This drawing is a part of my “Floating Head” series. I just really wanted to draw this alpaca head because it looks so hilarious and made me laugh as soon as I saw it. That’s pretty much my criteria for heads to draw in my “Floating Head” series. If I spontaneously laugh when I see an animal’s face then I have to draw it’s kooky head straight away. I just really don’t like serious art. I think it should make you feel good and maybe even make you laugh.

All prints are limited edition (1 of 200) and printed on Canson^® Infinity Edition Etching Rag.

“Canson^® Infinity Edition Etching Rag is a 100% cotton Fine Art paper with a smooth texture, reminiscent of the original genuine etching and printmaking papers. The paper has the purest white tone available on the market, without any Optical Brightening Agents, also called OBAs. Optical Brightening Agents are artificial brighteners that deteriorate in time. Canson^® Edition Etching Rag offers a high paper shade stability and a resistance to aging by using natural minerals.

This museum-grade paper provides deep blacks, excellent image sharpness, optimum colour graduation and its unique slight grain makes it ideal for printing detailed work, colour photographs and exceptional black and white portraits.”

The printing is undertaken with specifically designed fine art ink and printers to create accurate colour replication and to ensure longevity.

If you have any other queries about the printing technique, paper quality or anything else please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

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This drawing is a part of my “Floating Head” series. I just really wanted to draw this saiga antelope  head because it looks so strange and  hilarious and made me laugh as soon as I saw it. That’s pretty much my criteria for heads to draw in my “Floating Head” series. If I spontaneously laugh when I see an animal’s face then I have to draw it’s kooky head straight away. I just really don’t like serious art. I think it should make you feel good and maybe even make you laugh.

All prints are limited edition (1 of 200) and printed on Canson^® Infinity Edition Etching Rag.

“Canson^® Infinity Edition Etching Rag is a 100% cotton Fine Art paper with a smooth texture, reminiscent of the original genuine etching and printmaking papers. The paper has the purest white tone available on the market, without any Optical Brightening Agents, also called OBAs. Optical Brightening Agents are artificial brighteners that deteriorate in time. Canson^® Edition Etching Rag offers a high paper shade stability and a resistance to aging by using natural minerals.

This museum-grade paper provides deep blacks, excellent image sharpness, optimum colour graduation and its unique slight grain makes it ideal for printing detailed work, colour photographs and exceptional black and white portraits.”

The printing is undertaken with specifically designed fine art ink and printers to create accurate colour replication and to ensure longevity.

If you have any other queries about the printing technique, paper quality or anything else please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

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This drawing is a part of my “Floating Head” series. I just really wanted to draw this cassowary  head because it looks hilarious and made me laugh as soon as I saw it. That’s pretty much my criteria for heads to draw in my “Floating Head” series. If I spontaneously laugh when I see an animal’s face then I have to draw it’s kooky head straight away. I just really don’t like serious art. I think it should make you feel good and maybe even make you laugh.

All prints are limited edition (1 of 200) and printed on Canson^® Infinity Edition Etching Rag.

“Canson^® Infinity Edition Etching Rag is a 100% cotton Fine Art paper with a smooth texture, reminiscent of the original genuine etching and printmaking papers. The paper has the purest white tone available on the market, without any Optical Brightening Agents, also called OBAs. Optical Brightening Agents are artificial brighteners that deteriorate in time. Canson^® Edition Etching Rag offers a high paper shade stability and a resistance to aging by using natural minerals.

This museum-grade paper provides deep blacks, excellent image sharpness, optimum colour graduation and its unique slight grain makes it ideal for printing detailed work, colour photographs and exceptional black and white portraits.”

The printing is undertaken with specifically designed fine art ink and printers to create accurate colour replication and to ensure longevity.

If you have any other queries about the printing technique, paper quality or anything else please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

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This drawing is a part of my “Floating Head” series. I just really wanted to draw this dik-dik head because he looks hilarious and made me laugh as soon as I saw his big googly eyes and then when I found out that it was called a dik-dik it made it even funnier. That’s pretty much my criteria for heads to draw in my “Floating Head” series. If I spontaneously laugh when I see an animal’s face then I have to draw it’s kooky head straight away. I just really don’t like serious art. I think it should make you feel good and maybe even make you laugh.

All prints are limited edition (1 of 200) and printed on Canson^® Infinity Edition Etching Rag.

“Canson^® Infinity Edition Etching Rag is a 100% cotton Fine Art paper with a smooth texture, reminiscent of the original genuine etching and printmaking papers. The paper has the purest white tone available on the market, without any Optical Brightening Agents, also called OBAs. Optical Brightening Agents are artificial brighteners that deteriorate in time. Canson^® Edition Etching Rag offers a high paper shade stability and a resistance to ageing by using natural minerals.

This museum-grade paper provides deep blacks, excellent image sharpness, optimum colour graduation and its unique slight grain makes it ideal for printing detailed work, colour photographs and exceptional black and white portraits.”

The printing is undertaken with specifically designed fine art ink and printers to create accurate colour replication and to ensure longevity.

