“Digital Dreams” Brunswick Street Gallery
I will be exhibiting my piece “If Only The Sky Would Disappear” in the upcoming Digital Dreams group show at the Brunswick Street Gallery in Fitzroy, Melbourne. The exhibition will showcase a range of digital artists and genres from within Australia. There are some really great artists involved in the exhibition so I’m very humbled to be asked to exhibit alongside them. Thanks so much Tessa Yee for the invite.
Adobe have donated prizes to be given away to some lucky guests on the opening night so feel free to drop by if you’re in the area and you may walk away with some cool editing software!
The exhibition commences 6PM August 27, and runs until September 9.
Also, I received a very kind email during the week from a Dead Letter Circus fan who has tattooed one of my pieces on her body after seeing it in the DLC “This Is The Warning” album booklet. I’m incredibly touched that someone has made such a strong connection with one of my pieces that they decided to have it permanently displayed on their body. You can see the tattoo here.
I have added some new pieces to the Artwork section, as well as some new desktop and iPad wallpapers to the Download section after some recent email requests.
peace and love
Dead Letter Circus – “Big” Official Music Video
I’m so honored with what the band and the amazing people at Katana and PlasticWax were able to achieve in bringing my artwork to life. I had a really great time helping out with the elements and scenes, but these guys are the ones who slaved over the video, night and day to realise the immense vision for the video. Thanks so much guys for everything! And thanks Kim Benzie for acting as the nude, genderless characters from my work, haha.
peace and love
Television Interview
I received a phone call from Southern Cross News here in Tassie on Sunday morning asking if I’d be willing to be interviewed by them about my recent project with Dead Letter Circus and Warner Music.
I was really nervous because I’m not much of a fan of being in front of cameras, but they talked me into it and it turned out better than I expected.
The photo they used at the start is shocking! haha.
Many thanks Trent Dann for being such a great interviewer and guiding me through the process. And thanks also Andy for the opportunity.
peace and love.
Between The Teardrops
New piece “Between The Teardrops” added to the Artwork section. I’ve also added a desktop wallpaper of this in the Downloads Section.
On the Day 26 entry on the Project Dead Letter site you can see a video of me creating the piece “The Drum” for Dead Letter Circus. Tour dates and ticket info for the “This Is The Warning” tour are also up on the site.
peace and love.
If Only The Sky Would Disappear
A couple of updates today. The latest piece “If Only The Sky Would Disappear” is up in the Artwork section, also have some desktop wallpapers of it in Downloads. I didn’t really expect this piece to receive such a massive flow of beautiful responses and emails. Very much appreciated, thank you. To answer some questions, the large Chinese symbols are for Peace, Love, Happiness, Faith, Dream, Strength and Friendship. The smaller symbols flowing around the larger symbols make up a poem which translates to:
“If only the sky would disappear,
so the galaxies can unfold,
and the beauty in my dreams of you,
you could see what my heart beholds.”
I’m currently doing an interview with Kim Benzie of Dead Letter Circus that will be displayed exclusively on DeadLetterCircus.com regarding our recently completed 10 month collaboration together. It’s an in depth and personal interview with a fair bit of meat to chew on. Will post an update as soon as it’s available.
DLC also have just announced the tour dates for their debut album tour “This Is The Warning”. More info and a list of dates/venues can be found here.
•A heart will only break so many times before it fails to burn.•
peace and love.
Swivelhead – Behind The Scenes Documentary
Behind the scenes documentary with Clinton Harn of Aussie Alternative Rock band Swivelhead. There’s a very nice mention of my artwork at the 15:10 mark. Really happy to be working with these guys. They have a free mp3 for download on their site, but the whole album is only a few bucks and totally worth it. Great listen. Next gig is 27th of March at The Bald Face Stag in Leichhardt. More info here. These guys put on some very cool live shows.
Just One Wish Away
Two new pieces added to the artwork section, “Just One Wish Away” and “Something To Believe In”. Many thanks for the very kind comments on my RedBubble and DeviantArt pages about these pieces. I’m curently working on a lot of new concepts and looking at creating a “work in progress” journal on the site to show some of these being created.
Quick update from Warner as well. Dead Letter Circus have released “Here We Divide” from the upcoming album “This Is The Warning” over on the DLC website.
The album release date is set for May 14, at which all the new artwork we’ve been working on during the project will go public. Very excited!
peace and love.
Project Dead Letter
The preview video for Project Dead Letter has emerged. Visit DeadLetterCircus.com to sign up for exclusive content from the making of the album.
peace and love.
Dead Letter Circus Project Update
The debut album from Brisbane based alternative rockers, Dead Letter Circus isn’t far away from it’s unleashing upon the world. All the songs have been recorded and mixed, the collection of artwork to accompany the album is also complete after a fantastic 9 month project.
In the band’s #23 newsletter they’ve publicly announced the Project Dead Letter website soon to go live. The site is set to reveal some very cool behind the scenes stuff from the band while recording the album, as well as content we’ve been working on with the artwork and visual side of the band. The site will be a sign up lead in to the release of the album, members will get exclusive access that the general public won’t get to see, so keep an eye out!
Also a great time to grab a copy of The Space On The Wall single, featuring And Though We Fade Away on the cover.
peace and love.
In Dreams Album Cover Concept
In Dreams album cover concept, currently unlicensed and available for purchase.
Forever Can Be
Some new work added to the Artwork section. There are also some new iPhone and desktop wallpapers in the Downloads section and some new art prints in Products.
So things are starting to wrap up with the Warner Music/Dead Letter Circus project, I can’t post any of the more recent stuff we’ve been putting together but there’s some pretty cool stuff in production that I’m quite excited about. If you haven’t checked it out yet, be sure to pick up the latest single “The Space On the Wall” on iTunes.
Many thanks for the very kind emails and messages, drop by my Twitter page for more up to date info and work in progress news.
peace and love.
DLC Tour Poster
Latest tour poster for Dead Letter Circus. Check out a show if you’re in the area.
peace and love.
A Transitory Valentine
New work added to the artwork section. There is also a new making of video for the below piece “A Transitory Valentine” posted on YouTube.
peace and love.
Congratulations!
Congratulations Ryan & Jaime-Lee. All the best for your journey together.
Here We Divide
“Here We Divide” added to the artwork section. I also have a feature in the October 09 issue of Kismet Magazine, many thanks Yvette for the great support.
peace and love.
Jatun Supporting Kelli Rudick!
One of my favorite music acts Jatun will be supporting the amazing Kelli Rudick at The Woods on October 2nd. Jatun create some of the best electronic shoegaze music in the indie scene. Highly recommend purchasing their self titled album.
peace and love.
The Body And The Self
A collection of new work added to the Artwork section. there’s some new personal pieces as well as some of the new DLC work too.
Dead Letter Circus is currently touring their new single “The Space On The Wall” across Australia, and can be heard on Triple J and available on iTunes. Check out the dates on the tour poster from the previous blog post, come along and catch a show if you’re close by.
Also added some new desktop backgrounds to the Downloads section. Many thanks for the recent emails and comments especially from the DLC listeners that have been checking out my work. A very loving bunch of guys and gals.
Also a little heads up, I’m looking into publishing a new book of work in the near future. My last book was published back in 2005 so I’m feeling it’s time to put something much more fresh and exciting out. Something much more revealing.
peace and love.
The Space On The Wall Tour
New poster is up for Dead Letter Circus’ The Space On The Wall tour. Catch a show if you’re in the area.
peace and love.
