SurfToons

I have lots of surf cartoons in my sketch books & this year I decided to take some of them to full colour & give them a life outside of these books. Here are the first 3, which I have printed onto driftwood using the Acrylic transfer technic.

New Exhibition "Coastal Lines"

'Coastal Lines' is the first collaborative exhibition I have done, with my wife Anne. It is representative of our love of the ocean & the beach, which has been a great source of inspiration over the years.
As we built up this new body of work, we realised our friend Barbara was working with similar subject matter & we invited her to join us in this show. Her ceramic crustaceans are a perfect complement to our work.
Through this exhibition we hope to raise the awareness of the delicate and fragile beauty of our over-loved & exploited coastline.

                           Here is a little preview...

 

Surfs Up X 9. New work

This is a new work I have just finished for a show at the Retrospect Gallery Byron Bay, called 'Petits Travaux'. Each artist was invited to do 9 works, each work being 25 x 25cm.

Acrylic Transfer Release

Over the last few months I have been experimenting with a technique called 'Image transfer release'. It is a medium used for transfering printed images generated from diverse sources such as magazines, inkjet prints and photocopies onto nearly any surface, e.g. paper canvas, fabric etc.

The transfer process requires an application of a thin layer of acrylic gel medium over the the image to be transferred. Then place onto the surface you wish to have the image on, rolled flat with a roller for good contact and left to dry. The backing paper of the image needs to be dampened with water and then removed by lightly rubbering with a cloth or fingers. This leaves a transparent image imbedded within the acrylic medium.

Bayside Bungalows Commission

This is a piece I have just finished for a new resort in Byron Bay, Australia. It is to go into the reception, it is the largest painting I have ever done. I stepped out of my comfort zone on this one, which as an artist is important, because when you are out of the 'zone' I find artistic growth.

Set up for Bleach Arts Fest Kirra Beach

This is a pic of me setting up my work in a container/pop-up gallery on Kirra Beach Qld. for the Bleach Arts Fest 11-26 Feb.

This is the same pic after the photographer Mike Gregory ( see pic on shirt) & now ex-friend "got" to it.

And the same pic again after another friend Joel tried to "fix" it.

Studio full of new art for the Bleach Festival

Here is my studio & some of the work I will be showcaseing at the Bleach "surfing the fringe" Festival. The Beachscape in the middle is soooo not finished. In the foreground are my 2 trusty helpers, Big Red & Dianna Ross.

Bleach Arts Festival, Gold Coast. 11 Feb-26Feb 2012

I'm hoping this is going to be huge. I have been working on 14 new artworks over the last month, to showcase in this festival.

Welcome to my First Posting!

This is one of the first surf pictures I did on recycled timber in 2007Welcome to my first post.