS, BSc (Med), FRACS, has recently retired after 42 years working as a general surgeon in remote and regional centres in Australia and overseas. David Jack is Director of the Melbourne Mural Studio.