Ellas Tree Sculpture

Choosing which composition. Sculpture now needs to be fired and painted, then lit correctly for reference. Thought the symbolism of the doorway in the tree (one which that's always been fascinating to me) can relay the idea rather than just a hollow as in the initial sketch.

Ellas Tree

This is really an Ode to Arthur Rackham and his many beautiful enchanting trees.

What begun as a sketch for my daughter, has turned out to be a venture in sculpting. Initially the idea was to create a doorway in which the traveller can climb through, to gain access to the realms of the imagination. The sculpture was created primarily to give me a real three dimensional object in which I could move and interact with, to get the most dynamic composition. The feeling needing to be captured is one of a secret enchanted tree, found by chance, behaving in a fantastical way, perched un naturally from a mountainside with a fisheye distortion. So now the problem still remains choosing the most interesting perspective! There is too much choice now, it seems to be a problem that re occurs, never having one single voice but many. Then there is photoshop, with hours of constant dabbling of a canvas that never get's dry :)

My father recently, well one year ago, asked me to paint him a portrait. It's taken so long to get to this point and still it doesn't feel finished. It shows me how much I have to learn about light, mixing colors and creating a feeling and theme in which to reflect your feelings about the subject matter. Our family home has a wonderful sunlit music room with my Mums grand piano and a beautiful Blue Cypress tree my brother and I climbed as a child. It felt like the right setting for my Dad to be, in a light magical setting, he has been the wisdom and back bone of our family and I love him very dearly. A very knowledgeable worldly character, my impetus was to try and create the idea that he has a mind of wonder and awe, so above his crown there needed to be a symbolism and felt that a spectrum of light twinkling through the tree branches could achieve this. This digital ink is ready to dry for now :)

Souls of the Forest

After the birth of my first child, Ella Bear, my mind has been brimming and germinating like wild fire with creativity. Between reading and feeding the Souls of the Forest, started in 2006, has been forming in my head. The idea is to paint how it feels to be in the old ghost gum forest of home. Trying to emulate the old people standing still in this silent landscape.
As this painting starts many ideas come to mind of ideas to portray. Maybe a few poppy flowers to commemorate my grandfather and great grandfathers tragedy at war. A silent barn owl flying through undetected. The idea of the souls of the forest returns, lets see where it wants to go.

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The Talking Statue

Illustration project for Digital project. Water color.

Yemen Talisman. Fire Metal and Imagination = Alchemy

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Fantasie Impromptu

Digital Paint. My mothers suffering and

triumph over the debilitating illness that is manic depression.

Music and the piano have been her ally and friend

throughtout her life, keeping her head above water.

Sonic Cymatics, the idea that sound and in this case music, can

alter and change the recipient. That music has changed the very cell

and structure of a living being, seems plausible to me on reflection

of my Mothers life and her triumph over manic depression,

with music and the piano as her ally.

And in the distance the Calming hum of bees

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The wonder of childhood, that day dreaming stare, as wind lifts

your hair and the sun glints in your eyes. The story of a little girl

and her adventure one afternoon into the realm of the bees.

Australian Green Tree Frog

Digital Paint

Bee

Digital Paint

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Digital Painting of the Norse God Odin with his trusty allies Hugin and Munin who were sent out at dawn to gather information from the world and return in the evening to perch on his shoulders and whisper the news into his ears.

Rogue 2007

Textures created for the head and mouth for the hero crocodile.

Textures for Anacondas

All textures created for the Anacondas

Matte Painting

Anaconda : Hunt for the Blood Red Orchid 2004

Cathedral of Trees

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The concept was to create an environment, a sacred celtic realm, a cathedral formed of trees. I chose the Morten Bay Fig tree for it’s butress roots, in keeping with the idea of cathedral building, inspired by Notre Dames architectural structure.

Matte Painting

Matte Painting of 1940's New York for the feature film The Game of Their Lives 2004

Mona The Holy Tree