that was then...this is now

 The Gocco print

 Dinner at the golf club

 A trip to my mothers place

 

 The finders keepers markets 30th - 31st Oct

 A trip to Lennox heads for a late weekend get away

Back at home - ready for a week of work

 Blog up date....

...follow the yellow brick road...

I went to my mothers' place for the day recently. This is her kick-ass tractor and one of the stallions

I got some Blue eggs from her - Which i am going to decorate

Made some tags for my show in January - Ink, Gouache, watercolour on watercolour papercut into 2 x 5cm rectangles + then a hole punched ready for hanging

A thank-you card design i made with my Gocco Print

 

I am also a junior ranger...got these badges to prove it...

This is at Jay Dees' place after our creative catch-up this weekend

Here we see Mr Max sussing out the situation on the giant cushions...this cat is fearless

 Chalking in Ashgrove

 

I hope to have time to post the rest of things i have been up to -

...we'll see...

Ink and paper, card and cutters, water and fizz, black and birds

Creative catchups are once a month where we bring to the table any ideas for shows projects etc that we need to thrash out -

the third meeting was in september and this is a picture of our notebooks to keep in check all the stuff we want to investigate, create + conqure.

Only three of us could make this catch up  -

Jay Dee dearness - E J Zyla - Joanna Coltman

These are our notebooks  - i thought i should document the books + meetings

Sneak Peek at the new work for my solo coming up

Mixed Medium on Board (unfinished) + before Shellac/varnish - 

 

 Some colours that i am inspired by at the moment

.....................Onto the birds....................

In colaboration with my solo - i have almosted finished my 3rd zine

      

I have finally busted out my Gocco Print

Here is the design i created for my solo + for the 'Lucky' recipiants of zines numbered 77 + 111 -

You recieve a gift if you find this card or stamp on /in your zine

I am going to be using this general layout for my solo also

I have stamped the back of my boards with it too...

It's kind of hard to stop stamping things once you get started -

Thats it for now

I will post more work as i get time....

Penny Black Project - by Joanna Coltman

 My friend Jo has created a project that i am going to particpate in

The following is from her blog


http://joannacoltman.blogspot.com/

"Do you want to be more creative but find you’re short on time? Start small by joining the PENNY BLACK PROJECT. Six projects, six weeks apart. Create a postage stamp for art.

For each project you will be sent;
· Denomination (what that stamp will be worth)
· Feature colour
· Stamp size/proportions (so you can work bigger and shrink down)

Submissions can be made via hard or soft copy and will be published at PENNYBLACKPROJECT.BLOGSPOT.COM and be compiled into a zine at project end.

Interested? Send to LITTLEZINE@HOTMAIL.COM;
· Photo/avatar (for blog)
· Contact email
· URL (to plug)
· 25 word (or less) bio

Applications close OCTOBER 15

Spaces limited! " 

Kites + dust

Went to Montville + Maleny for Fathers day

Also went to Margate for the day to get some seaside action, fish + chips + Kites

Giant kites!!

Working on a new tattoo design - these are cutouts that i use to muck around with layout etc

Strange skies....

Work Work Work -

Will post some images of what i have 'been up to'

It's mostly just preporatory stuff - sketching, gathering things for the show in October...

HUMANE CHAIN

If you care about the welfare + rights of animals then go here and educate yourselves more thoroughly

HUMANE CHAIN Website

HUMANE CHAIN Blog

Please share these links -


Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.  ~Albert Schweitzer


If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.  ~C.S. Lewis 

But in the mean-time...here is what else has been going on

and what will be going on....

It's all hands on deck as i lock myself away for the next 2 months
I have just organized a second solo show and the opening date is 31st October 09
Thats right Halloween....
So i am catching up my blog and locking myself away for 2 months...it's going to be gruelling but i like a challenge.
So i appologize now to any who might be offended or insulted by my lack of communication due the almost impossible deadline.


