I love to create an artwork that tells a story. As a child, I would lose myself in imaginative book illustrations which always inspired me to read the story or learn about what it was promoting. I have found images to be a powerful stimulant for both education and advertising.
Below is a sampling of illustrations I have done over the years from covers to concepts. There are probably a number of illustrations that should be omitted for pacing, but for me this gallery is a pleasant walk down memory lane of the jobs I’ve done and people I’ve had the pleasure to work with. I hope you enjoy. |
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Water Colour Illustrations
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The following illustrations are hand-painted using watercolours. Once the painting is complete, I will scan, crop and touch-up the image on the computer. |
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Aussie Cute Baby Numbat
(Watercolour)
Illustration for "Aussie Cute" |
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The Opera Singer & the Shearer
(Watercolour) Book Cover Design for Mythic Australia |
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Surfing with the Beach Dragon
(Watercolour)
Book illustration for Mythic Australia |
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Fireman Tribute
(Watercolour) Book cover illustration for "Remember" by Julie Miller. |
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Always Be Kind
(Watercolour)
Book illustration for "A Wonderful Day" from Mythic Australia |
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Helping a Mate
(Watercolour)
Book illustration for "A Wonderful Day" from Mythic Australia |
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A Smelly Surprise for Sunday School
(Watercolour)
Book illustration for "The Magic Smell " |
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An Enchanted Picnic
(Watercolour)
Book illustration for "A Wonderful Day" from Mythic Australia |
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Family Time
(Watercolour)
Book illustration for "A Wonderful Day" from Mythic Australia |
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Asleep on the Stars
(Watercolour)
Book illustration for "Goodnight Australia" |
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Capital Adventures
(Watercolour)
Three cover illustration for "Capital Adventures" book series. |
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Sausages in Deep Water
(Watercolour)
Book illustration for "The Aussie BBQ" |
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Tricking the Bunyips
(Watercolour)
Book cover design for "Way Out Woop Woop " |
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The Rescue
(Watercolour)
Book cover design for "Biblical Chivalry" |
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Boo! Scared You!
(Watercolour)
Book illustration for "The Girl in Monster's Closet" |
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The Lonely Grave
(Watercolour)
Cover illustration for "Lonely Graves of Western Australia" by Yvonne Coate |
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Fremantle Prison
(Watercolour)
Illustration for "WA Tourism" |
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Drop Bear
(Watercolour)
Book cover illustration for "Drop Bear " |
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Beware Drop Bear !
(Watercolour)
Book illustration for "Drop Bear " |
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Drop Bear in the Rain
(Watercolour)
Book illustration for "Drop Bear " |
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Don't Mess with the ANZACs
(Watercolour)
Illustration for "ANZAC Day" |
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Where's the Wildlife?
(Watercolour)
Illustrations for "Aussie Moments" |
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Mammoth Drop Bear
(Watercolour)
Illustration for "Mythic Australia" |
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Aussie Attitude Characters (Watercolour) Merchandise Illustration for Tourism |
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Aussie Icons Swagman Koala and Jillaroo Kangaroo
(Watercolour)
Illustration for "Aussie Icons Colouring Book " |
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Ink and Digital Illustrations
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The following illustrations are hand-drawn ink line-work that are scanned and digitally coloured in Photoshop. |
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Taming a Chinese Dragon
(Hand-drawn line work with digital colouring)
Book illustration for "The Mermaid and the Silly Billy" |
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A Genie's Wish
(Hand-drawn line work with digital colouring)
Book illustration for "The Mermaid and the Silly Billy" |
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Superhero Foods (Ink & coloured in Photoshop) Book Illustration for Foodbank WA |
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Gary Goanna - Indigenous Health
(Hand-drawn line work with digital colouring)
Poster illustrations for Diabetes WA and Oral Health |
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SAPPER (Ink & coloured in Photoshop) T-Shirt Design for the British Engineers |
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Let's Do Life
(Hand-drawn line work with digital colouring)
Book illustrations for "Let's Do Life" by Gail Arroita |
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Indigenous Health
(Hand-drawn line work with digital colouring - Background artwork by indigenous artist)
Poster illustrations for "Government of WA". |
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Aussie Book Week Illustration (Ink & coloured in Photoshop) Design for Book Week |
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The following illustrations are hand-drawn, black and white, pencil artworks using 2H-4B pencils, stubs and eraser. |
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The Swagman's Duel
(Pencil)
Book illustration for the "Willie Wag-Tale" series from Mythic Australia. |
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Dragon Class
(Pencil)
Book illustration for "A Day at Knight School ". |
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Do You Wish To Be An Artist?
(Pencil)
Book illustration for "A Dog's Wish". |
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Meercats and Gorilla
(Pencil)
Illustrations for "Zoo Merchandise". |
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The Magical Land of Mythic Australia
(Pencil)
Illustrations for "Mythic Australia Books". |
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A Quick Nap
(Pencil)
Illustrations for "Digger Jack". |
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Free Art & Illustration Tips
This page has step by step visual lessons on how to create, draw and paint your own original artworks, plus ‘Lesson PDFs' to download as a free teacher’s resource. PRESS HERE
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