This is my latest foray into expressionism and I feel it is my best yet. The colors work well together and the subject is glossy and smooth. I HATED this when I first did it – it was too much, too different. Then I went away from it and looked at it with a new…

I only had a little time and was in a very strange mood so this is a quick cartoon self portrait. unfortunately my cartoons are better in pencil rather than charcoal but as I said, I didn’t have a whole lot o time! it is silly. it is good to be silly at times.

This is my brief abstract concept of pain. or more specifically pain emerging. it is an image that has been growing in my head steadily and this is what it has come down to. I am quite pleased with it, I might render it into a large painting with lots of reds yellows and whites…

I spent all afternoon with Liam schlepping around Melbourne to get some shots for my next photography assignment…. I dont know which ones I am going to choose but I thought I might put some of my favorites up here. The one with the Rowers wont go in my assignment as it isn’t appropriate – but I do still really like it.

Just a couple of quick sketches – reasonably stylized but still emotive I think. didn’t publish it yesterday because I was ginishing up my essay and going out to dinner!

This was a delve into expressionism and a chance to use colors I almost never use. It came from a dream using reds and purples in swirling lines. It was a pretty dream. Unfortunately the figures shape was more dynamic – it might have worked better. Again my facisnation in linking shapes have come to…

This was a particularly wierd piece with abstractions, slight distortions and a very dark overtone. I am wondering what is says about me because it seems to be deeply psychological – I think it is an interesting partner to my dark piece below. the photo is not very good – I still need to pick…

A quick charcoal sketch that I am randomly quite pleased with! its been ages since I charcoalled up – it is good. completely non saleable.. but good!

Ok. I don’t know where I was when I painted this. No honestly this is so different from anything I have ever done before. I think it is very very dark and brooding but the bizarre thing in this piece is the technique. It is actually a charcoal drawing technique I have used. You know…

This is just a quick photo but I think the image isn’t too bad. What I was after with this was fluidity of shape and to make the skin glow. The location of the light source made it tricky but allowed for some really interesting experimentation of shading and color. My shadows are usually very…