The studio is now in full order with events and projects planned out
I am working on a design for a custom made drawing table with a friend and that will be the gem of my studio


I got me some cards happening

A6 - Japanese swallow
Hand-cut...only doing 50 of these

I can't post too many pics of the work i have been doing at the mo - as i want them to be a surprise for the opening to my next show.....

thats it for now....see you in 2 months....

Time to play catch-up...and then dissapear for 2 months

This is whats' been happening - not in order


I have been getting to know my neighbourhood by going for morning walks



Went on a mini holiday with my Mumsie...this is the plan for the day


Had some lovely friends over for a house-warmish gathering...
This is a before shot


The moon was looking quite handsome after all the fires/burning off, veiled in smoke.



Purchased the best book about starwars...a Pop-Up guide to the galaxy by Matthew Reinhart.


'Creative get togethers' - A group of us creatives here in Brisbane have organized to meet once a month to sound out ideas recieve feedback and generally plan creative things to have ready for the next meet - Our 1st meeting was Sunday August the 2nd at Georgis' place-


This is after the meet at the very sweet Jay Dee deadrness's place
She has alot of exciting plans on the drawing board for a print + paper related gallery and workshop/studio space...will be posting info about that when she gives the ok for a press release...
The next meet is planned here at Jay Dees' place on Saturday the 5th of September-


More goodies from the very tasty Grub St cafe in Gaythorne


Mr Swee...doing his thing

Updates - Not in chronological order...

Moved -


Gifting from my mum - this was a 'moving blues' care package - full of chocolates and goodies to help me cope with the stress of the move...gotta love ya mum!


Jay Dees' exhibition

Holiday up the coast



A crow eating a fresh dead rat


Back home and...

Momo making his mark on the new lounge

Views from the eating nook/dining area


Stix and i at a pub after the tattoo consultation


Now...remember this dragon design i did...

Well here it is in the flesh...so to speak
Stix from Grub Street fame went and got it done at West side Tattoo

Nice and BIG

and if you haven't eaten there yet...here is some inspiration to do so!

Big vege breakfast


French toast with pears and mascapone cream


Gluten free chocolate brownies with berries and peanut icecream

Jay Dee - you will love this place!

Onto other things

TEELUXE is small art books, zines and Tees'
Also now stocking my Haich zines
They are also holding a zine fair/exhibition

11am – 4pm
Saturday, 8 August 2009
Sea Cell
4/1 Acacia Street
Byron Bay Arts & Industry Estate

Website here

Got some work on line at Vegas spray


I have a couple of pics in Blanket magazine also


Studio pics

Bird_Habit forming a crest



Me in my new Grace Jones T-Shirt that i gots for my birthday

Birthday month

As Jay is on holidays for a couple of weeks, i feel like the whole of July is my birthday (even tho it will be official on the 12th) - we have some rad things lined up-
- Got some early gifts...



Momo after we came back from the coast
...will post more pics later today...

phone blog adventure pt 1

blogging from my phone...
still alive...
no internet yet!
cold.
studio almost unpacked

cold.

need a pocket of sunshine.

Welcome to winter

Huzzah...the 1st day of winter-
So i will pretty much be out of action in terms of getting work done in the studio this week and probably more than likely next week as we are moving....oh the joy
everything is being disassembled and organized and sorted and packed

mmmmmm why not start the day with.....someone else to cook you breakfast
Grub st goodies


In other news...
Moving is good for......putting to use my mad skills at Tetris


Paper paper everywhere


At least T4 is out this week so that will be a nice little treat

So bad it's good

Been 'house hunting' -
Found this little gem
only $270 a week

House includes spacious house rumbling ambience, 2 bedrooms, a view to the burbs, highway and a rusty baracade wall

backyard includes backhoe, workmen, dust, noise and around the clock non stop, gotta get it finished new sewer pipeline

I like to think of this place as the 'Butter fortress'

I like it...but i don't think i will be living there!

Coming to a mailbox near you....

well probably not you, but those who i have lined a trade up with...

