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Jul

Hop for Hope

Hop for Hope is a collaborative art exhibition showcasing 40 larger-than-life fibreglass kangaroos decorated by iconic Australian artists and identities. The kangaroos will be showcased at the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery before being auctioned to raise funds for the Alannah and Madeline Foundation– a charity raising funds to project children from violence and bullying. I am honoured to be one of the artists working on this project and I currently am in the midst of preparing my concept for the hands-on painting phase which will take place over the next couple of weeks. Read More

Jun

“Toxic” wins Art Toppling Tobacco

Art Toppling Tobacco is a competition that encourages entrants to create art that does damage to the tobacco industry.Read More

Oct

Art toppling tobacco

Art Toppling Tobacco is a competition that encourages entrants to create art that does damage to the tobacco industry. Below are my two submissions along with a short description for each. Read More

Jul

Australian Bush Babies II: Wombat released

The fifth and final coin of the Bush Babies II coin series I illustrated for The Perth Mint has finally been released. This release features a chubby wombat baby printed in colour on a 1/2 oz silver Australian Legal Tender coin. Read More

Apr

Australian Bush Babies II Stamps

Tuesday was the official release date of the Australian Bush Babies II stamps featuring the illustrations I did for the Australian Bush Babies II silver coins. Read More

Oct

Mali in the City raises over $450,000

Wow! What a wonderful result. The auction for the Mali in the City event was held last Thursday with an amazing display of painted elephants and generosity from bidders. The whole event raised over $450,000 which will go towards the conservation efforts of the Melbourne Zoo. My elephants sold for $5,500 and $9,000 so I’m pretty happy with a total $14,500 being raised for the zoo by the two elephants I painted. I have been contacted by one of the buyers and the other is known by a friend so I’m also really happy to hear that they have both gone to good homes.Read More

Oct

Elephants to go under the hammer

This big night is fast approaching! The one and only chance for people to claim one of the 50 elephants painted for the Mali in the City event. Both of my painted elephants “Elephantasy” and “Here Today…” along with the 48 others will be auctioned off on the 25th of October.Read More

Aug

Mali in the City launched!

On Wednesday night the Melbourne Zoo hosted a gathering of the 50 painted elephants, artists and sponsors for a “sneak peek” to celebrate the upcoming launch of the Mali in the City public art event. The day has finally come and the elephants are now in their city locations and open to the public for viewing!Read More

Jul

“Here today…” finished for Mali in the City event.

My second elephant ” Here today … ” for the Mali in the City event is finally finished! I’ve lost track of how long it took me but it took longer than “Elephantasy” because of the higher level of detail and more realistic approach. I’m so glad to be done, now I can sit back and wait for the other artists to finish and the elephants should be out in the city shortly after I get return to Victoria!Read More

Apr

Elephants on parade! Mali in the City submissions

These are my submissions to the Mali in the City art project being organised by the Melbourne Zoo. 50 life-size fibreglass sculptures will be painted by local artists and spread around the city for a 6 week period. Afterwards, the elephants will then be auctioned off with the proceeds going to the zoo and its conservation efforts.Read More

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