This diptych, a quick sketch from this evening, was influenced both my Swimming at Night paintings and Life of Pi, which I saw earlier this week. I was enchanted by […]
Category: Experiments
What happened at Newtown
Three paintings – sketches, really – in response to the Newtown shootings. I’ve been following them both on TV and on Twitter, and these works are as much about […]
Over the moon
Another painting in the series inspired by this one. Yesterday it was a flying rhino (now updated with a better quality photo taken during the day); this evening it’s a […]
An entirely irrational narrative of ridiculous joy
Joy is usually something that eludes me. For much of the past four years, I’ve been aware of nothing so much as its absence. So when it does take me […]
Sketches from the top of the mountain
On Sunday I drove to the top of a mountain because I wanted to feel as though I was standing on, well, the top of a mountain. Naturally, I want […]
Tangled
Reading all of the tweets about our political situation, I was inspired to paint. Somewhere in the middle of this is the ordinary citizen, the child who lives in expectation […]
Springboks vs Wallabies
I’ve tackled sporting subjects as experiments before, such as this depiction of a Sharks vs Stormers match: the Lions: and this pink Blue Bull: so when the Springboks defeated the […]
A blue moon
August 31 is my birthday, and tomorrow there will be a blue moon. This is a sketch to illustrate a blog reflecting on the past year. I’ve finally started learning […]
A Pussy Riot in lipstick
I admire the bravery of the women of Pussy Riot, who stood up against the fascism and patriarchy of the Russian political establishment and paid the price. I couldn’t think […]
Whale sketch
Right now I’m working on a commission for a psychologist, a triptych inspired by the myth of Persephone and drawing on the style I used in my Swimming at Night […]
The pink rhino
My Nguni cattle paintings are inspired in part by the work of Andy Warhol. The other day my aunt told me she wanted a painting of a pink rhino, and […]
Sharks for the win
I like painting sharks. Always have. So when the Sharks won tonight’s Super Rugby semi-final against the Stormers, it was a lovely excuse for me to tackle one of […]