Butterfly House Details

Butterfly House

A recently published painting for The People's Friend Magazine. This brief was just begging for a painting packed full of detail and I'm pleased with how it turned out.

  I'm never sure how much is even really visible once its printed but I just can't help myself. Click on the picture to enlarge.

June Wedding

This was where I felt I was starting to hit my stride with my work for The People's Friend. I also managed to sneak my recently married friends on to the top of the cake!

Oziana Stamps

 These were actually an additional contribution to the Oziana issue. There was a great article about Oz stamps and I got the change to reinterpret several of the great John R. Neill's illustrations and make a cohesive set.

 They were actually printed in black & white but I couldn't resist making them green just for the sake of it.

Oziana details

My cover is now featured on the Oziana website and also got a mention on the editor's blog:

www.ozclub.org

www.www.ozandends.blogspot.com/2011/04/two-issues-of-oziana-back-to-back

Oziana

This is something a bit special to me. As a lifelong Oz fan I was happy to submit this cover to Oziana magazine for their 2010 issue. I very much like the idea of something of mine being out there in the Oz world- and maybe a fan coming across it in 10 or 20 years and liking it.

 The colours looked great when it was printed too.

The Love-Letter Quilt details

The Love-Letter Quilt alternate

 I was still going for that super saturated colour and I think I prefer the pictures seperately as it allows for more focus on the detail in the quilt.

The Love-Letter Quilt

This is in fact a pair of paintings that slot together. The brief called for both indoor and outdoor scenes to be overlaid and I did my best to find an elegant way to transition across the different colour palettes.

Two Hands On The Tiller details

I think my favorite part of this one is the girl's skirt. I restarted it half way through because I thought the scene needed more life.

Two Hands On The Tiller

Another painting for The People's Friend. I'm always keen to get clothing and setting period-appropriate, this was a bit of a tricky one as I know nothing about boats and this was set in a bit of a transitional time technology-wise. I did my reseach & I can only hope there is nothing that looks too odd to an expert!

A SatNav Called Agatha details

A SatNav Called Agatha

My first official brief from The People's Friend. I was going for a slightly retro postcard look here but ended up more just crazily colourful. Keen to impress I painted this one unnecessarily HUGE so there was at least some nice detail hidden in there.

God Speeds The Plow

This was the piece that I did to prove to 'The People's Friend' magazine that I could adapt to their style. I still had areas improve (less jaundice!) but it did the trick & I got the job