Motivation

I've been rather lazy lately, working full time really takes it out of you, however that's really not much of an excuse. I've had a lot of side projects/commission work as well. Otherwise, I haven't been entirely uninspired, been giving artworks as gifts when I can, so here are some:

robins

pen & collage on paper, 2010

(this one was for my sister)

melbourne

oil pastel on paper, 2011

(this was for my brother)

interior with corgi

watercolour and collage on paper, 2011

(this was for my friend)

The common factor with all the creative work I've been doing lately is the deadline. Pretty tragic.

Desktops

Really needed to post an update, I'll have to scan some recent works. In the meantime I made some desktops out of some bird drawings, they were fun to make :)

grim girls

Returning to the girls from eyeontheprize, adding watercolour and some flies. Trying to communicate decay and vulnerability. When I have the time and means I plan to translate these into oil painting.

grim03

pen and watercolour on paper, 2009

grim02

pen and watercolour on paper, 2009

grim01

pen and watercolour on paper, 2009

military

These are the first works that I made using children's book collage, and a definite step away from my usual work at the time in 2007. They were fun to make.

military02

pen and collage on paper, 2007

military01

pen and collage on paper, 2007

Random collages

These works were inspired by trawling through old children's books in op shops, experimenting with appropriation. 'creaturesoftheforest' is a theme that I will be elaborating upon in the future.

creaturesoftheforest01

pen and collage on paper, 2008

birdstring

pen and collage on paper, 2008

antarctic

pen, watercolour and collage on paper, 2008

eyeontheprize

These works were a move toward illustration. I wanted to juxtapose a naive style with confronting subject matter, however these initial ideas lacked the impact that I was after. I still like them though.

eyeontheprize05

pen on paper, 2008

eyeontheprize04

pen on paper, 2008

eyeontheprize03

pen on paper, 2008

eyeontheprize02

pen on paper, 2008

eyeontheprize01

pen on paper, 2008