Haruki Murakami
Vintage Books held an illustration competition to celebrate the release of Haruki Murakami’s novel, Killing Commendatore. My shortlisted entry reflects the themes and moods I feel when I read my favourite Murakami novel, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle – juxtaposition, playfulness and bold directions. Oh, and cats.
Robert Dessaix
A sketch on a paper bag in ballpoint pen from a photograph. Biro is one of my favourite tools to draw with, since you can layer crosshatching and build up tone.
Ezra Miller / Wonderland 2017-18
Study from a recent photograph in Wonderland magazine, shot by Lasse Dearman. Inkwash on paper.
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 […]