More on the experiments - with shellac finish

awaiting my attention

Just mucking about

Got me a night light..to keep the monsters away

it's either me or you

I got some new work.....

A series of experiments i have been meaning to start....

Drawings , cut+paste, oils, pencils, papers, Shellac, all the bits +pieces
make it nice
make it useful
a series called...it's either me or you
hope/ing to get about 100 of these done
15 x 15 cm
altho i am moving in about a month....so we'll see if i can make my way thru the chaos


oh and a tattoo design...private commission

almost finished here
A3 ish

Bird_habit ideas


New work finished


sketch wip


FOODLY

 vege fried rice...made by jay

Random-
concrete leaf


ZINES
I'm pretty sure everybody here i have shown is up for trades...but don't hold me to it

older zines of mine
Pepes' Quest - 1 thru 9

I bought all one these for $1 each
'Pepes' Quest' by a fellow named 'Zeldz Magnoonis' and he is contactable here
An absolutlely beautifully drawn zine!!!

Cesspool - Don Brooker

Rad zombie drawings - highly recommend
contact here

Traded for these

AAWAG - contact here


'This too shall pass' - Deth P sun

Sweet zine with lovely drawings
contact here


'I am a camera' 12- Vanessa Berry
lots o good stories
Contact Vanessa here

Aperture - Mandy Beaumont

Zine of poems
contact here

'Little' 1 thru 6 - Joanna Coltman

6 in the series thus far
Each zine is different, with interesting tales from the everyday to daydreams , travel notes and short stoies
contact Jo here

Cloud Television- Helen Nehill + Emma Markala

contact them both here

Diagram - Helen Nehill

Contact Helen here
helen...i have yet to send you my zine....

Pace - Yellow Edition - by Ganger Panego

awesome zine/comic/graphic novel
hard to describe but velly velly nice
+
Double - Ganger Panego

Contact Ganger here

GrowingPains - Jay Dee Dearness

Cute zine containing letters from her friends growing up-
A really sweet and personal peek into what girls talk about and what happens on school holidays...very nicely put together...it's just so darn cute.
contact Jay Dee here

Stuff and stuff and stuff

First Passionfruit from the vine -
lots of flowers....


got some choclate from my German corrospondant


Saw Wolverine + Star trek this week

Star Trek at the Regent in the city

Aussie Pride machine.....had to get a photo
One sticker said "Australia - Love it or LEAVE"
and then another sticker that said "Its official, NSW sucks!".................it does not compute.......


Work in the Studio



cool comicbook/graphic novel


strange shapes


Afternoons in QLD CBD + Burbs

Dark Neon_process

DARK NEON

colour scan


Stages


Greyscale for prints

the month that was..........

Free comic book day - i didn't actually get a free comic...but that was because i was late and they ran out....but they had 75% off all stock...so i got 10 comics for $16....i saved about $70
i will post some pics later of what goodies i got

Also i will get some progress shots of some work i have finished- see 'dark neon'

Afternoons captured




VISITING/TRAVELS............


Bens place....


Dinner out with Georgi, Michelle, Jat Dee + Jo

Jos' Party


So much rain...



IN THE STUDIO

whats been happening......


Massive....12 x 12 Intuos3


I am covering my good books in library plastic that i got from an op-shop about 4 years ago
These two images are underneath the dust jacket, the books are Treasure Island + Peter Pan re-Illustrated by Robert Ingpen-


What i would consider modern day classics


Found this in the op-shop the other day....


Fresh from the printers


If you buy/trade any of my Haich zines series with the Numbers 77 + 111 - you will recieve a free gift/prize...on top of collect the 1st 4 + get the 5th free.....

FOOD
The following pictures are goodies that friends + family have consumed over this month from Grub Street

creme brulee with rubarb thingies


Some berry smoothie concoction


Asian chicken salad


Tiger prawn linguini


Orange Syrup cake with blood orange ice cream + cumquat preserve...i think...


