Don Driver: Magician

Don Driver would be the most superb colourist of any of the artists I could mention in New Zealand ...

– Artist Michael Smither talks about Don Driver's eye for colour

It's surprising after all these years with what he does, he's still one of the few artists in New Zealand that can still get right up people's noses ... at his best, he's a magician.

– Critic and art collector Jim Barr on Don Driver's gothic tone

It's one of the things I want. I want a sculpture to be made alive, you know.

– Artist Don Driver on the desire to disturb or even shock his audience

The texture and the colour and the emptiness of them ... with their teeth sticking out.

– Don Driver talks about the visual appeal of skulls