BECCY COLE DIGITAL PAINTING

Well I finally had a crack at digital painting and who better to do then my friend Beccy Cole. Beccy is one of Australia's finest country singers & has a great smile & character for caricature. The caricatures are available at Beccy's gigs as posters.

PATTI'S CAKE - BALD ARCHY WINNER 2010

Well yesterday I had the honour of winning the Bald Archy's with Patti's Cake. Tony Abbott may parade around in his red speedos, but my man Bert gets it all off.
The Bald Archy's are currently showing in Sydney at the ABC Studios in Ultimo & will tour other capital cities & regional areas after that. Go check it out, it's heaps of fun ...

BERT FOR THE BALDIES

It's Bald Archy time again ... this year I did a painting of Bert Newton called "Patti's Cake". I did the sketch sometime ago, however ended up painting it in the week just before the closing date. The BA's are currently in Canberra & will open in Sydney April 1st.

ERNEST IN THE NEWCASTLE HERALD

The Newcastle Herald ran a story on Ernest in this weeks paper. I am currently working on the illustrations for the second book in the series titled "The Invasion". Scott Allen (author) & I are also putting together a puzzle & colouring book based on Jesse the Elephant (the 1st book in the series).

ERNEST THE LITTLE TUG - BOOK 1 JESSE THE ELEPHANT

I recently completed illustrations for a new book. The book titled Jesse the Elephant is the first in a series on The adventures of Ernest the Little Tug. Here is a note about the book from the author Scott Allen "The “Adventures of Ernest Little Tug” is a series of children’s stories which tell the living history of the world’s greatest harbour, Sydney Harbour. Ernest Little Tug is the cute and friendly star of the stories. He is friend to all the boats on the harbour and always lends a helping hand in times of trouble. His best friend is Teddy the dog who travels with him everywhere and helps out in tricky situations. The many other characters in the stories are based on real life Sydney Ferries, visiting ocean liners or warships, and all books include an account of the True Story upon which the children’s story is based. The first book in the series recounts an event in 1916 when Jesse the elephant was walked through Sydney city from the old Moore Park Zoo and then moved by punt ferry across Sydney Harbour to her new home in Taronga Zoo. Jesse went on to become one of the most famous animals at the zoo." Ernest will be in book shops soon, check Ernest out on Facebook.

JULIA MORRIS

Julia Morris was our star guest at the RV Ball on the weekend, she was so so so so funneeeeeee ..... I did a water colour caricature as a thank you gift.

WOMEN OF THE WORLD

My Mum & I took a trip to the Bunker Cartoon Gallery (Coffs Harbour) last Friday where they were hosting an exhibition of female artists. Jules Faber opened the exhibition, there was so much amazing talent & I was lucky enough to meet 2 of the incredible female artists Flossy P (aka Sarah) & Dee Texidor.