This sleepy fellow is a pure white American Akita, drawn for a friend in Wilsonville, Oregon. This dog weighs about 11 stones and gets appreciative love and greeting everywhere he goes.
Mirage represents all sorts of personal things, but mainly images that float around in my subconscious!
This picture embodies the fears of childhood, of not quite understanding what the world is about. The Harvest is about dangers in reality represented in dreams.
I saw this floral arrangement on a kitchen counter at a pop up art exhibition here in Tasmania. After having a look at the lovely artwork, I came back to the kitchen and saw that a source photo would come in handy for my own artwork.
This portrait was done from a source photo I took in Paris. Simon was actually squinting in the sun, but somehow the portrait took on a different meaning, and he looks like he's deep in thought.
This was a drawing exercise given to me by the talented Tony Champ, an artist who used to work for the Courier Mail in Brisbane. This drawing was done from a reference of a martial arts magazine ad, and no, the action hero didn't have long wavy hair.
Colin Friels is an Australian actor known for his roles in Darkman and Water Rats, to name a few. I liked the reference picture for its harsh overhead lighting, and I was intrigued by the "imperfections" of his face and neck.
I think this was one of my first attempts at comic panels. It's satire on consumerist craziness, and how being bombarded with products can brainwash and addle one's mind. Plus this was loads of fun to draw.
This illustration was drawn for an article for Filament magazine, Issue 8, June 2011. The article - Modern Marriage: to have, to hold, to question - explores the different types of marriage, and how expectations of traditional partnerships can conflict with the potential of what a partnership can be.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filament_(magazine)
This is the preliminary drawing for Marco Minnemann's album cover, but it turned out to be much more! The brief was to "go nuts" with my typical style of artwork, so it was a very fun brief indeed.
You should check out Marco's drumming! He is so incredibly talented.
http://marcominnemann.com/
In the early 1990s I was intrigued by the potential that tattoo design had to offer. I was selling pieces of "flash" for more progressive tattooists to display on their walls, and found that the inspiration of the designs of the times - Celtic style being very popular - coming through in my own artwork. This tattoo design was done with the intention of the guard of the knife wrapping around the arm, positioned at the top of the bicep.
This is a high relief piece displayed at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. I went there on the weekends to draw it, and the conversations people struck up with me were mostly interesting!
A Gorgon from Greek mythology with a twist - she has a beautiful face rather than a visage so ugly it turned men to stone when they gazed upon it.
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Paula is a beautiful friend of mine. I had her sit still in front of the TV for this portrait - Home and Away was on at the time. I've always found the humble biro to be a great drawing tool. Maybe it's the "doodling" pen of choice that makes it so appealing!
Groovy Gravy was an independent comic that started up in 1993. It was a chance for local artists in Brisbane to showcase their work, gain exposure, meet other artists, and have lots of fun. It was also the first time that I did any comic book art, and I got to draw whatever I liked!
This tattoo design was a challenge! I'd never done a drawing that was intended to be wrapped around someone's torso before. My client was very clear about what she wanted, and directed me on much of this piece as I was drawing it. Very good experience, and the tattoo artist did a great job!
This is an oil pencil sketch of my nephew, Farley, drawn in 2007. Lovely chap - very intuitive, intelligent and charming.
Graphite pencil drawing of a very fluffy cat, measuring 420 mm x 300 mm
The irrepressible Helen Baird is a dear friend of
mine who I admire for her intelligence, courage,
and great sense of humour. Acrylic on watercolour paper, Height: 75 cm
Acrylic on canvas
This painting was inspired by Edwardian fashion and Steampunk. The tentacles? I'm not sure why I did them, or the branch-like shapes, but I like the idea of ornamental images. SOLD
Acrylic on Canvas. Sold.
This picture is about mania, about the feeling that abundance will always be the mean, that nothing can ever go wrong again. It's beautiful but grotesque, as everyday concerns can fall by the wayside.
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A portrait of Simon Satori and Cecile Dubuis.
When I was a child I thought that the fig trees at the Botanic Gardens in Brisbane resembled the dinosaurs that I saw in books, hence the title, Dinosaur Trees, for this painting.
This painting was done as an entry for the BP Portrait Awards in the UK. I didn't qualify, but it was something I'd wanted to do, and did it. At the time, I had bleached-white hair, and for some reason the dissipation of my own image and the way it merges with the background resembles what death is: our bodies becoming part of the earth again.
"Tumult", Gouache on Bristol Board, 355mm x 430mm, 1993.
This painting is a take on Disneyesque characters and colour schemes. I don't know what it means exactly. I suppose the central 'duck' figure is part of a parade float, the corset dress with the 'torso face' - no idea!
Zoe and Johnny were a couple I met who ran The Purple Turtle, when there was one on Essex Road, Islington, London. They were - and are - heavily tattooed, and for some reason I wanted to show tattooed shapes surrounding them rather than being on their skin. Zoe's face was very expressive for the photo shoot, and Johnny pulled some superhero poses.
This armature wire based puppet was made during the first year of my degree course in computer animation. I think I enjoyed making the puppet more than doing the stop motion animation itself! Petula is composed of fabric and foam on armature wire frame, 390mm tall, 2007.
This is a digitally-created illustration for Filament magazine - a London-based publication showcasing "the thinking woman's crumpet". The brief was to create a sexy-looking zombie to accompany the article, Zombies ate my hegemony, for the Myths & Monsters Special, Issue 6, September 2010.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filament_(magazine)
The Goodlins is a bluesy Brisbane band, and they wanted a band title and drum skin design in a freewheeling style with their signature navy-blue star in the middle.
This purple gosling was created for Gosling Giftware & Tobacconist in Deloraine, Tasmania. It incorporates the gothic theme of the shop, and the joyful cuteness associated with novelties and giftware. I completed this in August 2015.
This is an icon of D'Artagnan of The Three Musketeers, created in November 2009 as a possible icon for a gaming machine.
This Egyptian cat was created for use as a possible gaming machine icon ... for an Egyptian-themed machine, obviously.
This logo was created for a homecare company, which provided gardening and house cleaning services. The client wanted the image of the puppy to show a playful - yet possibly the most messy - member of a household that could embody love and destruction at the same time!