Fluid

'Fluid' is from the Snakeskin Sketchbook series.
Fluid, a word that can describe many qualities beyond its liquid origin. Here I'm just trying to portray the fluidity of music, motion and a joyous soul.

Caterpillar Prep

– Sensing it was now time, Onno began the preparation. –

The story before this moment.............,
and after................

Caterpillar Prep is from the Snakeskin Sketchbook series of artworks.

Preparation Lepidoptera larvae

A Shadow of My Former Self - Stars & Stripes

From the Snakeskin Sketchbook series a metaphorical comment on the current economic state of the USA and returning veterans of conflict zones.

Print available at my shop at Artflakes who are now newly printing in America so there are now reduced shipping prices.

'Scattered Cloud Chance of Showers' IF

'Scattered Cloud, Chance of Showers' is from the Snakeskin Sketchbook series of drawings.
Ah, cleansing water, wash away the accumulations from the day.

9X5 - Illustrators Australia's 16th annual exhibition

As the poster here says It's time for the Illustrators Australia 9X5 annual exhibition.
this years theme is the word 'Rapture'. You can comment and rate the images there.
Opening Friday 14th October 2011, at Space 39, level 2, 39 Little Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria, Australia.
My artwork which will be exhibited is below, and this definition should explain things a little bit:
a mystical experience in which the spirit is exalted to a knowledge of devine things.
The original concept was explored in the Snakeskin Sketchbook series.

Death and the Raven

Death and the Raven is from the Snakeskin sketchbook series.
Raven has a habit of showing up here and there at some of the more inopportune moments of life.

Medium is pen & ink with on a digitally created background. The deep background here also has a texture from the scanned snakeskin cover of the Snakeskin Sketchbook itself.

Available once again at Redbubble and Artflakes.

Illustrators Australia A3 group show

ONLY 2 DAYS
and only two Snakeskin Sketchbook prints from me in this exhibition. There is also around 120 others from the Illustrators Australia group to see as well.

Next week is the two day Sydney exhibition of the Illustrators Australia A3 print show at
Fraser Studios 10-14 Kensington St, Chippendale.
They are also available online (2011 A3 SHOW) (page7) if you happen to not be in Sydney during the all to brief window of viewing opportunity.

Prints are on Museo 300 gsm Portfolio Rag (archival, acid free, matte & 100% cotton)

The Giclee prints are from some of the best Australian illustrators in the industry - all on sale for an amazing $125 each!

CLICK here for a link to some exhibition and set up photos.

A gesture for a gesture - Illustration Friday

'A gesture for a gesture.' AKA 'For Heaven's Sake'
It's about asking or pleading for a little sign from a higher authority.
Or is it about osmosis. Waiting for the movement from where there is more to where there is less.
Print available at Redbubble and Artflakes.

Stay - Illustration Friday

'Stay' is another image from the Snakeskin Sketchbook series of drawings.

When you don't want it to end a tentative touch says stay.
Inspiration of the Illustration Friday topic 'Stay'.

The technique once again is a combination of ink drawing and a digitally created textural background.
Cards & Prints available at my Redbubble account.

Midsummer Night's Madness - Illustration Friday

'Midsummer Night's Madness' is from the Snakeskin Sketchbook series.
This piece was inspired by the Illustration Friday suggested topic 'Midsummer Night'.
"Why this is very midsummer madness" - William Shakespeare.
I couldn't go past this quote without thinking of a good bungy jump on a warm summer's eve and thinking about holidaying in Queenstown New Zealand.
The technique is a combination of crosshatch ink drawing and a digitally created textural background made with photoshop filters over an Illustrator created background. Print available at Redbubble.

'Launch' - Illustration Friday

Swoop is from the Snakeskin Sketchbook series.
This piece was inspired by the Illustration Friday suggested topic 'Launch'.
The technique is a combination of crosshatch ink drawing and a digitally created textural background meshed with photography. Print available at Redbubble and Artflakes.

ARTFLAKES - Prints now available in Europe

Some people have been enquiring about buying prints direct in Europe. I've now joined up with Artflakes so that they are available to a wider audience. I am only making the Snakeskin Sketchbook series available at this point. These are giclée prints available as framed prints, canvas prints, poster prints, the very cool gallery print and as cards.