IA & IZ

Just taking a break from painting -- house painting -- to report on the IA 20th year exhibition because it was was a HUGE SUCCESS!! (follow the link to see a video of the opening - I am in it ever so briefly but I won't tell you where - ha!) We had so many people through you could hardly move at some points during the evening.. The wine ran out within half an hour (we resupplied) and best of all, we sold lots of art for our members!

Also, I am happy to announce that I have joined Image Zoo, a website dedicated to stock illustration and licensing. I don't know if anything will come of it, but I always reckon the more chances to be sighted, the better. (You can see me here.) A lot of this work is fairly old so I will be endeavouring to add and update as I go.

Ok, my kitchen cupboards are calling. Hoping to get back to some more inspired painting soon.

ps. Happy Canada Day for all the canucks out there (3 days late), and Happy 4th to all the yanks!

20 Years of IA

I don't think I'll have much time for IF this week, because my spare days are being spent helping to set up the Illustrators Australia 20th year exhibition! This year we are part of the Northern Exposure Festival in High Street, Northcote. You can see a preview of the exhibition here.

The opening is this Friday 19th June 6-10pm, and we are having some wonderful casual illustrator talks on Sunday the 21st from 1-3pm. So if you are in the area, do come along!

IF : Craving

I've been unwell for the past 2 weeks and am really craving my good health!

I was going to recreate this one as it is an oldie, but I just can't seem to get my head together, so here it is in its original glory.

I should be back to my old self soon, that's what I keep telling myself anyway... c'mon, self!

(and no it's not swine flu, though as a friend suggested, it could be wine flu!)

Website update!

I updated the folio section of my website with some new work. It was about time!

I added in cover previews of the four book series I worked on in '08 and finished up this year: Healthy Active Bodies published by Five Mile Press. Hopefully I'll have news soon about when they'll actually be available in stores.

But probably before then (crossing fingers, holding breath) I should have some news about my next imminent book project.... (eeeee!)

I-F: Adapt & every day in may

Chameleons would have to be one of nature's most adaptable creatures. But still, even a chamelon has those days where 'ya just gotta be you'. my watercolour and pencil submission for Illustration Friday.

and also the last day of every day in may. I don't think I kept up with EVERY day in May, I am sorry to say, but I had good excuses: computer failure, a funeral, and a wicked sinus cold. I probably did do work on my children's book text almost every day, and I am happy to say, it is ready to be handed in tomorrow as Draft 8. so even if I didn't post about it every day as I had hoped, I'm glad I did it. yay for may :)

every day in may

eek, I'm seriously lagging behind in my every day in may posts. 

This is mostly because my computer fell into a deep depression this weekend, all it would give me was a black screen and a sad slowly rotating graphic. The doctor came and gave it some anti-depressants in the form of a new operating system. It was touch-and-go for a while there, but now it is better than ever! (big phew!)

so what creative things have I been doing every day? Mostly A LOT of editing. I finally got my children's story down to 638 words - wohoo! i put it up for workshopping and got some great feedback. I'm loving this process. So the rewriting and reworking begins.

I guess I should maybe do some ILLUSTRATION soon too! If only I didn't need to sleep...

every day in may & I-F: Parade

a parade of elephants!

Really enjoyed doing this much looser watercolour style. I think I may explore this some more.

in edim news, the editing of my children's story continues.

day 12: 725 words, day 13: 715 words, day 14: so far, 722 words. 

Don't seem to be able to break that 700 mark! 

I'm not sure that I need to, it doesn't feel too wordy to me, but then again I've been looking at it a lot lately. It has to be submitted this weekend for workshopping so I might just tighten up a few bits and see what other people say! But in short, it's going well. :)