Lepus Australis

I recently submitted an illustration to a group exhibition titled Lepus Australis. The exhibition explores the theme of domestic rabbits within Australia.

The exhibition has been organised by the talented and hard working pair of Emma Leonard and Sally Land.

The show boasts an impressive line up of artists including, Belinda Suzette, Jodee Taylah, Laura Wood and Cat Rabbit.

Lepus Australis will launch tomorrow night (Thursday the 4th of July) between 6pm and 9pm, at the No Vacancy Gallery in the QV building, Melbourne. Feel free to hop in and check out some fantastic art!

If you can’t wait till tomorrow night, you can have a sneak peak at some of the works that will be on display at the Lepus Australis site. 

The exhibition will run until Sunday the 14th of July.  

The image provided for this post was created by Sally Land. 

Hands On Affair

This Thursday night, I will be involved in the launch of another group exhibition. This show is titled Hands on Affair, and it has been organised by Colm Flynn and his wife  Kami Neira. Colm found that at the establishment were he works part time, they were wasting a huge volume of card. Colm decided to put this card to good use. Colm and Kami took as many of these pieces of card as they could and then distributed them to as many artists and illustrators as they could find. The result should be an eclectic and exciting mix of artistic styles and content.

The exhibition is being held at Conduit Arts, at 83 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. Kick off is at 6pm and the launch runs to 9pm. If your in the inner Melbourne area this Thursday evening come on down check out the art and say hello.


To help wet your appetite, I have included a samples of one of my works that will be in the exhibition. For more info on the exhibition click here!

This is Melbourne!

Do not let the title of this entry mislead you! I am not about to post up a parody of the famed scene in 300, where Leonidas looses his cool and hurls a couple of Persians down a well.

No the title of this entry refers to a group exhibition I will be taking part in this September. The This is Melbourne group show will features the work of some of the most prominent creatives in Melbourne. Some of the talented folk who will  be involved included Andrea Innocent, Sarah Strickland and Emma Leonard!

 The exhibition is being organised by the talented textile designer Caitlin Pesky. To find out more about Caitlin and the exhibition, just click on the link here.

The brief for the show was simple; create an A3 image (a print of some sort) based on the phrase This is Melbourne. My response to this brief was to create an illustration of the Nicholas Building. This building seems to be stuffed full of amazingly talented illustrators, artist and designers. I see it as a very important creative hub in the Melbourne CDB. So I thought it would be a good idea to create an illustration of this creative hot spot!

Above is a sneak preview of my illustration. I am hopeful of creating a limited edition silk screen print of this image. That's all the news for now. Cheers.

9x5 2011

The annual Illustrators Australia 9x5 exhibition is just around the corner. The theme for this years exhibition is rapture. I decided to explore the dictionary definition of rapture, which is intense delight. My interpretation of intense delight was to show a pair of Hyenas feasting on a dead animal.

I thought it was important to show how an image that may initially seem dark and unpleasant can be seen by others as a source of great comfort or pleasure. In the case of the Hyenas in this image they are in their own way experiencing a sense of rapture as they satisfy their hunger.

AFL Illustration

Here is an illustration I completed earlier in the week. I am thinking of submitting it to the upcoming IA source book.

Look at that Thing go!

That's right look at the Thing go. For those of you who may not be familiar with this fella he is Ben Grimm, other wise known as the Thing from the classic marvel comic The Fantastic Four.

A friend of mine has set up a blog titled Houdini's Last Escape. Each week he sets a new theme and asks myself along with a few other contributors to create an illustration on this nominated theme.

So to check out more wonderful things head to
http://houdinislastescape.blogspot.com

Hayden Illustration

In keeping with the assignment I gave myself a few days ago, I have completed another illustration based on an existing article. This illustration is for an article titled The Opener Closes. The title is in reference to the former opening Australian batsman Matthew Hayden talking about the ending or closing of his career. In this illustration I went for a rather literal illustration showing Hayden closing a door behind him as he starts his new life after a career in international cricket. In this illustration I attempted to combine a painterly background with my typical graphical style for the figure. I think these two styles are working well together.

Hussey Illustration

For those of you who follow the cricket you would have notice that Australia grabbed a miraculous victory yesterday at the SCG against Pakistan. One of the main contributors to Australia's unlikely victory was Michael Hussey. Hussey scored 134 not out and with Peter Siddle created the fourth highest ninth wicket partnership in test history. In a strange coincidence I began work on an illustration of Hussey the day before his incredible batting performance. I thought given the historical nature of Hussey's performance that it would be appropriate for me to display the illustration I completed of him just today.

Action Illustration

After completing the rotation animation, I am now heading back to the original task I set myself of doing a series of action shots of Nick Carle. The figure I depict is to be based on the character style guide I created for myself. This is my first attempt at such an illustration. While I like the dynamic movement suggested in it. I am not sure I have got the likeness of Nick completely correct yet. So I better keep on drawing then! Cheers everyone.