Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Early Harvest Launch
Check out Early Harvest - a magazine written and illustrated by young and old! Brought to you by the Pigeons Project and Harvest Magazine, I was lucky enough to illustrate a couple of great articles and I can't wait to see a finished copy - more details are available through the Pigeons Project Website, and it will be celebrated through a launch, November 12th in Yarraville.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Illustration Friday - Scary
Ok it isn't the scariest monster in the world, but I've been meaning to post this little fella for awhile...
Friday, October 21, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Grolsch Grid 2011
Grolsch beer has put together 68 artists, musician, film types with some link to Fitzroy for the mighty GROLSCH GRID 2011. I'm co-creating 3 skateboards, teeshirts and posters with the clever Chris from Arbol. There is a festival of events, launching tonight!
Thursday, September 29, 2011
I've Been Quiet
I've been quiet on here... a little like this quiet + beautiful track.
But busy, oh so busy.
Creating art every night, working 9 til 5 every day, and preparing for the Frankfurt Book Fair. Everything is coming to a pointy end by then - projects due (painted skateboards, magazine illustrations, preparing applications, designs for friends wedding invitations and businesses etc etc)... Not much time for friends + activity - but good to have it all going on all the same. I'll sleep well on the plane.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
For the Bubs Out There...
I've been working on really colourful, simple illustrations for a bit of Illustrator practice.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Winterpark - Sunday Morning Album Launch
The Dear Patti Smith exhibition is over, and my work is here:
It was a great event! Perfecto. So much great talent - and amazing how artists responded so differently to the tracks. I think my favourite was Lucy Benson who had a video piece projected onto silver stock. Just looking at the work (sans music) you saw a beautiful looped video of water movement - but adding the track too it to a new place. Hard to describe in words, but very beautiful.
Snaps of the party can be seen at Dear Patti Smith, and Winterpark is posting music/artwork each week. A couple more images below...
Nice work M.
It was a great event! Perfecto. So much great talent - and amazing how artists responded so differently to the tracks. I think my favourite was Lucy Benson who had a video piece projected onto silver stock. Just looking at the work (sans music) you saw a beautiful looped video of water movement - but adding the track too it to a new place. Hard to describe in words, but very beautiful.
Snaps of the party can be seen at Dear Patti Smith, and Winterpark is posting music/artwork each week. A couple more images below...
Nice work M.
Monday, July 25, 2011
The Talented and Inspiring Oliver Jeffers
THE HEART AND THE BOTTLE by Oliver Jeffers by expandedbooks
With his process for his book "Heart in a Bottle".
Lovely.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Sunday Morning Winterpark Show
The very talented musician Matt is collecting a bunch of our talented pals and "associates" for the launch of his next CD, Sunday Morning.
The new record is sounding amazing, and I've been painting one of the tracks for the upcoming show... Here is me beginning to tackle it a couple of weeks ago. While painting in acrylics is NOT my forte (I much prefer drawings and watercolours) it has been very fun to do something big and different.
Dear Patti SmithThursday (opening 6pm) July 21st - Sunday July 24th.
Hope to see you there, and beautiful work M. x
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Small Works Show
3 pieces for the Brunswick Street Gallery "Small Works Show".
LOCATION
Brunswick Street Gallery 322 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 3065
EXHIBITION DATES
Runs 14 Jun 2010 to 30 Jun 2011. Opening 6pm Fri 17 Jun 2011.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
30 Day Project
I've decided to take part in the 30 Day Project - I seem to be signing up for a lot of things right now. It must be winter.
From their press release,
"Creative people often have the luxury of being able to do anything but just as
often end up doing nothing. Thirty Days Project is thirty deadlines; finish a piece
of creative work by then end of each day.
Tasks expand to fill the time allotted to them, and this is especially true of the
tasks of every-day life. For too many of us minor necessities expand to fill the
hours of the day at the expense of creative endeavours.
Creativity, however, often responds well to a little external pressure. More
precisely, the pressure of a deadline “encourages” decisions to be made which in
turn allow creativity to flow unimpeded.
Thirty Days turns on the pressure with thirty daily deadlines. Each deadline
forces the artist to choose a subject, an approach and a tool and create
something by the end of the day."
Well said I say.
From their press release,
"Creative people often have the luxury of being able to do anything but just as
often end up doing nothing. Thirty Days Project is thirty deadlines; finish a piece
of creative work by then end of each day.
