Every time I draw or paint a portrait of someone I feel a real connection to them as I spend a good amount of time looking at the emotion and character on their face and how they hold their body. I feel like I can get a real sense of their personality and what they’re feeling in the moment. This was my first maternity portrait and I found it such a tender moment between a mother and her unborn child. It really moved me. I was lucky to have such a gorgeous model who posed so elegantly showing the tenderness and strength of the pregnant female form. Thank you so much Montahna. You are going to be an amazing mother.

If you’re interested in commissioning me to paint or draw a portrait of yourself or a loved one please click here to contact me.

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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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Techie Hipster with Blood Cells Mural at one40william

I also did my first big signage job for the “One40 Work” event, which I got my scissor lift licence for which was a bit of a milestone for me. It was a bit scary being up so high while painting, so before I came back to take it down, I had planned a trip to New Zealand for my Grandpa’s 100th birthday and while I was there I did the 198m jump off the Sky Tower in Auckland to help me with my fear of heights which was amazing and definitely helped me get over any fear. Although, when the Sky Jump guide asked me why I was doing the jump, he reminded me that it’s probably not a good idea to get into the habit of jumping off high things.

one40 Work

The last thing I wanted to tell you about was my latest mural at One40 which was for the Red Cross and Zetta. It’s probably my favourite mural I’ve done to date. It’s a bunch of gadget loving I.T. people and a couple of robots floating around on giant red blood cells. I love these new characters. Especially the beardy guy wearing a giant hat. So hipster.

one40william Monster Mural

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Goddess

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