Well, the Drawn Wild exhibition is going great! I couldn't be more pleased and again, if you're in Adelaide any time between now and August 23rd, please come along and visit the venue at the Old Adelaide Gaol. :)  

The opening to my first solo exhibition "Drawn Wild" was a HUGE success. Thank you so much to everyone who came....you made my night!! Don't forget, the show runs until August 23rd!

And thank you Dave...for everything xxx!

It's only a couple of days to go until my first solo show called "Drawn Wild" at the Adelaide Gaol and wow is it ever hectic! Because of the venue I'm unable to hang pictures on the walls so Dave has made me a special frame (hugsssssssss) in order to display properly. Now all we have to do is go down on Thursday (today's Tuesday) and put it all together. I'll be happy when it's all done! 

Oh, and an interesting piece of info... my display is right underneath the gallows... wooooooo!

My partner Dave reminded me that it's been a while since Iast added anything and I hate to admit it but he's right. 
So here's an update on what I've been doing. I am still working on my series of Australian animals but that got put aside for a while while I worked on this  >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have just finished the biggest piece I have ever worked on...it's 1 metre wide and 70cm high and is a drawing of 5 big cats. I have titled it "Safety in Numbers". It'll be onsite soon. 

Now I go back to finishing the Aussie cuddlies and I will absolutely, totally attempt to keep this blog up to date (*ahem, cough*).

Oone of my early works. It's a close up portrait of a snarling tiger which I've called "What Big Teeth".

The original is A4 and was done on a textured acid-free paper which has added some character to the subject in my view.

I love it and hope you like it too!

I've added three more of my earlier works to the web site today.

The first is a very early work I've called "Your Majesty" which is a portrait in profile of a Lion.  I loved the image when I first saw it as he has a kind of wistful expression.

The second is a close up portrait of an Elephant only showing the right side of his face.  I've called it "Tusk" and it was the one that led to my more successful works "Pride and Joy" and "Happy Endings".

The third is a portrait of a Cheetah I've called "Spots and All".  I've always loved these most graceful of the big cats.  It's hard to imagine that these cats are quite fragile and will give up a kill to a single hyena rather then risk an injury.  They rely so much on their speed in a chase that even a small injury could be a death sentence.

Hope you like them as much as I do!

I have completed my three lots of 'Meet the Artist' demonstrations as at the South Australian Museum and I had an absolute ball doing it! I hope that the Waterhouse Exhibition continues to grow for many, many years to come and that I will be lucky and privileged enough to be chosen in a future show. :)

Happy Endings was sold before the Waterhouse Art show even officially opened, which is wondeful news.  We'll be travelling to Canberra in early October to see it displayed in the National Archives. Can't help it....I have to go squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

It isn't all disappointing news. We attended at the opening of the Waterhouse Art Prize and I found out that my picture is 'Highly Commended" 

This is fantastic because it means that my piece, along with the winning artworks and the few others that received high commendations, will be touring to Australia's capital, Canberra. Very exciting!

Well....I didn't win anything at the Waterhouse. It was no real surprise (a lot of the other pieces there were way too good) but it was still a little bit of a disappointment. I guess everyone hopes it'll be them, even if they outwardly say they don't really mind (or is that just me). Oh well, at least I made it into the competition in the first place, so I shouldn't be that upset. I know that there are another 94 people who probably feel just like me tonight.

My piece will now be publicly shown for the next month and I can always try again next year. Congratulations to all of those people who won prizes!