Tasks expand to fill the time allotted to them, and this is especially true of the
tasks of every-day life. For too many of us minor necessities expand to fill the
hours of the day at the expense of creative endeavours.
Creativity, however, often responds well to a little external pressure. More
precisely, the pressure of a deadline “encourages” decisions to be made which in
turn allow creativity to flow unimpeded.
Thirty Days turns on the pressure with thirty daily deadlines. Each deadline
forces the artist to choose a subject, an approach and a tool and create
something by the end of the day."
Well said I say.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Illustration Friday - Safari
Playing with digital illustration, quite different to my norm! I think that's why I love Illo Friday - you can mess about and experiment with your usual style, with a random topic, and share with friendly internet folk.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Illo Friday - Beginnings
You know when life throws punches at you over and over and you realise perhaps, I need to do something different?
I drew this for a pal as she faces some new beginnings (and some major endings) after facing quite a few punches over the last few years. You can duck and weave, but sometimes you have to hop off the course and try something completely beautifully new.
One beginning we are going to do together is meditation class. That shall be grand. The rest, she will be doing on her own, and it will be hard I'm sure. But transformative, as all change is.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Mona - Hobart and General Visual and Foodie Fun
WOWOWOWWWw I just got back from 3 lovely days in Hobart... Small city of fresh air, fine art, good coffee, cheap delicious food and... MONA! Which blew my brain. How exciting that there are people in the world willing to invest their millions into a vision like the Museum of Old and New Art - so much inspiration, it felt like a celebration of life and art and humanity. These words won't capture it, and neither will a few photos from my phone, but check out some better coverage here and here.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Illo Friday - Lesson
I found these great free Photoshop patterns from Web Treats. Some beautiful fun textures to add to a simple drawing!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Bologna Children's Bookfair
I just returned today from Italy... and I am jetlagged, so jetlagged I took the wrong luggage home and gave a poor Finnish tourist a bad start to their journey.
However, Italy and Bologna were simply amazing! The food, the town, and the busiest week of my life at the fair. Back to back meetings, followed by dinners and work work work - it went by in a sleepless blur, but I was so lucky to be there. Here are a few schnaps from the amazing week!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Stinky Old Armchair
I have been starting many many books recently... and am beginning to realise how writing children's books is far harder than I thought (which differs from the opinion of Martin Amis, who's books I have always loved, and who recently said "'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book"). Hmmm....
So anyway, one of these tales I have begun is about an old man and his beloved couch. His grandson thinks the armchair is ugly, and organises a brand spanking new armchair to replace it.
Something ridiculous like this...
Anyway, the old man is not impressed and drags his old chair back out. The boy is told stories about the chair and the things it has seen and as he begins to fall asleep in its comfortable creases he appreciates everything about it...
The story is not quite there but it is great fun beginning a tale with no real structure and just drawing away, playing with textures and image/illo mixes.... and appreciating those amazing writers who can put together a beautiful tale for kids with an economy of words, every line so important and as colourful as the images that go with it.
So anyway, one of these tales I have begun is about an old man and his beloved couch. His grandson thinks the armchair is ugly, and organises a brand spanking new armchair to replace it.
Something ridiculous like this...
Anyway, the old man is not impressed and drags his old chair back out. The boy is told stories about the chair and the things it has seen and as he begins to fall asleep in its comfortable creases he appreciates everything about it...
The story is not quite there but it is great fun beginning a tale with no real structure and just drawing away, playing with textures and image/illo mixes.... and appreciating those amazing writers who can put together a beautiful tale for kids with an economy of words, every line so important and as colourful as the images that go with it.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Illustration Friday - Dusty
I got a lovvvvvely new computer this week, and it is fun to play in photoshop without it taking ages or crashing! When I think dusty I think windy-sand, which is what I grew up in in West Australia. I didn't have a pet camel but I felt like I was blowing away in the wind sometimes with the dust...
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Perfect Mugs
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Illustration Friday - Resolutions
Well, well, well, another year over... a new one just begun.
I've been a bit slack on posting, drawings and everything else creative the last few months, due to a change in work, with more hours and being exhausted from learning again - but it has been great. And after a few days break, I'm feeling revived and ready to face the new year.
For this week's post I've thought about my collection of art-related resolutions, such as spending more time and money on art (not feeling guilty about buying supplies and different memberships, that sort of thing, getting more time in nature (a long term plan - but going to make it happen this year! Good fodder for creative inspiration) and finally, of course, to make more art. Back on track.
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