Tree Species 01: Foamcrest Tree “A tree is our most intimate contact with nature.” – George Nakashima Caught in the twirling winds, the limbs and foliage of the Foamcrest Tree churn. Bubbling and rolling like waves dragged across a sandy shore. Its enormous trunk is anchored to the Earth but above its leaves never stop moving. This is the drawing, the first tree that started this whole project
This past weekend, I drove up to Hanoi Friday afternoon and took care of some things I can’t do in Nam Dinh and visited a few friends I hadn’t seen in a while. Saturday morning I continued to drive around on my motorbike, running errands and along the way I took some photos. After that, I drove another 100km south through Ninh Bình State to get to Tam
Summer is over so I thought it would be good to start posting some of my photos from my travels from the previous summer. In 2023, I started my three months of traveling in Shanghai, China for two weeks. There we scooted and biked around the city and ate all sorts of spicy noodles and dumplings, had street food, pastries and baked goods and ate a variety of
Just in time for Christmas, I have finished a few designs for new jigsaw puzzles and prints (on paper, canvas and metal). For this weekend only all puzzles and prints are 10% off and if you buy 2 puzzles a further 20% off (so 30% total) ORDER PUZZLES ORDER PRINTS There are now 11 different pieces of my art that are available as high quality 500, 1000, or
This is an unofficial music video that someone has edited together from US nuclear bomb test footage from the 1940-50s for the track 'Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls' by post-rock ensemble Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Even though there is an absence of footage of carnage or people or cities being decimated, it is horrifying to watch. The music is instrumental which builds and builds which it makes for
I am happy to share that my 2nd puzzle by Artifact Puzzles is now for sale. These are beautiful wood jigsaw puzzles with very interesting custom cut pieces. Here is the full write-up on the Artifact website: 'This is a 214 piece (11.25" by 15") Ecru wooden jigsaw puzzle of "The Kingdom" by Aaron Wolf. The puzzle design by Jef Bambas consists entirely of interlocking pieces comprised of
The time of Artificial Intelligence has already began but the the of AI dominance is yet to come. That future will come about in our lifetimes and there is no way to try to comprehend how it will reshape our world and what that will mean for us as a species. Here are a few interesting videos explaining the possibilities and current applications. Ex Machina is one of
This piece was recoloured for Pandemic Puzzles a few months ago. I decided 'Death of the Auto Industry' needed a minor update as a jigsaw puzzle design as the white background of the original would make for a very frustrating puzzle experience. I added in the colourful blurred background and recoloured the rainbow burst of blood and guts, because the original internal organ explosion was just too cartoony
G'Day. This piece has been kicking around for years now and even though I saw it as complete, I am so happy that I give the colour on this one an update. I had no intentions to do so but when COVID hit and I decided to produce jigsaw puzzles with my artwork I know this needed an refresh because large areas of solid colours do not make