My Red Bubble shop is open!

You can now buy greeting cards of some of my paintings here at Red Bubble.
This morning I received a lovely email informing me that I have been chosen as one of the feature artists on the Red Bubble homepage

It's Print Show time again...

... and I have a signed print of my latest painting for sale.

I Am Watched Over

The opening is this Friday night at the Northcote Town Hall.  If you're free come on down and join me and the other illustrators for a drink.

You can preview all of the prints online here

Work in progress

Here are some work in progress shots of my current picture book project.
I like to add some animals to a book.

Merry Christmas

Wishing you and yours all the best for a wonderful Christmas and a fantastic New Year xox

More Paintings

Here is the entire piece that the previously posted detail is from:

Mexican Standoffish

And here is another:

My Treasures do not Glitter or Clink Together; they Gleam in the Sun and Neigh in the Night

The title for this piece is an old Arabian proverb that I have always found incredibly moving and evocative. 
Both of these paintings are on show in my little gallery at 309 Racecourse Road, Flemington Melbourne.  There are new works for sale and old works for show. Viewing is currently by appointment only (but you can pretty much see all the pieces from the street)

A New Painting

Here is a detail from a new painting.  I'll post the whole picture once it's been photographed.

Muffins!

Here's the recipe for the lovely ladies from my life drawing class
(everyone knows you go to life drawing for the cake, right?)

Mini Marmalade Muffins

(makes 12 mini muffins)

Ingredients

110g plain flour

45g castor sugar

1 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

30g butter

¼ cup marmalade

1 egg

100ml of milk

1 tsp vanilla essence

Icing

lemon juice

marmalade

icing sugar

Melt butter and marmalade and set aside to cool.

Grease a mini muffin tin and preheat oven to 180 degrees.

Sift flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl and lightly stir in sugar and salt.

In a separate bowl whisk egg, milk and vanilla essence then add butter and marmalade mixture.

Add to dry ingredients and stir carefully to combine.

Don't over mix as muffins will be tough.

Pour in to prepared muffin tin and cook for around 15 minutes, depending on your oven.

The tops of the muffins will still look quite pale when cooked so use a cake tester.

Ice when cool (not sure on the exact amounts so maybe start with juice of half a lemon and a tsp of marmalade, then stir in sufficient icing sugar with a fork to form a stiff icing).