A World of Deliciousness...

I created two illustrations recently for a company that makes all sorts of snacks, from popcorn to marshmallows to chips and crisps. I decided to play with the idea of how awesome it would be to live in a world made from all your favourite snacks… popcorn trees, marshmallow clouds, golden fields of cheesy poofs… The client requested the spaza shop and taxi rank locations though. I think I will definitely take this idea further one day and write and illustrate my own children’s book about such a wonderful place :) Yum!

Running Zebras

I designed this as a framed piece to hang on my wall at home, mainly because I needed something to tie in the colours in the space! A practical reason to create a piece of art. It consists of a pen-drawn illustration of running zebras scanned in and combined with a colourful digitally edited background.

Calm before the storm

I painted these two artworks (the old-school way, not digitally) quite a while back as entries into a children’s picture book competition. The story was about two rural African children and their small dog who are out gathering firewood and get caught in a thunderstorm. 

Life is a beautiful struggle

Life is full of challenges that sometimes feel overwhelming, but no matter how hard it gets it is still worth waking up every day and appreciating the opportunity to witness the kindness of people and the beauty of the world around us. I designed this print with this thought in mind. I had wanted to try a typographic design for a while, and this simple message gave me the inspiration I needed. 

African Wild Dog

I drew this illustration of an African Wild Dog for a friend’s wedding card. The bride and groom run a game reserve near Johannesburg, and her favourite animal is the Wild Dog - Lycaon pictus. The image is drawn digitally with my Wacom Intuos tablet. 

We herd you got married…

A friend of mine recently married a dairy farmer and has since became a farmer’s wife. She is crazy about cows so I whipped up a little bovine wedding card for her, and of course I couldn’t resist the pun!

Love lifts you up

A vector illustration of a couple in love. I find myself drawing these kind of floaty characters quite a bit… Love lifts you up after all :) I’m busy painting a similar image in acrylics at home. One day when I finish it I will post it.