'Untold Stories' - Illustrators Australia Exhibition

"Untold Stories" is the theme of this years Illustrators Australia Annual 9x5 exhibition.
Wow, how quickly has this come around again!

This is my little contribution above...I didn't have time this year to do a proper painting so it's just a sketch on wood but I think it's come out alright :)
It's always a lot of fun catching up with other illustrators and seeing the incredible work that they come up with for the show. So many clever, clever people out there!
So if your in Melbourne swing by!

Opening night : Friday 17th September from 6pm
Gallery open Saturday 18th September 10am to 4pm
Where: Space 39, Level 2, 39 Little Collins St, Melbourne Vic.

And also, all the art is up for sale at a starting price of $195 (which is a real bargain considering the talent of some of these illustrators! ) To see all the art online and vote for your favourites check out the Illustrators Australia Website (exhibition section may not be up yet but should be within the week)

Illustrators Australia 9x5 exhibition

This is my contribution to the Illustrators Australia annual 9x5 exhibition. This years theme is '20' in celebration of the fact that the organization has been running for twenty years now, so a pretty good feat I reckon!
This little fellows called "Twenty Blackbirds begin the journey"
The opening night's always a lot of fun, so all should come along! It's being held this year at Space 39 Gallery, on Level 2, 39 Little Collins Street, Melbourne and it's part of the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Festival. The opening night is on Friday the 9th of October, between 6-9pm. The show will also run on the 10th October between 10am and 4pm. Yay!

Handmade in Melbourne

The second "Handmade in Melbourne" book was launched last night, in a gallery packed full of local crafters and creators.
I'm really excited to be a part of this edition (I have a page with a little blurb about myself and my work)
To be part of a community of such awesome, talented folk is really brilliant!
Some other lovely creators who are in the book whose work I very much admire, include Madeleine Stamer of Little circus designs and Betty Jo designs

Lots of in.cube8r crafters were included in this edition, apparently we made up about 40% of the book!
Very cool stuff!

My Dinosaur ABC

I've been a bit slow with this again, but one of the books I've illustrated "My Dinosaur ABC" published by Brolly Books is now out in shops (in australia anyway). Great for any kiddie learning their ABC's and who loves Dinosaurs! I've also got a box full of them here with me so if anyone is interested in purchasing one, just let me know :-)

"My Dinosaur ABC"

So... There will be another little book coming out soon, maybe May? Not sure exactly when, I haven't received a copy yet so I'm pretty excited to see what it looks like!
I also don't have proper scanned images of the art yet so for now I'm just going to post an image of the cover and some rough art. I know I always enjoy seeing other artists processes so here is mine. These are basically the final roughs before I go on to the final colour art. In this case I was quite rushed unfortunately so there wasn't much time for colour roughs. I just worked it out as I went along, which is what I usually do anyway with my art, but it can make you a bit nervous. Theres only so many times you can paint over colour mistakes! Luckily it all usually works out in the end :-)

Spiderlings Book

And to start off with:
Some news I've been meaning to share for ages!


My first illustrated children's book was published last May by Brolly books Australia. Its a spooky little non-fiction fact book about spiders, written by Antonio Calabrisello. Kinda creepy to paint but lots of fun! Its available from most Australian booksellers.