... more El Caballo golf !!

The par 4 fourth at El Caballo golf course, one of my favourite holes, nice dog leg to the left - pity is I'm a slicer !! I really miss getting out there as much as I should but with commissions and live shows golf is taking a priority drop ( how sad is that ??). In January when it's 40C (104F ) - I'll probably have lots of time to play.

Incidentally played a week ago and got a warning as we left the clubhouse - watch out for snakes lots around at the moment - searching for the ball in the rough was cautious !!!

Car commissions ...

Couple of birthday gifts for car enthusiasts - separate jobs just popped together for convenience sake. The left one is for a 30th Birthday - Holden Sandman panel van - the other for a 50th Birthday - a  four letter word beginning with 'F' !!!  

Michael Collins Caricature Award ...

Final day rush - yet again - but I got my entries into the Michael Collins Caricature Award at the last knock. I always promise myself to do them through the year but I never seem to get around to it. Sadly I've really not done many celebrity caricatures with all the commission work going on.

The 'Looney Tunes' theme is of our leaders Rudd, Gillard and Swan and the portrait is a redraw of Jim McGinty  the former State Attorney General.

I've managed to get a highly commended the last two years - I must take more time for the loot though  - and perhaps move away from digital. ( I've got a perception of a little bias against the medium from the purists ). Fingers crossed.

The competition website is HERE.

Wedding Bells .... .. again !!

These are a couple of my favourite people - currently living in England but coming back to Perth to get married in November. This graphic is for the invites and a framed A3 original for the house. It's my wedding present to them ... a rare freebie !!!!

Bearded Tel ...

A quick rework of my self caricature - had some business cards to print and 'the shaven one' is no longer and is unlikely to make a return in the near future. I grew the beard from the end of 2006 and after getting approval from 'she who must be obeyed' it's here for good.

I should have really done a complete new one but I really haven't the time - that's my excuse.

The flying librarian ..

A retirement caricature for a librarian who, to everyone's surprise, had kept her pilots licence a secret for many years !!!

Golfers 50th

I've had some fun now back to my 'bread & butter' work - a caricature of a golfer paid for by friends for his 50th birthday. These are popular and look great framed up behind the bar.

Farewell Rumpole style ...

The client wanted a farewell for a lawyer, heading East, to depict him in the classic Rumpole pose - with a squash racket, X-Box and a picture of Borat in his 'mankini'  on the wall.

Mission accomplished !!

50th Birthday

A 'quickie' done for a 50th Birthday celebration - I went, they got the appropriate discount and I've got the headache this morning - must have been the food !! 

Get them legs ................

Now I don't post all my commissions just the one's I'm pleased with or a little bit different.

This is a retirement caricature for a very well endowed school principal who amongst other things 'walks on water'. Fun doing it.

Bikers 50th ........

Done a few Harley Davidson caricatures this year, here's another. The Baby Boomers must be snapping them up in their thousands !!

Surfing welder .....

This one is an interesting concept for a 21st Birthday for a welder - must have a hell of a long extension chord - but it keeps the sharks away !
postscript - he loved it

Hot stuff .............................

Recently completed caricature - gee life's difficult - for a 30th Birthday.

The picture was paid for by all her soccer team mates.

Scarborough Surf Club