Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Sasha modelling

Tuesday was another life drawing night at the Spaceship in Campsie. Thanks to everyone especially Willow for putting it together and leading the session, and Sasha for her great posing
 


 
 
Reclining on a leopard
 

 
Thinker with boot

 

 
 
hand signals

 
With that leopard again


 


 

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Josh Shipton and the Blue Eyed Ravens

 I'm doing a painting from a drawing of the band I did a few months ago

 

 
Here are a few photos of the painting as it is now under UV light and varying amounts of indoor and daylight




Sunday, October 19, 2025

Cone of Confusion Single Launch

On thursday I went to Low302 for the launch of Cone of Confusion's latest release "Thread of Life". It was a night of great music

Cone of Confusion - @coneofconfusionband
 


 They were supported by the excellent Ofri (@ofrimusic) accompanied by Phil and Emma

Monday, October 13, 2025

Whistling Pigeon

 A commission I'm working on because I'd already sold another painting of the same bird at Jimmy Willing's show Strictly for the Birds

 

This is pretty close to finished- I've painted on it a bit more since and now it's done


 



Modelling: Riley at the Spaceship

 
A tough ten minute pose leaning on the stick
 
With a couple of the other artists

 Posing with a mannequin
 
Another couple of reclining poses 


 Thanks to Riley as well as to Willow and Charlie for leading the session, and all the other artists

 

WhatEva etc at Moshpit

 I went along to Moshpit last thursday to see the fabulous show put on by WhatEva, Less Unless and Delusions of Grandeur


 WhatEva

 

 
Less Unless
thanks to Zac (centre) who bought this drawing and took it home

 
Delusions of Grandeur

 

Monday, October 6, 2025

Rock Against Racism at The Hive

 Eva put on a show to raise some funds for the Blak Caucus - here are some of the performers


 John Maddox and Tug Dumbly

 
Justine Wahlin

Peter Fenwick and Justine Wahlin

 
Carla
Brielle

 
 

Saturday, September 27, 2025

Keybroads at the Gasoline Pony

These are some drawings from Keybroads at the Gasoline Pony last thursday(25/9/25), showcasing female keyboard players, well obvs. Thanks to all the wonderful performers and also to Josh Shipton for making it happen
 
 Marlena 

The Siren of Silence
Ofri
 
Andie Addams and Lizzie

Life Drawing - Fizz at Spaceys


 I went out last tuesday to Spaceys in Campsie where they have a weekly life drawing session led  capably by Willow. The model was Fizz. We started with very short posesand worked up through a few 5 and 10 minutes poses to the final 20 mins. Good for switching on the drawers and not insanely strenuous for the model.

 


 I went out last tuesday to Spaceys in Campsie where they have a weekly life drawing session led  capably by Willow. The model was Fizz. We started with very short posesand worked up through a few 5 and 10 minutes poses to the final 20 mins. Good for switching on the drawers and not insanely strenuous for the model.

 

 





 

Monday, September 22, 2025

2 urban views

A view from Salmon Park in Newtown

On Glebe Pt Rd

 

Strictly for the Birds

ginger leaves

a few people at the opening  

I went up to Lismore for the launch of Strictly for the Birds, an exhibition  organised by Jimmy Willing at the Joy Love studio. The studio in a buyback house on the floodplain in North Lismore (still quite sound, hardwood on top of 5m steel piles), named for the mother of the family that had formerly lived there. Jimmy is at the forefront trying to save some of the houses for the use of the arts, given its importance in the region. 

Around 70 artists contributed their bird paintings, and a huge crowd came along for the opening
 
Crow (and 2 lorikeets)
 
The paintings I showed
 
 
Lorikeet Sumo
 

 Whistling Pigeon
 

Waterloo Corella

 

 

The Siren of Silence, and the Blue Eyed Ravens

The Siren of Silence

I went down to Moshpit on Saturday to the Siren of Silence record launch and did a couple of drawings of the excellent show. I arrived too late to catch much of Sly Fox

Josh Shipton and the Blue Eyed Ravens

 

Saturday, September 6, 2025

Vance's 55th at Spaceys

 After a few drinks at Joey Mason Russell's opening at Alpha Gallery I headed out Spaceys in Campsie to catch some of the bands playing Vance's party

Solomon Barber with Anousheh St Germain


By the time Balkan Grill came on I'd had a couple more beers so I was getting pretty loose. I had to head off after that so I didn't get a chance to draw Majestic XI but I was a bit sloshed by then so it would have been hit and miss