Happy Australia Day

I am Feeling very lucky and happy to be living in this great land of hope, opportunity and freedom.

what a great place to live, love and raise a family.

Stand up Australian's and be proud to be part of this great place called Australia.

Australian National Anthem "Advance Australia Fair" words and music composed by Peter Dodds McCormick

proclaimed Australia's National Anthem by the Governor - General on 19th April 1984

"Advance Australia Fair"

Australians all let us rejoice

For we are young and free

We've golden soil and wealth for toil,

Our home is girt by sea:

Our land abounds in nature's gifts

Of beauty rich and rare,

In history's page let every stage

Advance Australia fair,

In joyful strains then let us sing

Advance Australia fair.

Beneath our radiant Southern Cross,

We'll toil with hearts and hands,

To make this Commonwealth of ours

Renowned of all the lands,

For those who've come across the seas

We've boundless plains to share,

With courage let us all combine

To advance Australia fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing,

Advance Australia fair.

Toothsie in Colour

well here is a colour version of Toothsie the tooth Fairy. hope you enjoy it as much as i did putting it all together.

Toothsie ToothFairy

just having some fun in my sketch book and came up with a few interesting ideas for characters. This version of a Tooth Fairy was fun to draw, I might have to colour this one.

Zen TV

here is my first finished artwork for 2009. I have been playing around with textures and painterly finishes in photoshop and I am having some fun. I am looking forward to exploring the use of the wet brush in photoshop.

this illustration is called Zen TV. the mystical art of studying the TV guide

New Year

Christmas is looming

Just getting into the christmas spirit. So Merry Christmas 2008 to all.

playing around with colour

here is a character I created just for fun. I think he may end up a boys school black sheep that has few friends and is bullied by the normal sporty kids. But he will prevail somehow with his devious mind and sharp intellect, maybe.

anyway I just wanted to play around with digital water colouring this is my first attempt and I hope it gets better

little slice of Paradise

I just wanted to share with every one how lucky I am. the house that we live in has a public reserve which we access through a gate in our back yard.

It has lots of grass and trees and open space. There are always lots of different types of Australian birds flying around, calling out to one another and my two sons play out there often.

there is a concrete path that leads from the road all the way up the reserve and my sons use that to walk to school.

I find it very relaxing to go out and look in awe at the magic of nature as the wind blows through the trees and the birds flutter about doing their thing.

To be surrounded by green leafy trees and lots of grass is a blessing. I just wanted to share what a nice spot I landed on when we bought this house.

character sketching

I have been working on another illustration for children's book market and have been sketching some characters for a wacky spooky monster crew of a sailing yacht.

this female character who is either a goul or zombie is proving to be a little elusive on the page I an just not there yet. these were some fun sketches but not happy with her yet. she needs more work.

Old Vamp

I have been busy with a few illustrations on the boil. I just have so many ideas I want to get down on paper or at least get onto the screen. It's hard to know which one's to work on first.
here is a illustration aimed at the childrens book market.
This is the kind of illustration work I would love to be doing. It's just a fun, goofy cartoon monster.
I feel the more illustrations I work on, I have a little more idea of where I want to be headed.