We had such a fun time coming up with the mural designs for all four of them. The owner of Chilli Farms , Uma, has a great sense of humour and wanted to show a bit of his fun character in his beautiful restaurant.

The first mural was a huge charcoal wall which I painted nine elephants on in the nine different colours of the chillies in his logo. It completely transformed the whole restaurant and got so much attention that Uma decided he needed some more.

The second mural was of three Chilli Chefs. These crazy characters greet you as you walk in the door with a really family friendly vibe.

The third mural is a bit of a secret one. We thought we needed something funny on the way down the corridor to the toilets so I designed two cartoon elephants who had possibly had too many mango lassies and needed to urgently get to the thrown.

Finally, the forth mural was a real eye catcher. On my last day painting the other three murals, feeling a little sad to be saying goodbye, Uma pulled me aside and told me “We need one more elephant!”. He had elephant fever! I think we all did! They’re such amazing lovable animals. So I painted a huge 3D elephant head that seems to pop out of the wall to grab your garlic naan.

Uma, his wife, friends and staff were all so welcoming. This was a really special job. Uma even invited everyone who was involved in the restaurant renovations to come back in for a free lunch where he thanked us all for our help and fed us with an amazing banquet of his restaurant’s delicious food! Thanks again Uma for making this a really fun experience for everyone.

For a chance to win a buffet voucher for two at Chilli Farms Indian Restaurant visit their Facebook Page to enter the competition to name the 12 elephants.

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You’d just have to send me a photo of yourself or someone else who you think would be an amazing goddess and then we could talk about favourite colours or textures or themes that you’d like to include in your goddess portrait! Amazing right!!!

I’ve got a million goddessing ideas for your portrait that I think would look beautiful so if you’re not really sure what you’d want I can show you a few different things that I think would work really well. Just a thought…Let me know if you’re interested.

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A friend of mine commissioned me to paint a huge wall visible from the front door, through the hallway, into her dining/kitchen area. She told me that she’s been wanting me to paint a mural for her before she even bought her house so to do whatever I want. I thought I’d better get a basic concept from her first to be safe. So she told me that she loves art deco, flowers and colourful Mexican stuff. With that, I started brainstorming.

In the end, I decided to do an art deco, geometric pattern in gold all over the wall and then I painted some huge flowers in fun Mexican colours. It’s completely transformed the whole look of the house! I’ve also become obsessed with golden geometric patterns. It’s like the wall is always changing because as you walk around different parts of the golden pattern shine and attract your eyes to another part of the flower painting.

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This project came about because The Hen has a HUGE marquee on their beautiful property which is used for weddings, as a music venue, comedy acts and just a nice shaded spot to sit with a drink on a sunny afternoon. The only problem was that it was looking a bit stark being such a big white space so they enlisted me to inject a bit of colour with some art work.

There were a lot of ideas flying around as to what the paintings should be of, but the main components which reflected the venue were greenery, music, fun and of course hens! So I decided to paint a whole range of influential musicians in a pop art style with greenery around  them and then to add a bit of humour I added a chook to each of the iconic images.

I’m really happy with the outcome and I think the punters are too. I visited The Hen for lunch with my family yesterday and I was really excited to see that people were pointing and taking photos of my work and I was told that they’re a real focal point of the venue.

I’d like to say a special thank you to The Hen for showcasing my work in such a beautiful environment.

If you’d like to go and view them for yourself The Henley Brook is located at 9810 West Swan Road, Henley Brook, WA.

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I originally painted these cute little animal characters as a series for my friends’ new baby boy, Logan. My friends have arranged them in matching white frames above Logan’s change table and they’ve told me that whenever he lies there to be changed he giggles and chats with the friendly little faces above him.

So instead of giving another piece of plastic that will be thrown out or clothes that a baby will grow out of in two seconds you could give something that will bring years of joy and comfort and maybe even be passed on to their children in the future.

You can order these pieces for $20 each at my online Limited Edition Prints Shop found through this link: Click here to view Limited Edition Print Shop

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If portraits aren’t you’re thing I’m able to do pretty much any art commission you throw at me. It could be an acrylic on canvas painting, a watercolour, a drawing of anything you like or even a mural! I also have original paintings for sale or limited edition prints of my work. So let your imagination run wild and let’s create something really cool that they can treasure forever.

Click here to contact me about a Christmas comission

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Over 170 works of art are being displayed including one of my animal head drawings. There are some beautiful pieces and they’re all for sale, so you can own your very own original piece of art created by a local artist.

Entry is free and opening hours are 10am to 4pm daily, plus the one night only ARTS & EATS special after dark edition on Friday the 13th, October, 5pm to 8pm, which includes a Food Truck Pop Up. So get down there and feed your stomach and your eyes.

Click this link to find out more information about the Art & Eats event

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