Vanitas Tamarillo cutout

This is a cool little experiment i made with the draft work of my new painting, and some cutout-ing on photoshop. Spraypaint stencil and watercolours .

Hmm, what to do with him now ? Looks like he needs a few buddies

Heron 29 2009

Heron 29 turned out to be a popular one. I created it for the Pixel Ink gallery group show ‘Animalia’ in 2009,  and it also featured in the Nov 09 issue of Her magazine, and Kia Ora Air New Zealand inflight magazine.

Its named number 29 because i’ve painted many herons !

Done in watercolour , pencil and ink on paper-covered board.

Jellyfish Crossroads 2010

The Jellyfish Crossroads was my title piece for my first solo show at Pixel Ink gallery on cuba st, Wellington.

Check out the gallery at http://pixelink.co.nz/gallery/

I battled with it during painting and hid it face against the wall for a while, but it pulled through in the end. Strange beast. And it sold on the night !

Faling Through Time - dawn 2008

This one’s an experimental combination of illustration and photography from my final year at Massey University . I was exploring with concepts from the 17th century Vanitas paintings / mortality / poetry.

Its done with pencils and pens, printed acetate, a good camera, and loud alarm clock.

My buddies in Phantom Tollbooth wanted an odd little EP cover , following a similar theme to the namesake original 1961 book ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ and the 1970 movie of the same name . They follow a bored kid through his adventures in a crazy parallel universe . Remember it ? http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index.jsp?cid=221052

Check out the band at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Phantom-Tollbooth/324363328776?ref=ts

This is the original cover without the text, maybe ill upload the finished one maybe i wont…

she is not here yet but will bring the pictures very soon….