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
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
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
In these times of social distancing and self isolation I have decided to launch a new jigsaw puzzle company to help pass the time and keep the mind active with a little bit of frustration. I have always been a fan of jigsaw puzzles since I was a small child. I used to build jigsaw puzzles with my mom and the other children in her care
Over the last few months I have been lucky enough to have my artwork featured on two different cans for Collective Arts Brewing, based out of out of Ontario, Canada. I love how well both came together and look across a can. this is the first time that I have had my artwork on a beer label and I'd definitely like to do more in the future. Below
After sitting on this one for 4 or 5 months I decided to give a crack at colouring this, as it has been a while since I have coloured anything digitally. The colour scheme I used is a bit different then my usual palette as it is a bit more muted and earthy. I thought at first the colours I had chosen would be to complicated and make
2018 is the first time I have participated in Inktober and for those who do not know what this means, Inktober is an artist challenge that runs the length of October in which artist post an ink drawing everyday to social media. It is a way for artists to force themselves to push out work as fast as possible while and at a steady pace for one month.