Jim McGinty

My take on West Australia's Attorney General- Jim McGinty - probably the least popular State politician since Graham Kierath. Has been involved in more 'cock up's and gaff's' than you can poke a stick at - arrogant, self righteous with heaps of  'loony left' political correctness. 

He may have trodden in something that sticks to his shoe this time - let's hope so !

Farmer's Birthday

Just finished a new commission for a Sou' West Farmers 50th Birthday.

The family loved it.

Geronimo !!!!!

Gerald Koller is a Police Officer from Vienna, Austria who caricatures under the name 'Geronimo' ( bit more dynamic than Tel, eh ?) ... his take on yours truly. 

Gerald attended the Kreuger ( .. the world's No 1 caricaturing guru !) Workshop in late 2007.

Check out his link

Charity auction caricature

This is another caricature that was auctioned for charity, in this instance the winning bidder had a commission of their choice, in this case her Father for his birthday. Very well received - oh the charity was for Carson Street Education Support School P & C Assoc in East Victoria Park, Perth where my wife, Nola, is the school nurse so it had to be a good 'un !!!

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 !! 

My studio

This is my work area in about it's normal state, I don't let it get too disorganised as I can't find anything at all. People often ask me what type of computer I use and, like a lot of graphic artists, the tool of my choice is a Macintosh. I couldn't envisage using anything else and am an incorrigible 'Machead' !!

For the technical it's a MacPro 2 x 2.66Mhz dual core processors, 7 gigs of RAM, 4 x 250 Gig internal hard drives with two flat LCD screens a Dell 24" and an Apple 20" - I'm hoping to replace the Dell with a 30" Apple in 2008. Cost a fair bit but I spend a lot of time sitting in front of this lot and the quality, reliability and ease of use pays for itself - it's good gear.

Also I use an Epson 4800 printer and a Wacom Intuos 3 A5 drawing tablet.

The caricature of me on the wall was done by Vin Altamore of New Jersey, USA it's one of my favourites -check out his link.

Bobtail goanna

Don't do an lot of animal caricatures - in fact I can't think of any - but I had to feature a Bobtail Goanna in a Christmas caricature for some one who has a stifling fear of these small inoffensive creatures. Sadly their habit of sunning themselves on bitumen roads brings about the demise of lot of them.

The client loved the caricature and asked where I got the Bobtail clipart from - cheeky bugger !!

Juanjo Baron

A quick shot back at my Spanish compatriot Juanjo in Bilbao - I was very kind to him !!

The Cobra & others ......

It's been a busy Christmas - and this isn't all of them by a long chalk - couple more to finish and it's into the turkey. New year resolution is to be more organised next year !!

Pablo

A bit of self indulgence here - as a life long Tractor Boy who has kept the faith despite being 12,000 miles from the hallowed Portman Road turf and the fact we haven't had much to cheer over the last few years - check out this sensational goal from Pablo Counago

Oh we still lost the game !!

Ford Cobra GT

These take a while - this is to be used in a caricature commission I'm in the process of completing. A mid 70's Ford Cobra GT ... turned out well, thanks CS3 !

No steering wheel as the driver will be slotted in there.

....... a poor mans Holden though !!!!

Wedding Bells ....

Commissions for weddings are becoming a major part of my work - this was a gift from the bride to the groom. She was over the moon with it.

Not enough sleep ....

Now I've been under stress finishing all of the Christmas Commissions ( ..and there's more than a few ) - this is how Juanjo Baron a Spanish caricaturist sees my calm handling of all this activity. 

He's one very good caricaturist - viva Espana !! .. and thanks Mate.

You can check Juanjo's amazing work HERE.

Padre Plod ..... book cover

Did a caricature of Barry May last year when he retired from the West Australian Police. Barry is a lovely bloke and I had no hesitation when he asked me if he could use this caricature on the front cover of his autobiography. Barry is a very interesting man with a fascinating story to tell.

Despite my heathen non religious ways I found it a great read. 

You can get a copy here

Whoops Barry May and Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson on the same Blog ..... is that thunder !!!!!

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.

El Caballo Golf Course

At least once a week - more if I can get away with it - I love to have a game of golf. I'm crap at it but really enjoy it. We played at various public courses in the Perth Eastern suburbs until we discovered El Caballo Golf Course, Great Eastern Highway, Wooroloo. What a great course and the biggest amazement is hardly anyone uses it. That is really good as there's no queing up, no balls whistling overhead - BUT - my big fear is they will go bust and we'll have to go back to the very 'ho hum' other courses. So if you live in the Eastern suburbs it's really worth the drive.

Bring a can of Scram though ....  :0)

( This the Par 3 2nd hole ) 

Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson

The renowned Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson well known for his wholesome family shows !!!!

This caricature was completed for the 'Make a Wish' foundation for auctioning at the sixth annual 'Kev Classic' Tournament held at Secret Harbour Golf Links on December 14th.

The 'Make a Wish' Foundation do a brilliant job raising funds to help very sick children realise their dreams - trips to Disneyland, Grand Prix's - anything, anywhere - great.

Kev's happy to help - so am I

  

Aerobatic dump trucks !!!

Just finished a retirement commission for a 'victim' who had an unusual way of parking 100 tonne dump trucks. 

Keastie from the Eastie !!!!

Quick Photoshop CS3 caricature of fellow caricaturist and Australian Cartoonist Assoc member Steve Keast who hails from Sydney NSW.

Graduation caricature ...

Just completed a commission for a gentleman who recently graduated with a doctorate ...... very well received.
He loved it