Bunyip

Bunyip

50 x 50 cm

Oil on Canvas

"Painting portraits of bunyips can be quite a task

They rarely sit still, though often you'd ask.

This one was quite shy and spoke almost never.

As all of us know bunyips aren't terribly clever'

Happy new year - I hope you have had an excellent holiday season.! Nice to be with you in 2010=) This painting was part of the recent exhibition, and was a collaboration piece with a good friend on mine, Seth Bell whose genius created this brilliant little character. It was an honour to paint it.

The Ride

'The Ride'

100cm x 140cm

Oil on canvas

'Floating above as old androids do

with them three little yuppits sat gazing

When asked to comment on the surrounding view

they said 'Nothing short of amazing!'

Solo Show

Thanks again to everyone involved last Thursday night. It was a fun evening! Thanks very much to Jeff Catchlove for these shots.

The Valley of Grins

'The Valley of Grins'

Oil on Canvas'

140cm x 100cm

'Gargantuan goofs with glaring great gnashers

In the Valley of Grins through the gloaming they gander

Gormlessly gawking like a gaggle of gits

Galumphing about in such glorious grandeur.'

This is another piece from the recent show. It was a brilliant night and a great experience. Thanks so much to everyone who came, and thankyou to the staff at Gallery 139, Luke Jurevicius, Adam Johnson, Dave Solm, Claire and the staff from Tin Cat, Josh and Owen from Merge Magazine for helping make it such a terrific show. I will hopefully post a few pics soon.

Lucky

'Lucky'

Oil on canvas

100cm x 100cm

From Somewhere Else

It's almost here, and it will be a lot of fun. I have dropped off all the paintings to the gallery and they are just aching to be hung up..!

To celebrate the show I am also presenting a limited release of books containing all the paintings from the exhibition as well as sketches and writing about the work. I have been down to the book binders and it is looking very very tasty. These will be available at the opening and I hope to post more information about it as soon as I can.

If you are in South Australia next week, make sure you come down and say Hi on opening night.

Opening November 26th 6pm - 8pm

Closes Dec 17th

Gallery 139

139 Magill Road, Stepney

www.139.com.au

Exhibition Time!

Wow, the last month has been a lot of fun. These are a few of the new paintings that will be in the exhibition in November, and I'm having such a great time doing these. I love things that float and waft about, and it will be a bit of a theme throughout the show. I apologise for the poor quality images and I will make sure I upload better ones as soon as I can. I'm afraid I don't have all the details and dates for when these will be showing yet, however if you have any questions, I'll be happy to help out =) I'm looking forward to sharing some new ones soon.

Pentapus

This is a new addition to the upcoming exhibition. These guys just bob and bump about in the desert it seems, and for some reason only have five legs. I managed to finish it last week and I'm looking forward to getting stuck into a new one pretty soon.

Floating Domo

More painting!

I've finally found some time to get stuck into some more painting, and this is the latest! I'm so excited that I get to spend the next few months painting in preparation for an upcoming solo exhibition in Adelaide, and this is one of the many that will be appearing.  I'm looking forward to sharing more soon!

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.