The music of David Bowie has always been important throughout my life and music has always been a vital part of my creative process and artwork. I am always listening to music when drawing and David Bowie was one of the first musicians that I remember truly liking. His music and his various stylistic changes have always resonated with me as I have grown up. This includes his
“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.” – Alice Walker This tree is either an abstraction of form or it is perfectly manicured. A tree to be pondered upon if sculpted by nature or manipulated by human hands. Perfectly imperfect. Near spheres, looking like the cosmos extrapolated. All these trees growing in the Ink Forest have been drawn by hand and then scanned and cleaned up
The Giving Tree By Shel Silverstein Once there was a tree… and she loved a little boy. And every day the boy would come, and he would gather her leaves and make them into crowns and play king of the forest. He would climb up her trunk and swing from her branches and eat apples. And they would play hide-and-go-seek. And when he was tired, he would sleep
“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 in the ceaseless breeze of a placid night. This is the drawing, the first tree, Tree
This is the story of an Australian schoolboy named Paul and his mystic journey into the Australian outback with his aboriginal guide Kuwana. Kuwana teaches Paul about the relationship in nature that all things including the plants and animals share. This is a journey into the unknown where Paul learns about the balance of all things and discovers that all plans and creatures participate in together. Normally my
These two pieces of art were created for the Berlin crew and label Mega Buff which hosts a variety of interesting events. From a nearly weekly DJ set, live streamed from the Mega Buff Mansion (DJs play sets filled with anything from UK garage, house, breakbeat, electro, jungle to funk and hip-hop and everything in between) to hosting parties, including one I went to in an old, unused
https://youtu.be/4QwhGAN-ohM?si=ndjypVVbJTxJ4qVT This is a logo for a Melbourne-based artist, Leopard Snail, who creates jewellery inspired by her childhood. She creates pieces out of classic children’s toys such as LEGO and crayons. For the logo, I was asked to create a greyscale design suitable for printing on business cards. Andy then hand-paints colour onto the snail on each business card, gifting her customers a unique piece of her art
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
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
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