Dill eggs with salmon on rye


vege hash with poached eggs, ham + baby spinich verjuice



FOODS
The Following are meals i have made that i thought were photo worthy

3 colour egg fettichini with chicken, zuccini, onion, red capsicum, baby spinich + thyme, rosemary and oregano from the garden...there are probably more things in it as i vary it each time i make it.


Jay made breakfast - hash browns, eggs (oragnic from my mum) tomatoe, mushrooms + baby spinich


Here is my 1st attempt at Tom Ghai...spicy coconut soup with prawns.....once again i made a bastardized version of the original recipe


RANDOM

In the valley outside the sushi train
'Jeremy thinks your NOT fat!'


Mr Swee doing some sunbaking in the herb garden...and then later on the bean bag


Always butterflies in the yard


Are you local?

The big grey monster

The weekend that was

Friday 3rd_April
'Draw More_09' at jugglers


My work


Saturday 5th
Supanova at the RNA Showgrouds

The Local Brisbane contingent ie -Glen Manders of - 'Bad teeth'
J stew + crew from 'Phatsville' comix

ALSO

If your male + in your 30s' (and own a black tight imitation leather shirt) + still living at home with your mum and you think you got the right stuff, "bring it" to 'sing star' at a comic book convention...your bound to make waves and maybe a few friends
like this guy did
His song choice was 'take on me' by 'Ah-ha'

But you can only really get away with it if your having a laugh
but if you actually mean it, like you think your at a heat for Australian Idol...
I have only one word
FAIL

!!!SANTA!!!

hocking his wares to all the boys and girls

Graphic novels-collectables + Sweet Sweet Millenium Falcon



hey buddy...got a light


Saturday night
Party up at Mt Nebo

Be my pet

click on image to get info

Anybody else interested?

Moo cards y'all....oh and some other stuff

The drawing show i am in is on tonight + my moo cards came just in time
Moo cards are the business!



As you can see i am quite impressed with them
Here is 15% dicount code if anyone wants to get some
2RB2CK
Website here


Also got some zines from fellow zine makers

Cranky buddha + other titles by Dr Danny Swank this is his link to the 'We Make Zines' website
and the ones above are by James N Dawson
Haven't gotten stuck into these yet but when i get time.....


Sundog by Adam Pasion
This is a comic book type diary of his time in Japan
It is a really good little zine and i highly recommend it
He is up for trades too

All relevant info on how to contact them will be on the 'We Make Zines' site

Hope/ing to get my arse down to Supanova tomorrow and check out the nerd situation in Brisbane-
Special guests (If you can call them that) are this skanky little chick called 'Hayden Panetsomething....she did something somewhere about something....meh!
and then there is also a bunch of other good guest but they aren't coming to QLD....we get the skank...oh well...maybe i can go and throw something at her...Harsh i know but i am over living in a society that celebrates the nobody!!!!!
Anyway
I am mainly going to get some comics, zines + Graphic novels....Are not all of us a touch nerdy?!

Playing in West End

Here are the new colours for my new zine
Haich.2 _of Science and Shadows



Went and saw the Play 'Fluff'
Yes it's a kiddies play but i wanted to see it last year and Tix were cheap...a bit of fun
I went and saw the Nick Cave exhibition after, but obviously wasn't allowed to take pics...
I have never really been a fan, but it was interesting non the less.


Found this deli on the way back from Qpac


Fancy boxes and even fancier Cheese


Hot choclate in bowls...


then this... i thought it looked like the 'Death Star'


Three monkies for Frappe + Chocolate and Raspberry Tart


On the way home



Then Earth Hour with a cup of rooibos tea by candle light

Drawing Show_09

Artists are : Caitlin Rigby, Linda Hutton, Fiona Bell, Britanie Fuller, Melinda Gagen, Greg Greinke, Kitty Horton, Shannon Murphy, Jeff Outlaw, Yuki Nakano, Renee Rossini, Terry Summers, M.Squared.....ie E J Zyla....




