I really love it when art practices and hobbies overlap. This work is going on show as part of a Dungeons and Dragons exhibition next Friday at @greenlightcomics. You probably won’t get to see the flip side of the work in the show, so I’ve added a video to best capture it’s shininess ☺️✨ . . #dungeonsanddragons #artshow #shiny #darkelf #dancinglights #giclee #goldleaf #digitalpainting #portrait #magic #mage #figurativeart #contemporaryart #AdelaideArtist
I know I signed myself up for drawing smiles with this project, but there are so many photos of people smiling in this album 😭 . . #drawing #dailydrawing #figurativedrawing #portraiture #retrophoto #analogphotography #contemporarydrawing #australianartist #AdelaideArtist #doodle #sketch #adelaide
I’m really excited to announce that this drawing of mine has been accepted as a finalist in the Fleurieu Biennale. I am so grateful for this opportunity, and am really looking forward to the show! (The photo is so shiny & reflective cause the work also just got framed!! 😋) . . #charcoaldrawing #figurativeart #artshow #emergingartist #AdelaideArtist #figurativedrawing #fleurieu #southaustralia #artistsoninstagram #australianartist
I realised I never posted the finished version of this one, so here she is 😊 . . #drawing #pencil #sketch #doodle #drawingaday #figurativedrawing #portraiture #analogphotography #retrophoto #artistoninstagram #AdelaideArtist #australianartist
I really enjoyed this one, she almost seems like the quintessential 1950s rebel (or that could just be the jacket). . . #drawing #sketch #figurativedrawing #pencil #doodle #analogphotography #retrophoto #contemporaryart #dailydrawing #AdelaideArtist #australianart
Getting these little sketches on the studio wall is helping to make this feel like an actual body of work, not just a bunch of random sketches. . . #drawing #newwork #doodle #figurativedrawing #pencilsketch #analogphotography #retrophoto #portraits #1950s #studio #australianartist #adelaideart
Children are crazy hard to draw! I think I managed to make her look like a kid, but nowhere near as young as she looked in the original. . . #drawing #foundphoto #polaroid #dixie #portrait #childrensportraits #pencildrawing #sketch #doodle #dailydrawing #figurativeart #contemporaryart #adelaideart #australianartist
Another lil photo sketch... . . #drawing #analogphotography #foundphoto #portrait #portraiture #pencildrawing #retrophoto #pencilsketch #figurativedrawing #contemporarydrawing #adelaide #emergingartist #australia
Another work in progress. And I realised while I was drawing this one I haven’t even said what this project is yet! So here’s the low down; for the rest of the year I’m going to be working through an album I have from America. Every day I aim to make 1 - 2 drawings from the album, recreating the photos as drawings and, hopefully, giving them a bit of a twist. I have plans for the works to end up in a show, fingers crossed! 🤞🏻😊 . . #project #pencildrawing #figuredrawing #portrait #1950s #pencil #sketch #doodle #dailydrawing #retrophoto #emergingartist #adelaide #australianartist #contemporaryart
Sitting at @collectivehaunt after work doing some drawing. (After work studio sessions are very tiring 😴) . . #portrait #retro #photo #figurativedrawing #sketch #figuredrawing #contemporaryart #tired #afterwork #pencilsketch #pencil #adelaide #australianartist #emergingartist
I had to ask my grandmother what the writing was in the corner of this photo, it’s Gail...with a fancy G. . . #drawing #pencil #figuredrawing #pencilsketch #contemporarydrawing #oldphoto #emergingartist #adelaideart #australianartist #portrait #1940s
I usually hate drawing smiles...this time was no different. Still, I think it turned out ok. . . #drawing #contemporarydrawing #figurativeart #figuredrawing #portrait #portraiture #retro #1940s #sketch #pencil #tinydrawing #instaartist #emergingartist #adelaide #australianartist
Tiny drawing of multiple faceless women as part of my new project. The “Gamma Girls” from 1948. . . #drawing #pencilsketch #vernacular #photography #1940s #faceless #portrait #figurativeart #contemporaryart #doodle #instaartist #dailydrawing #tinydrawing #adelaide #australianartist
So this is something quite different for me, and it’s a kind of work I don’t usually make. I was commissioned by my church to create a work responding to ‘ashes’ that was to be installed today, on Good Friday. And this became a challenging process for many reasons. I wanted to find a place where I would be true to my own practice and to the ideas I was asked to respond to, whilst also being sensitive to the themes and the site where the work was to be hung. I also didn’t feel comfortable creating a typical ‘religious artwork’ as that is not the kind of work I make. And I wanted to make something challenging, but not overly so that it would cause people to discount the piece. This ended up being a difficult balance to maintain. In a gallery, or a contemporary art setting this piece wouldn’t be that confronting. If anything it would appear a little cliche. Yet, in a church space, seeing this kind of work is completely unexpected, and being seen by a group of people who aren’t necessarily used to viewing art. So yes, this is what I’ve been working on the past few weeks 😊 thanks for reading so much! . . #art #drawing #charcoal #ashes #easter #goodfriday #contemporarydrawing #dark #skulls #death #anatomy #figurativeart #adelaide #church #australianartist