Cosy Girls
A digital illustration created for Flight by Paper Bird Volume 2: All Art a Story
The Sea by John Banville (paperback)
One of Julian’s favourite books, and a surprise for him.
Ezra Miller / Wonderland 2017-18
Study from a recent photograph in Wonderland magazine, shot by Lasse Dearman. Inkwash on paper.
Pulped
A piece created for the inaugural Aperture Gallery group show, Ghosts, Spirits and Guardians, October 2017. A playful take on perfectionism done in the trompe l’oeil style, this well-thumbed paperback has all sorts of uses.
Author Portrait: Julia Leigh
Julia Leigh is an Australian author and filmmaker and her work is among my best loved. Disturbing, macabre, lethally clever. I think about her writing long after I’ve finished.
Between a Wolf and a Dog
The cover design for this novel is so beautiful, and the prose is too. I very much enjoyed this book by the late Georgia Blain, shortlisted for the the 2017 Stella Prize.
Totem Coats 01 : Pema
A series of drawings about people and their favourite coat, jacket, cardi or shrug. Vintage 1950′s swing coat, navy wool shell and silk lining. ¾ Sleeves, 1 of 3 buttons remaining. Label reads Mansfield, Made in England. “I got this coat in Vinnies Retro in Northbridge when I was 15. It cost $50 and since […]
Books
I’m keeping a record of all the books I finish in 2017, by drawing them across a big sheet of paper, postage-stamp sized. I hope to fill it up before the year is done.