Although best-known as a painter of innocence and childhood memories whose scenes hearken back to a simpler and timeless past, William Kurelek 1927-1977 was also a chronicler of the experiences of various cultural groups in Canada devoting entire series to Ukrainian, Polish, Irish, Jewish and Inuit peoples. This magnificently illustrated volume features in-depth essays that explore Kureleks entire oeuvre, from his formative years when he underwent psychiatric treatment and converted to Roman Catholicism to his later work where he metamorphosed into an anguished prophet of a modern apocalypse.