'A happy Xmas & all sorts of good wishes for you
for the New Year'
jungles & swimming pools
favourite subject matter.
A postcard of Max Ernst's La Joie de vivre 1936,
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
I paid this painting many visits when I lived in Edinburgh.
and...
another pool photograph taken just before my parents moved from their home of thirty years.
surplus otter
Polestar
 I've been digging through storage boxes again and found several volumes of Cassell's Popular Educator. I can't find a publication date but from what I can tell its late 19th century. The engraved illustrations are beautiful; the chapters on 'ethnology' exceptionally racist. My favourite pages are those flagged by my grandmother: Lessons in Penmanship and Lessons in Music. |
while i'm on the topic of cold climates...
a londonish illustration
Michelle was so kind to have me do the poster/flyer illustration for her sister's new theatre piece showing in October in London. I had such fun with this one!
More details here.
here she is in full:
thanks M!
rhino day
Today is Rhino poaching awareness day
September 22nd.
From:
Tate Etc. Issue 10, Summer 2007, Page 44
'Dali on the set of CBS Morning Show' (1956)
as photographed by Philippe Halsman
(and redrawn by me)
and bees!
Vicki Thomas teaches the scientific illustration module of our degree course. She's the Grande Dame of botanical illustration in this part of the world, and taught us ways with watercolour (with patience and grace).
These bumblebees are half-way finished but I think I'll leave them as they are. I paid the Kirstenbosch Biennale a visit on Sunday. Lovely stuff; my favourite was Sibonelo Chiliza's painstaking colour pencil work. The show ends September 24th and entry is free.
August, I've had enough of you
A super swift meeting with a good review, a Matthew with a half-day off work, a huge plate of biryani, a post-all-nighter nap and Catherine Keener + mid-century furniture.
pretty new old-looking thing
No need for designs like these to ever change really. Much like Marmite and Mrs Balls.
dear rae
Karin is a talented jewellery designer, Nicole's sister and a dear friend. See how beautiful her designs are
I helped design her dear rae label in time for Design Indaba this year where she launched her range.
I'm the proud owner of these beauties :) Thanks Karin!
cold lion
Wow. Cape Town is freezing today.
And in other news; had a call from Ma & Pa earlier who spotted THREE lions at close range on the farm a couple of days ago (this kind of sighting happens once in a blue moon for us). Oh sigh. I'd rather be there.
tree, TV, pies
I've recently rediscovered my love of making collages from readymade circular label stickers. I spent most of May this year playing around with these for an illustration module and am still discovering tiny sticky wedges all over room, in books, in shoes...
More to come.
about to have a TV dinner...
Well I ended up not having a TV dinner after all...
my lovely mother cooked a delicious meal and the
table was laid with all the trimmings and all family
members present. Much better.
oh and happy new year! it's already a good one
this is 'Gilgamaus', a character I illustrated for the friendly, talented folks at Klangmueller Musikverlags
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