After working through design ideas and adding them lightly over the template (size/shape of the basic linocut from the DESIGNART series) I settled on the seedpod over to the right of the template and spilling off. It needed something else so after consulting my plant and photos I decided to add a more 'ragged' representation... Continue Reading →
I thought I would work through the process I have used to design the current linocut I am currently working on and a few of the thought processes. In my previous post I noted I have been looking at banksias lately and in particular Banksia serrata from my garden. I have been photographing my own... Continue Reading →
After 2 trips to Sydney in 2 months and a third coming up I have been trying to squeeze work in around all this 'busyness'. I have finally finished the rough completion of 2 projects I have been working on for over 10 years and as soon as the actual edition prints are painted and... Continue Reading →
I have decided to put my wildflower cards on sale for Christmas. I have now sold out of the older cards but am putting the set of 6 cards above on sale for $5 a set. For larger images click here. Orders can be made from my website found here.
One of my designs - Paperbark - was recently used on the cover for a new CD by musicians Christine Draeger, Lamorna Nightingale and Jocelyn Edey-Fazzone. It is called Eat Chocolate and Cry - Australian Flute Music 199-2009 featuring Australian contemporary composers. As part of the HSC Music course students must study this content and... Continue Reading →
I have just finished this illustration of a Waratah - Telopia speciosissima. I know back to waratahs again! But the two local plants have put on a real show again this spring and I just couldn't resist. In this particular illustration I have used a very light wash of watercolour and use fine dots (many... Continue Reading →
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 