Helsinki, oil 20 x 15cm

Mother and daughter, ink on paper, A3

Carpet shark, pencil, A4

Port city, oil 20 x 15cm

Field, oil 20 x 15cm

The ferris wheel far away, oil 20 x 15cm

Grey morning, oil 20 x 15cm

A low tree in the night, oil 20 x 15cm

Factory wall, Brunswick, oil 20 x 15cm

Local fish and chip shop, oil 20 x 15cm

The Arrival now available as a paperback

 
And a handy size for long voyages! Available from today through most Australian bookstores (and shortly Spain, Japan and other countries), check here for more info. The original large-format hardback remains in print for those who prefer their migrant experience 'widescreen'.

Lonely dog in a room, oil 20 x 15cm

Do you live in Victoria, like plants and enjoy clean air?

 Then please vote for our local community project. We aim to realise a permanent, indoor "forest on wheels" based on NASA research into natural air purification, at Northcity4 (www.northcity4.com), a non-profit shared artist studio and education space in Brunswick, Melbourne. Importantly, Northcity4 will make all results public -- for other artists, working communities, and interested individuals to use and learn from, for free.  So this project is for everyone.

This initiative was recently selected a top ten finalist in the Bank of Melbourne Local Project Competition/Environment-category. The competition is very tight and every single vote counts!

Here's how to show your support:

1. You can vote directly at the website at http://webapps.bankofmelbourne.com.au/thelocalproject/default.aspx?project=201
Please note that your details WILL NOT be stored, or used for any other purpose than the grant competition.

If you're feeling really enthusiastic, please forward to any friends you think would be interested to support us also (note that they need to be local, ie. have a Victorian postcode).

Many thanks from all the artists at Northcity4!

Things we can only talk about on the back of a giant cat as it strides across a sleeping suburb, pencil 2009

An old drawing for an unrealised project, which later evolved into sketches for the book Rules of Summer.

Exhibition in Regional Victoria

customs house gallery presents BEYOND THE BOOK, an exhibition of Australian Children’s Picture Book Illustrations at two venues:

Fourteen illustrators at Blarney Books and Art

37 James Street Port Fairy

Hours : Thursday to Sunday 11am to 5pm

  

Kim Gamble, Shaun Tan, and many other illustrators

 at customs house gallery

85 Dawson Street Hawkesdale

Hours : Saturday & Sunday 11am to 5pm

other times by appointment

until October 19 2014

A memory of the Chrysler Building on a winter evening, oil 15 x 20cm

Cloud entering a street illegally, oil 15 x20cm

Collapsing cloud, oil, 20 x 15cm

Albany, oil 30 x 20cm

Beach carpark, oil, 20 x 15cm