Grub Street link here

After the Spill_23rd March_09

Here are some pics of when Jay and i went to Marcoola yesterday

The beach was open but pockets of it were still slushing oil-
It was nice just to get to the beach for some sun and a walk-



We then headed down to Cooloola and the water was still dirty there...
we had lunch then headed home around 4-5pm

Tag_Your it

I have never really understood the whole tagging thing when i first came across it on the net
So when i came across it on Alex Tebbs website, (Lexy Art) i thought i would give it a go

Here are the rules:

Step 1: Respond & Rework - Answer the questions on your own blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, add one more question of your own.

Step 2: Tag six other un-tagged people.

What are you wearing now?
bare feet, red singlet + my painting shorts

Who was the last person you hugged?
Momo (My cat)....cats are people too!

Which item from your closet are you wearing most lately?
My starwars shirt

What's for dinner?
some sort of veggie concoction

What was the last thing you bought?
cans of spray paint

What are you listening to right now?
A playlist that helps me work - which consists of P J Harvey, Radiohead, sneakerpimps, T.V. on the Radio, Dead can dance, Siouxie + the banshees, Massive Attack, Ministry, COG...i could go on....

What is your favorite weather, and why?
Sunny days with a cool breeze - because I can run around outside

What time do you usually get up?
It varies on the time i go to bed, I'm a bit of a night owl

What is your most challenging goal right now?
To get the time to work on my book....but i have other stuff that keeps cropping up

Say something to the person who tagged you:
....no-one tagged me, i was invited - to Alex...Hi, your work is Fantastic.

If you could have a house-totally paid for, fully furnished-anywhere in the world, where you want it to be?
Can't say as i haven't lived there so i wouldn't know if it would be the place i would want to live....looks can be deceiving....maybe Japan for a while and maybe Switerland or N.Z.
A tree House for sure- that would be the design i would be after....A tree-house on the side of a mountain near a beach.....magic!

Favorite saying?
If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets - From the book Dune by Frank herbert

Name the things you cannot live without:
Momo, Jay, freedom to create, books, Food, the beach

What movies can you watch over and over?
It's not a movie but the series 'Battlestar Galactica'

What is your favorite tea flavor?
Japanese organic green tea, or Rooibos

What are your daily rituals?
Get up, let Momo out, open up house, drink tea or water + stretch, turn computer on, Momo comes in to be fed after morning constitutional, get on with it, day turns to afternoon, jay home, catch up, food, more work, evening turns to night, have tea, read maybe write before bed...
What's your favourite colour, or colour combo?
Same as Alex really...greys - some red combos - blood red, cherry red, dirty red, dusty pink-red,

What have you conqured this year ...what is still to conqure?
Made 2 zines, 2 more almost finished, got a solo on at Grub Street cafe, Have some pieces showing in Melbourne, selling zines in Melbourne, Got mini posters + hi-quality prints made, went to NSW, Studio getting more studio-like - Still to conqure - Book to finish, zines series to continue, solo in Melbourne, T-Shirt designs to be made + sold, Holiday with Jay, to be continued....

Tagging

Janice Kuzckowski
Jay Dee Dearness
Joanna coltman
Michelle Vandermeer
Georgi

Crows + Strange daylight

Strange Daylight...
Went for a night walk and got some tree shots



And earlier....
An afternoon with the Crows


Not entirely sure if this is some kind of cross breed of crow + Magpie
Will have to look it up in our bird book

An explanation about the eye colour

from this website

What they look like

• 
  

solid black plumage with a green or purple shine and white underdown the bill and feet are also black the ring around the iris of the eye changes colour with age: blue for nestlings brown between three and six months of age mottled hazel from six to nine months of age white for adult birds over two years of age they feed mainly on the ground they hop-walk when preparing to take flight
Where they live
Torresian crows are very common in woodland and urban areas they have adapted well to areas where humans live they are sedentary and territorial covering areas of up to 200 hectares they like to stay in areas that provide for all their food, roosting and nesting needs

