artists
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A Quote to Live By
This year as part of a wonderful group I’m involved with we decided to find a quote for our studio wall and create an artwork based on it. I’m interested in finding out my purpose with drawing, find out why I’m here, and what energizes me to keep going. I found this quote by Susan Sontag, “Do…
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Duality
I’m so happy to be a part of this amazing exhibition on in just under two weeks in Melbourne, with pairings of artists and writers to create the work. Organised by Shannyn Higgins (her work can be seen here) it’s going to be a pretty spectacular show methinks! Project website here including portraits Shannyn took of all the…
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Posters for Movies By Burswood
Awhile back I did a little Christmas call out for drawings for charities – it led to some really fun projects, including this one. Movies by Burswood (who donates all profits to children’s charities) is run by over 600 volunteers, and they wanted to celebrate them through a series of posters, 2 of the 3…
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Supergraph
Coming to Melbourne a little over a month from now is a new art/design/illustration exhibition called Supergraph. It’s a great idea, celebrating the many talented artists of our city (and beyond) and will be held at the beautiful Royal Exhibition Centre – 14, 15, 16 February 2014. Some of the participants include the awesome artists from the…
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The Convent Pop-Up Shop
As mentioned a few posts back, I am luckily to be involved in the beautiful Abbotsford Pop-Up Shop. Here are a few great things about it: It is in one of the most beautiful places in Melbourne, the lovely convent. Good food, gardens, nearby farm animals, coffee etc… Makes me very happy just being there.…
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Trudy Moore Exhibition – Dench
The talented Trudy Moore, usually a paper sculpture/3D artist has created an exhibition for Dench in North Fitzroy. I helped out with a few little characters for some of the scenes (see in the third image below) – based around a story created by Rachel Wheeler. More to come (hopefully a little book by us…
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Design for Friends4Life
I recently created this little greeting card design for non-profit organisation Friends4Life (ngo created by Lonely Planet author Alan Murphy). I don’t have a whole lot of money to donate myself this year – but I can do drawings like this that may hopefully inspire others to help – so if you have a small foundation/non-profit group…
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Abbotsford Convent Pop-Up Shop
One of my favourite spots in Melbourne is the fantastic Abbotsford Convent, and I am super excited to be joining the artists and creators there for a pop-up shop. Launching this Sunday (also the Convent’s Open Day) the shop will be run by artists, and sharing their work created at this amazing spot. Full details…