art

You will love… 9

You will love…

…the flickr world of artist and illustrator Virgin Honey! She’s a little bit Elsita, a little bit Nathalie Lete, a little bit J Otto Seibold… sort of… and entirely unique. I could hardly chose...

Sailing over a cardboard sea 17

Sailing over a cardboard sea

I scanned in the inked version of my new drawing and have been playing with some colours in photoshop. Much fun. I have to work out how to deal with those big blocks of...

Sketching for a gocco 9

Sketching for a gocco

Yeegads – a busy weekend. I think I emptied a tank of petrol with all the running around we’ve had to do. Amelia and I dropped in on Christina and Paul for a cup...

Good stuff by subscription 9

Good stuff by subscription

Photo from yesterday’s Age – by Rodger Cummins. Subscriptions! So good. Sign up once, and then it just keeps going and going. I subscribe to a couple of magazines and a couple of zines,...

Inspires me: Souther Salazar 5

Inspires me: Souther Salazar

The work of  Souther Salazar actually makes my heart ache just a little. These are older works but he has a show coming up in New York on May 16th, 09 at Jonathan Levine Gallery.

Paper cutting day two 18

Paper cutting day two

Dream House #1,  8″ x 11″ I think I have found a new obsession. And while you might not believe this, it *isn’t* low-light photography. (Curse these gloomy afternoons!) Working a papercut is a...

On my desk – turned wood 25

On my desk – turned wood

On my desk today are a group of beautifully turned wooden kokeshi-like dolls. My Uncle Michael has had a wood lathe for a long time but just recently has been spending some serious time...

Spray in May 23

Spray in May

Finally!! I got a chance to finish those stencil images I sarted working on before everyone got sick. Speaking of stencil art, J.otto seibold had an awesome looking exhibition in Portland at the beginning...

Creatures of Habitat: Nathalie Lete 18

Creatures of Habitat: Nathalie Lete

Nathalie Lete is an amazing French artist who works in lots of different media including some of my favourites (look at that gorgeous octopus!). Her studio, house, life, loves, passions and work are documented...

The Friday Archives 36

The Friday Archives

Hello! I am starting a new thing (meme?) here. I am calling it “The Friday Archives”. Feel free to join in! I have been digging around in my old sketchbooks and discovering recurring themes...