Not even Gerald O’Brien’s wife of 60 years knew of the countless hours he spent drawing and writing stories of his parallel world
Gerald O’Brien lived a very public life – he was a New Zealand MP, anti-war activist and president of the World Peace Council, but not even those closest to him knew of his secret, all-consuming lifelong art project, which resulted in a vast and complex imaginary world.
Hidden in the late politician’s basement were O’Brien’s hand-painted and written imaginings, obsessively created from the time he was a toddler through to his years in parliament and beyond.
