Margot Robbie

 

While preparing for our Australia Day celebration (January 26), I thought it would be fun to grill shrimp on the barbie. This reminded me of a brilliant actress, Margot Robbie, who hails from Dalby, Australia. As evident in all her roles, Margot is a master of accents, but my favorite is when she speaks the one from down under.

Prints of this piece are available here, in my Etsy shop.

Koala

 

No doubt, the Koala ranks as one of the most iconic animals on planet Earth. But due to land clearing, bushfires, drought, disease and other threats, these tiny marsupials have been added to Australia’s Endangered Species list.

Signed prints of this piece are available here, in my Etsy shop.

(10% of proceeds from each print will be donated to the World Wildlife Fund.)

Nick Cave

Here's a portrait of legendary Australian musician, Nick Cave. This dark poet composes some of the most melancholy music on this mortal coil, yet, the results are sublimely beautiful. This is inspired by a series called World Tour - in which I use pages from an old atlas as canvases - painting images relating to the place on each map.

Signed prints of this piece are available here!

Please visit my website to view more fun portraits.

Cate Blanchett

This amazing actress hails from a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. She's so talented, her portrayal of Bob Dylan (in the film,  I'm not There) seems to embody Bob Dylan even more that Bob Dylan can embody Bob Dylan. Her name is Cate Blanchett, and she's one of the great thespians of our time.

Prints of this piece are available here.

Australian Elder

 

I'm so happy this piece has found a new home with a true-blue Australian (who hails from Brisbane). It seems my series (drawn on world maps) has attracted people from all ends of the globe. Regardless of your homeland, you can view more of my original pieces available here.

Thanks for visiting, and g'day mate!

Going Postal (Part Deux)

Here's another taste of my ongoing series  inspired by postage stamps from around the world. I applied guache, sumi ink, charcoal, and colored pencils to 4" by 6" sheets of watercolor paper. To paraphrase the Grateful Dead, this project is taking me on a very "long strange trip".  I hope you'll stay with me on this one.

Poplars, France

After Godard, France

Marcus Garvey

∞ , 8

inspired by Osamu Tezuka

Swing-a-Ling

You can see how this project got started right here.

Beautiful prints of these pieces are available here.
 
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes,
but in having new eyes.” ~ Marcel Proust


Happy travels this summer!

Word Works Exhibition

I'm thrilled to have drawings included in Word Works; an art exhibit running in conjunction with the Red Hook Literary Festival. All of the pieces in this group show are inspired by literature, books, and the written word. The five pieces I submitted are part of a larger series called World Tour. The drawings were inspired by a dilapidated old atlas. You can read the story behind them here, or see the full collection here. The exhibit runs until May 12. Have fun at the festival!

Young Woman Sewing, Denmark

Rapa Nui, Polynesia

Maori Carving, New Zealand

Elder, Australia

George Orwell

Stereoscopic Palmetto State

Some of the framed pieces from this series.

This Stephen King portrait was not framed in time for exhibit,
but I'm including it here because of the literary theme of this festival.

A special thanks to Rebekah Aronson for putting together this exhibit.

You can purchase beautiful prints of these pieces here.

World Tour Continued...

Here are impressions from the second leg of my world tour (inspired by a dilapidated old atlas). In case you missed my first dispatch from this journey, you can catch up right here.

Inspired  by Vilhelm Hammerchøi's Young Woman Sewing

After a Jose Posada 'calaveras (skull) cartoon'

After Edouard Manet's Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets

Ode to Grant Wood

Inspired by a Maori rock carving by Matahi Whakataka-Brightwell

Thanks for viewing.

Prints of these pieces are available for purchase here.

You can view more installments of my World Tour here, here and here!