If you have any other queries about the printing technique, paper quality or anything else please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

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This drawing is a part of my “Floating Head” series. I just really wanted to draw this barking deer head because I’d never seen anything like it before I thought it looked so strange and beautiful. Apparently it’s also known as a Muntjac and is the oldest known deer, appearing 15-35 million years ago, with remains found in Miocene deposits in France, Germany and Poland.

All prints are limited edition (1 of 200) and printed on Canson^® Infinity Edition Etching Rag.

“Canson^® Infinity Edition Etching Rag is a 100% cotton Fine Art paper with a smooth texture, reminiscent of the original genuine etching and printmaking papers. The paper has the purest white tone available on the market, without any Optical Brightening Agents, also called OBAs. Optical Brightening Agents are artificial brighteners that deteriorate in time. Canson^® Edition Etching Rag offers a high paper shade stability and a resistance to aging by using natural minerals.

This museum-grade paper provides deep blacks, excellent image sharpness, optimum colour graduation and its unique slight grain makes it ideal for printing detailed work, colour photographs and exceptional black and white portraits.”

The printing is undertaken with specifically designed fine art ink and printers to create accurate colour replication and to ensure longevity.

If you have any other queries about the printing technique, paper quality or anything else please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

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A beautiful, exotic painting using acrylic paint, graphite, ink and leaves on wood with a visible natural grain.

I’m really happy with the way my Indian Goddess painting/drawing turned out. It was great experimenting with wood and all the things you can do with it. I started off just printing a photo I had taken on to it of a beautiful beach in Thailand that my husband and I had visited on our honeymoon where someone had hung wind chimes on the trees made out of flowers and bits of coral and drift wood. It was such a magical spot with amazing snorkeling and soft white sand. Then I kept adding to it, drawing a peaceful looking woman onto it as I was reminded of how peaceful and relaxed we had been on that beach and then decorating her with painted leaves and an Indian style head dress, until this beautiful Indian Goddess appeared. I love all the natural grain of the wood running through it. It gives a really warm glow to the whole piece. Also I get to combine two of my favourite art techniques, painting and drawing.

I think you’ll all be seeing a lot more goddesses. I was thinking I might even combine my goddesses with my commissioned portraits and turn you all into goddesses if you’re interested. It would be so much fun. We could pick out your favourite colours and parts of nature that you really feel connected with and I could experiment and give you a few ideas until we discover your inner goddess and turn it into a piece of art for you to keep forever.

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This painting was inspired by all the beautiful street art that has been showing up all over our city over the past decade or so. I really like that stencilled look. I practiced stencilling onto canvas a few times but it never ends up quite crisp enough for me so I hand painted a stencil inspired Natasha Khan. Natasha Khan is one of my favourite musical artists. I find her music really inspiring to work to because not only has she got a beautiful voice and amazing unique musical ideas but she comes across as very creative in other aspects too. She has a very unique fashion sense, all her video clips are really different and beautiful and her album covers all beautiful works of art. I chose the colours because I really liked the contrast of the black “stencil” with the pastel colours. Also they seemed like the kind of colours that might be used on a wall (sticking with the street art theme).

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This is an edgy, cool, black and white drawing of a punk girl. There’s a lot of detail in this drawing. The denim took me a long time to perfect. I originally drew it to submit in to the “Dot on the Run” drawing competition/exhibition. I had really been concentrating on my painting for a while and then one of my artist friends at suggested that I enter this drawing competition which was great because it really reminded me how much I enjoy drawing after not doing it for quite some time. I still love playing with colour in my paintings but I like the precision of drawing.

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All prints are limited edition (1 of 200) and printed on Canson^® Infinity Edition Etching Rag.

“Canson^® Infinity Edition Etching Rag is a 100% cotton Fine Art paper with a smooth texture, reminiscent of the original genuine etching and printmaking papers. The paper has the purest white tone available on the market, without any Optical Brightening Agents, also called OBAs. Optical Brightening Agents are artificial brighteners that deteriorate in time. Canson^® Edition Etching Rag offers a high paper shade stability and a resistance to aging by using natural minerals.

This museum-grade paper provides deep blacks, excellent image sharpness, optimum colour graduation and its unique slight grain makes it ideal for printing detailed work, colour photographs and exceptional black and white portraits.”

The printing is undertaken with specifically designed fine art ink and printers to create accurate colour replication and to ensure longevity.

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All prints are limited edition (1 of 200) and printed on Canson^® Infinity Edition Etching Rag.

“Canson^® Infinity Edition Etching Rag is a 100% cotton Fine Art paper with a smooth texture, reminiscent of the original genuine etching and printmaking papers. The paper has the purest white tone available on the market, without any Optical Brightening Agents, also called OBAs. Optical Brightening Agents are artificial brighteners that deteriorate in time. Canson^® Edition Etching Rag offers a high paper shade stability and a resistance to aging by using natural minerals.

This museum-grade paper provides deep blacks, excellent image sharpness, optimum colour graduation and its unique slight grain makes it ideal for printing detailed work, colour photographs and exceptional black and white portraits.”

The printing is undertaken with specifically designed fine art ink and printers to create accurate colour replication and to ensure longevity.

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