Pre-Game Angst

Spectrum 16

I'm honored to find out that 'Where robots come from' will be appearing in the upcoming  Spectrum 16 alongside some of my favorite artist of all time. I love these books and cant wait for the the 2009 edition to come out.

Skull

A few color tests for 'The Landed'. 

Exhibition time!

I've been working towards a couple of exhibition events this month, and finished 'The Landed' last night. I will have this and a few other pieces for sale at these events - make sure you come and check them out if you get a chance!

Scotch College Art 2009

Opening night Thurs 21st May 

Open till 24th May

Carruth Rd, Torrens Park SA

Entry $40 Ph. (08) 8274 4317

Gallery 139 Cranio-Facial Exhibition 2009

Opening Night Fri 22nd May

139 Magill Road, Stepney SA

Contact me if you need any more details =)

Figaro Pho

Figaro Pho is a quirky little dude who suffers from an alphabet of phobias. Spiders, telephones, beards,dust and even poo. In this episode, 'Fear of being stared at' I was lucky enough to help out with a series of portraits that hung in the hallway of his house. The characters were designed by Luke Jurevicius who also directed the series, and the final images have been painted digitally. The episodes are being aired on ABC and you can check out Figaro at his site.

figaropho.com

Clumsy Invasion

I liked the sketch so much I thought it'd look good as a painting.. here's the finished result!

Quick scribbles

A few recent scribbles from this week... nothing too serious. 

Brilliant news! 'I only like Toast' has arrived and I had a first look the other day. To celebrate, here's another pic. It's a bit disappointing that I haven't been able to post anything for a bit - I've been pretty busy lately and have been working on some uber-cool projects. Hopefully I'll be able to post some stuff soon, depending on if I get permission. I'm also planning some extreme painting sessions in the very near future too- So I'm looking forward to sharing those  as soon as they are done. I had a great weekend in Sydney recently and got to visit the art gallery there for the first time, so needless to say, the creative tank is now full and ready to burst. 

Actual love - Shane.

I'M AN UNCLE!

Yup, that's right! I'm the proud favorite uncle of Luc Frank Devries the first and newest addition to my family. Congratulations to my older brother Josh and his wife Lynette! 

New Stuff.

Well, here's another attempt at some more portrait stuff. I had a cruddy canvas lying around and thought I'd give it a go. The idea was to paint quickly and to build up confidence with realism. I couldn't really think of something to paint so I thought I'd do the old school thing and attempt a self-portrait. 

Here's a quick snap of 'Where robots come from' just before it is finished.

EXHIBITION TIME!

Well it's almost Nov 20th, which means that it's almost exhibition time. I've been working on these paintings for the last month or so and they've been a lot of fun - particularly 'Where robots come from'... It's fun to think that robots come carried by stupid looking button eyed balloons and float down to earth after a long journey by air...ha ha.. where they come from we'll never know.! These will all be showing in the exhibition as well as a few others from this blog and a couple of new ones. 

I'd like to thank Dave Solm very much for photographing these ones for me as well.. He's a legend and he's done a brilliant job.

Bee dude.

He has no nose or arms!!

Circus Elephant

Heres a lil feller I finished the other night. 

Kids book and painting fun for September

Here's the latest painting all luverly and finished last night.. (again, apologies for the image, but I really need to get a decent camera) This one has taken ages, mostly because it's enormous, but I have been busy with other exciting stuff. I am Illustrating a children's book at the moment about a little girl who only likes to eat toast, written by Greg Knagge and Jo Fiedler.

So heres a little taste.. I think I'll hold off on sharing the rest till it's done, but it's a really fun project to be working on especially because it's written for a clever and enjoyable read.!

Blue Octopus

Techno bug

Noice!  Got another painting done on the weekend... This one's a lot smaller than a few of the others, and a lot of fun to do. 

Desert Singers

What's with those little teeth guys singing in the desert.. I dunno actually .. but  I finished this last week and it's noice and big. Fun fun.! 

BFG

The BFG is one of my favorite books from school. This is a digital painting I did recently of the scene where the BFG snatches Sophie from her bed and carries her in her blanket as he leaps over the rooftops of her town. The original sketch is below. Soo much fun to do this sort of stuff...

A quick sketch at work the other day.

Finally finished this one the other night.. he's known as the 'Balloon Guy'.. its a bad photo.. so I might post a better on when  get a decent camera. but yeh, it's the biggest painting I've done so far (140x100cm), but a lot of fun!