Work work + zines + drawing + work work

21st_March
Election Day

Had breakfast at Grub Street cafe



Policies & Promises



I'm in the Drawing Show at Jugglers


Got some new frames for my work from A1 framing suplies


Was diggin thru some of my other 'unfinished' stuff and fell back in love with this size
A1 _ Arches Watercolour paper
Special edition release


These were made for 4 Words For Paper Round II

I will be commencing Round III on the 1st of April

Had this big Vegetarian pizza from Naples pizza in the Grange


drive home_trees at night..........love


Sunday drive down the coast


Visiting


This thing was rad...Stereo View


stereoscopic cards




This is coming up and i'm going to go and see it


My sisters Kiddies came over to chalk out my courtyard area

Who is the cutest of them all?

Ambling + Shuffling....

Having hurt my back recently...i have been taking it easy, being cooped up in the house, i started going thru some stuff and documenting it.
These nibs are from my mother. She brought them and the quill back from her trip to Tasmania


My mother also had these made to commemorate our Polish heritage
this pin is Rose gold with the Polish Eagle, hand crafted.


This stamp was also hand crafted with the polish eagle


Some old tickets of bands seen over the years, the bummer about gigs sometimes is that you can't always keep your ticket.


Mmmm hmmm Sweet Expo monies


Star Wars passport



Got out of the house this evening to pick up my hi-quality prints from
Brisbane Digital Images in Milton


Stopped in at the library and borrowed the following (some of these i haven't red before, some i am re-reading)

I got this one for the style of drawing, the colours are rad too, very detailed...looking forward to reading this


some of the images remind me of 2000ADs' durham red by Mark Harrison who is one of my very favourite artists of all time!



Wolverine - Deadpool



I have grown up loving the Conan series - first introduced to it by my Father by way of 'Conan the barbarian' movie with Mr Snegger, then i found my way to collecting some of the novels by Robert E. Howard with the sweet covers by Frazetta, now i am buying these for friends for Christmas etc, so i can eventually borrow them off them in the hopes that they forget that i borrowed them...tee hee hee





I don't really follow comics for story line primarily, i tend to collect them for the art, so when i saw this one, i had to borrow it for further investigation, i don't really like the silver surfer as a character, especially after the awful movie adaptions they keep making - like 'The Fantastic Four' (which i turned off about 15 mins in) i tend to stay well away from these less than believable/likeable characters (Just my opinion)

this comic/graphic novel tho is subtle in colour and has a watercolour theme to it which works with the concept of the 'silver surfer'
concepts in it are cool too



re-reading



re-reading



re-reading - who doesn't love tank-girl?



this is pretty cool too - it was in the adult graphic novel section, kinda like a snuff movie graphic novel - started reading it in the car on the way home



i got alot o boxes, was collecting them to make something out of them....


this ones my fav


Looking forward to proper mobilty again....but it has been fun going thru all my crap (have been avoiding it on + off for a little while now)

now back to work....

I'm just not into girly stuff...

Went and saw the 'The Watchmen' (When i should have been working) and it was very good



The Valley on a Wednesday night



We went for a Sunday drive and ended up at Mooloola, went for a quick swim around feeding time for the sharks...hence the quickness and headed back home.


Momo is actually very bookish but he prefers to be known as a 'Cad'....jostling around with the other lads, getting action where he can....he's really very sensitive and understanding....a bit of a catch really

In the Studio - Haich.2 progress (Finally finished)



I collect Skulls bits and pieces, and a friend of mine actually lent me his collection for a couple of months so i can get some sketches etc


He found a dead crow in his yard and beheaded it for me



This is rad!_but neglected




I got plans to clean it up and make it work...somehow...


Skulls of a variety i'm not completely sure of, wild cat + dog, small marsupials of some description?
Bandicoot? maybe in there somewhere

oi oi

Some snaps of the new zines

Bird_Habit
cover + a page


Haich.2 - ...of science and shadows...


$5 each
available thru me here