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‘FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE’
Watch it now – it’s great! The sound track is equally amazing!

Clint Eastwood Rocks it!

I’m in love with these squashed blossom necklaces.
- And since I discovered them, I now daydream of someone buying me one for my 30th.
Sadly, I don’t think that’s going to happen.

Big kitty-kat.

I’ll be here with my illustrations in Oct with my friend Megan Perkins.
Megan makes stunning enamel jewellery – See for yourself.
New things: I’ve now got A3 sizes available in some of my illustrations to sell at the Bowerbird Markets. So if your in Adelaide during the event come and say hello.

Amazing Tattoo.

If I knew where this was I’d go there and never come back and I’d definitely have goats.

I’d live here as well.

Magical ride

This pic makes me miss the ocean.

Balancing act!  It’s exactly how I feel at the moment. I’m feeling the pressure of looming deadlines, while trying to juggle new projects. All while, attempting to create new directions and inspiration for my own personal works. It’s been a challenging few months. But, as challenging as I have found this last month, I’m feeling a little sparkle slowly return and I’m itching to find the right balance between commission work and creative personal work.

Because, I thought I did such a good job of surviving last month. I decided to treat myself and buy some second hand leather goodies. These two skirts are new additions to my wardrobe. I’m not sold that I can pull off a long leather skirt, but you only live once.

Leeloo is an online community for upcoming Australian designers and emerging artists to have a web based environment within which to sell their goodies whilst continuing their focus on their practice.  The web site can be found here : http://www.leeloo.com.au  We are based in Sydney, NSW, Australia and are a very small community business.
Words from here – indiegogo

Angela and Renee are two lovely ladies who avidly support our creative community. They have organised many exhibitions and supported many established and new upcoming talent. Drawn From Fashion is one of their most recent exhibitions and I had the pleasure of being one of the exhibitors.

They are trying there very most hardest to raise funds to get to the FIRST EVER ETSY CONFERENCE, which will be taking place in Berlin, Germany.

‘Hello Etsy: A Summit on Small Business and Sustainability is a hands-on gathering for small business owners who want to connect with their peers, learn the skills to find success and independence, and be part of the movement to build human scale-economies.’
Words from here – etsy

Just imagine the insight and knowledge that Angela and Renee will gain from attending. By supporting these two ladies you will be supporting Australia’s creative community.

Visit HERE to donate and help Angela and Renee get to Berlin.

Our trip to Launceston in April 2011.  Beautiful Waterfalls and tine-tiny mushrooms.
*Photography by Tom Fitzgerald.

Bowerbird Bazaar Markets. I met loads of lovely people. Thank you for all those that came by my stall on the day. You made participating in the markets, as a stall holder, a delight. x
1. The first photo is of me and my things. I think this was on the first day.
2. Stall holders, I unfortunately don’t know whom these stalls are as I never made it down that way as it was so packed. If anyone knows whom they are please let me know so I can credit them.
3. Bespoke letterpress – Had amazing gift cards and stationary, which I bought. Sisken behind Bespoke beautiful leather wears.
4. Mrs Fairweather’s bike emporium – AMAZING!
*Photography by Tom Fitzgerald.

I hope everyone had a great Easter break. I managed to get away to the coast of Tassie to visit my sister for a few days, while I was there we went walking and took loads of pics of mushrooms and ferns.
I also, managed to find the time to finish Kirstin’s image above, he’s a little inspired from the mushroom pics I took on the Easter break. This birdie was created for a little art comp I ran in March, I used  the lucky winners colour of choice. I’ve named him Red Robin and have incorporated Kirstin’s colour – Burgundy. I’ll be in contact Kirstin for postal arrangements for the original and a print. I hope you like him. :)

Here the image for Kristin so far. The pics a little dark, the original of him is a lot softer. I can’t wait to get started on the colour working with burgundy will be fun as I usually stick to the softer pastel colours.

For those that will be in Adelaide in May please come a visit me at the Bowerbird Bazaar Markets it’s going to be brilliant.
There will be so many amazing designers, crafters and artists works to buy.
I’ve been super busy designing and making new things for this event. Hopefully, I’ll be able to post some of my creations before the markets. I’ve also been working on a side project to launch at the markets on Mothers Day, it’s a project dedicated to my mum and my partners and if you come by my stall early on the day there be a little something to wear for free.

I’ve been doing some research for my comp illustration give away and these are the things that I have come across. I’m super keen to incorporate all the elements into one drawing. I’m thinking a nice little nature theme based on ‘the romantic with in us’.
Hopefully all goes to plan and Kristin will have herself one lovely image.

Congrats to Kristin as she’s the lucky winner of my little comp.
I’ll be drawing an original illustration for Kirstin with her fav colour. Watch this space for updates of the illos progress.

Winter Is Ending, 2010, 22 x 22 cm.
A bear cub has been awake for a while because something is tickling him. Maybe it is the spring.

Spring Is About to Happen, 2009, 15 x 14 cm.
Ink on paper. T-shirt illustration for Holmes.

Stollinn, 2009, 38 x 36 cm.
“Chair” mountain lies in the valley of Svarfaðardalur in Dalvík, Iceland. Sometimes it hides behind strong weather.

Apple Blossom Meadow, 2010, 31 x 36 cm.
Summer sounds like emerald green birch tree leaves,
snow as apple tree flowers and scent of clover.

I have a new art crush – Finland based illustrator Anna Emilia, works are beautiful have a look for yourself.

*It’s the second last day of my Etsy sale. All open edition prints are $21.00 normally $30.00. So if you want to purchase a bargain better get it now.