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.

Illustrators Australia 14th 9x5 Exhibition

Its that time of the year again were IA host their annual 9x5 exhibition. All IA members are invited to respond to a given theme (this year the theme was 20, in reference to IA's 2oth anniversary) on a piece of wood, 9x5 inches in size.
This year’s 9x5 is officially part of the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Festival. The exhibition itself will be held at the Space 39 Gallery, on Level 2, 39 Little Collins Street, Melbourne. The opening night will be on Friday the 9th of October, between six to nine PM. The show will also run on the 10th of October between ten am and four PM.

So if you are in Melbourne around that time pop in a check out some pretty neat looking illustrations!

Above is my entry into this year's 9x5.
The piece is titled 20cent Amusement.