This sketch is from a huge set of drawings and paintings from the magnificent Avalon Mansion (now destroyed), Albert Park Melbourne. This was one of the first poses from a massive day of drawing and painting (and wine drinking and listening to great music).
This was one of my first postcards – for the Random postcard project. For the project, one emailed a number from 1–100 to a special address, and received back a word. This word was to be illustrated on a postcard for display.
My work was featured alongside that of many other unknown and known artists/illustrators.
I was super proud to have my work featured in several media outlets including Design Week and Time Out next to the Herculean talent of Ralph Steadman. I felt like a complete charlatan in such esteemed company, but there we are. On a digression, I later met him at a talk at the V&A. I gave him a drawing on a postcard that I’d made during the talk (sadly no picture of it), and he wrote out one of his poems on a set of postcards in his wonderful spidery handwriting for me. It’s not true that you should never meet your heroes.
http://www.random-project.co.uk
Someone left their shoes. I took the opportunity to draw them before returning to their rightful owner!
Acrylic on 1 metre square stretched canvas. Sold at Nexus Modern Art Gallery, Melbourne.
From a big set I did called Whose Shoes are Whose?