Gallery

Illustrations

Blik, written by Sandy McCutcheon, published by Word Weavers Press, 2001.  The Quick Reads series was designed to engage 10-12 year old boys in reading.

Blik is the story of David, a boy who meets an endangered, shape-shifting creature called a 'smodge', who can communicate directly into his mind and likes to eat mushrooms. Through a series of misadventures, David helps Blik to find a habitat where there are other smodges, and when his own life is endangered, they come to his rescue.

'Time Travel' - "It was like a video, David thought, not one that you were watching,but one that you were actually in." pp39

"There was a shiver and the mouse grew like a balloon until, with a slight pop, there was Blik, looking just as tired as the mouse had been." pp60

"Blik peered inside suspiciously and then before David could stop him, started throwing everything off the shelves." pp72

""This place is so scary." David turned towards Blik, but he had already vanished into the dark undergrowth." pp76

Phylogenesis, with Jonny Dyer, 2020. 

A collaboration with British musician Jonny Dyer, who composed a suite of pieces exploring the history of musical styles. These images illustrate the mediaeval movement from Phylogenesis, and were published initially as cards. The illustrations interpret the story ideas and sounds in the music.

Sketches for The Magpie Who Flew Through a Rainbow.

Watercolour characterisations for a developing story about family, growing up and acceptance.

Narrative Paintings

Broadstairs by Torchlight. In the Kentish town of Broadstairs, citizens celebrate at the end of their festival by marching through the streets brandishing flaming torches. Surprisingly, they come as they are, in ordinary clothes, to create this extraordinary ritual. The painting was commissioned by a resident of Broadstairs.

Melodeons. From a series of paintings of musicians. 

We all dream of following in the grownups' footsteps.

Campbell the Swaggie. 

Portrait of Campbell, the itinerant performance poet, with his words hanging in the air.

Figs and Landscapes

The Quiet Heart, 2009

To The Island, 2009

The Summer Visitor, 2009

The Schonell Fig, 2010

 

Street Art

Traffic Signal Boxes in Brisbane. 

Artists can apply to paint the public boxes around Brisbane, which often involves engaging with interested members of the public and discussing art in the street.

Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace. 

The mascots of three teams based at nearby Suncorp Stadium appear with iconography representing the fig trees metres away at Ithaca Pool, the mountain silhouettes to the south, celtic styled leaves for the Irish pub that was in the street for many years and the printer's mark of William Caxton.

Chasely St, Auchenflower.

The Secret Life of Auchenflower included wildlife and plants found in the street and adjacent grounds of the Wesley Hospital, telling the story that is often masked by the incessant traffic.

Chalk pavement art.

Just a little person to delight passers by.

Portraits

John Thompson

Martin Pearson, shown at Kyneton Band Hall Gallery

Bob Murray, shown at The Percival Portrait Prize

Fiddle Icons

shown in Northern Ireland and Brisbane.

Each portrait, completed using traditional icon-painting techniques, involved a video interview with the subject and the incorporation of symbols of the stories they told.

        

Alasdair Fraser, Scotland/USA

Emma Nixon, Australia

Natalie Haas, USA

Dougie Maclean, Scotland

Ado Barker, Australia

Martin Hayes, Ireland/USA

Nancy Kerr, (England), with Hamish and Harry

"The Madonna of the Fiddle"