Ritzenhoff Mini Piggy Bank

In 2009 Ritzenhoff asked me to submit some graphic designs for their 'Mini Piggy Bank' range. "Currency Commando" was 1 of 2 designs that I produced for them. At the time I was (still am) very happy with the graphic use of world currency symbols as camouflage, I felt it was a strong design & for filled their job brief with the humour required.

Alas, the design not excepted. Last October I received an email from Ritzenhoff asking if I still had the artwork for my Commando Piggy Bank, as they wanted to put it into their 2013 range. And so here it is 4 years later.

Beachscapes, A solo show

Here is a preview to my new solo show at the D'bar Gallery in Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia. It will run for 2 months with new works being added every week or 2. This show is running in conjunction with this years 'Bleach' surfing arts festival (22nd. Feb - 3rd. March), & the Quiksilver Pro surf comp (2nd. March - 13th.) at Snapper Rocks, which is located just out the front of the gallery. So get along to my show, then take in some of the festival & see some world class surfing at the same time.

http://www.bleachfestival.com.au

http://quiksilverlive.com/progoldcoast/2013/

Time Drifter

For the last year or so I have wanted to design & build a clock out of driftwood. Every idea I tried never amounted to much. Then 1 day late last year I was driving past a farm & noticed an old windmill, a seed was sown, & so now we have a driftwood clock on our living room wall.

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.