Out of Office
A playful placeholder for Cass Lynch’s away days, featuring a Scarlet Banksia (Banksia coccinea) and Meowsy.
George & Elizabeth
Digital illustration of my parents using Procreate.
First sketch in Procreate
What Artists Wear : Book review
I love books about clothes and how and why we wear what we do. Charlie Porter’s collection of essays, What Artists Wear is a satisfying marriage of art history and fashion writing. It begins with sections on Louise Bourgeois and her friendship with Helmut Lang, Georgia O’Keefe (whose three-piece suit appears on the cover), and the […]
Margaret River Readers And Writers Festival 2021
I attended this year’s MRRW Festival as a guest of my good friend Cass Lynch, who was interviewing and on a panel as part of the festival’s program. The whole weekend was a literary delight, circulating Wooditchup with authors, publishers and other booksellers as well as readers like me. I sketched Cass and Karen Wyld […]
Satin Brocade Jacket
Fashion illustration / style diary sketch, ink and watercolour on paper.
Linen Haori Jacket
Fashion illustration / style diary sketch. Ink and watercolour on paper.
A Nice Drop
Cass and Dave had me over to dinner, and for dessert we had donuts and a nip of Bernheim Original Wheat Whiskey – not a bourbon, because of the wheat rather than corn mash, but from deep in bourbon country. Here’s the things we tasted.
Terra-cotta Dress
Fashion illustration / style diary sketch. Ink and watercolour on paper.
An Invasion Day 2020 protest sign sampler
Signs spotted at the Australia Day / Invasion Day protests in Perth city on Sunday 26th. We made a note of our favourites (#TooStrongForYouKaren was a crowd pleaser).