Published Work This is work that has been published, in one form or another over the years. There are quite a number of pictures on this page, so please be patient while they all download. Click on the picture to see a bigger version. Berserker Media: Pen & ink       Freydis scares the Skaelings Media: Pen & ink   Viking Battle Media: Pen & ink       Raid Media: Pen & ink   Othin Media: Pen & ink       Skathi and the Beauty Parade Published by Era Publications 2008 Nordic cover for Skathi and the Beauty Parade Media: Pen & ink   Cover for Fantastica: Shapeshifter Series Severo’s Intent by Fiona McIntosh, published by Omnibus Books (Division of Scholastic) 2007 Media: Pen & ink       Cover for Fantastica: Shapeshifter Series Saxten’s Secret by Fiona McIntosh, published by Omnibus Books (Division of Scholastic) 2007 Media: Pen & ink   Cover for Fantastica: Shapeshifter Series The Wolf’s Lair by Fiona McIntosh, published by Omnibus Books (Division of Scholastic) 2007 Media: Pen & ink       Internal illustration for Fantastica: Shapeshifter Series by Fiona McIntosh, published by Omnibus Books (Division of Scholastic) Media: Pen & ink   Internal illustration for Fantastica: Shapeshifter Series by Fiona McIntosh, published by Omnibus Books (Division of Scholastic) Media: Pen & ink       Internal illustration for Fantastica: Shapeshifter Series by Fiona McIntosh, published by Omnibus Books (Division of Scholastic) Media: Pen & ink   Internal illustration for Fantastica: Shapeshifter Series by Fiona McIntosh, published by Omnibus Books (Division of Scholastic) Media: Pen & ink       Internal illustration for Fantastica: Shapeshifter Series by Fiona McIntosh, published by Omnibus Books (Division of Scholastic) Media: Pen & ink   AGDA poster for 4 Days in Adelaide AGDA Conference. This is one of nine or so posters produced by Voice Design for AGDA. The theme was various anti-Adelaide bloggers from interstate and their rude, vulgar and occasionally true observations of Adelaide. My quote was 'It's a pretty much a small going nowhere town with dark, seedy murders, child molestations, rock spiders etc. etc. Not the sort of town one would move to in a hurry. It has nothing going for it and is boring and gossipy. Turn the clock back to the 80s is what this boring town is all about. Who wants to live there? Delta Goodrem's mother lives there and Lleyton and he's a mindless jerk. Who else? A few nobody celebs might call Adelaide home. Why is anybody's guess.' (posted by Vic Lover of Vic). I was gratified to see a letter of complaint sent into the Advertiser about this and the other AGDA posters! It was called 'rubbish' and the question was asked why does the Advertiser waste space printing these so-called 'artworks'? Media: Pen & Ink       Theoden’s Charge at Helm’s Deep This was one of three pictures I had published in Harper Collin’s 1997 book Realms of Tolkien. This was a collection of artists from around the world, including Alan Lee and John Howe (whose work I very much admire). Media: Pen & Ink   Frodo at the Prancing Pony One of the Realms of Tolkien illustrations. Here we can see Mr. Frodo doing his thing on the table. A review once stated that the table looked too small to dance on, but I reckon he could probably do some kind of bus stop number, or maybe a box step or two. Strider can be seen lurking in the background. This picture also appeared in the 1998 Tolkien Calendar. Media: Pen & ink       Treebeard This was the first big Tolkien picture that I did some time in the 80s. It appeared in Realms of Tolkien and the 1998 Tolkien Calendar. The review said that the left hand hobbit looked too much like Bette Midler. Unfortunately, this is true. I always loved this scene where the Ents go off to smash Isengard to bits and I remember listening to Stephen Oliver’s BBC LOTR music while I drew this! Media: Pen & wash   This poster was used by the State Opera Company of South Australia. The main portrait is of the production’s star, Lyndon Terracini in the title role. I did not intend for the ragged edge of the picture at the bottom to be shown as it appears. This was a decision made by State Opera’s graphic designers. It looks OK, but pushes Don G’s head into the text. Media: Acrylic       This was the South Australian version of the 1990 Children’s Book Week poster. It ran into some controversy owing to the presence of the aboriginal gnome sitting in the tree next to the koala. I had meant nothing by it as it was inspired by characters in the novels of Patricia Wrightson (Nargun and the Stars, etc). The poster was withdrawn, but replaced after I had fought the issue and explained matters to the Children’s Book Council. Media: Acrylic   This is a book cover for ‘The Adventures of Addam’, written by Dave Luckett and published by Omnibus Books, a division of Scholastic. Addam is a rather lazy, sly boy, determined to get rich quick. Media: Pen & wash       Final recital poster for Ben Rasheed. Ben specified the ‘Beirut to Bayreuth’ theme, to pay homage to his Lebanese heritage in rather a droll way! Media: Pen and ink   This was a moral fairy tale, in which King Redbeard desires mastery over all things, including nature. Using magic, he messes up pretty well everything! Media: Pen & wash       Jean Chapman’s story ‘Nose Trouble’ (published by Omnibus Books) is about Kotara, a rather unscrupulous conman who acquires a magical fan from a goblin. The power of this fan is to make your nose grow, and grow, and grow! Naturally in the wrong hands, this fan can (and does) cause enormous trouble. Media: Pen, wash & colour pencil   Clarence the Paladin. One of a series of illustrations for an adventure written by Simon Bull for his Australian Role Playing game Soothsayer. Clarence was described as not having a helmet, but I gave him one anyway, because I worry. Media: Pen & ink       Adventurers on the trail. Here we see Clarence (sans helmet, naughty boy) and his pals chatting to a bunch of soldiers, probably getting directions. They are probably also getting warnings such as “No one’s ever gone that way and lived! Go Back!” Heroes of course, always ignore such advice. Media: Pen & ink   Clarence and his pals get medieval on a bunch of ogres. Media: Pen & ink       A bunch of orcs in Simon Bull’s adventure. The two on the right are playing Scissors, Rock, Paper. The loser gets hit in the head with a mace. Media: Pen & ink   Orc Chieftain Another of Simon’s villains. These orcs are probably a bit humorous but they were fun to do. Illustrations like these take me back to high school days, playing through the Steve Jackson Fighting Fantasy novels. I always loved the Russ Nicholson artwork and the feeling it gave the stories. Media: Pen & ink       Sabra One of Clarence’s pals. She is not conventionally pretty (as most fantasy ladies are) and wears a bit more clothing than is usual. I have always drawn (well, nearly always) fantasy adventurer ladies with a sensible amount of clothing and armour. Why dress like a buck’s night special event when you expect to be facing serious danger? Media: Pen & ink   Clarence shines the light on dark places. The typical bunch of adventurers on the trail! Media: Pen & ink       Sabra and Taelasin scout out the enemy. Media: Pen & ink   Taelisin Voe D’Arville One of Simon’s pre-generated characters for his fantasy adventure. 15th century threads rock! Media: Pen & ink       One of Simon Bull’s little villains, seen here with a blowpipe. Media: Pen & ink   Fantasy port. I love medieval towns and ships especially. Media: Pen & ink       Poster for Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Iolanthe.” I grew up on Gilbert & Sullivan and have performed in most of their shows with the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of SA Inc. over the last 19 years or so. This show was a lot of laughs and I played the role of Lord Mountararat. Media: Pen & ink   Book cover for The Sea’s Farthest End by Damien Broderick, published by Aphelion (1993). This is an illo where you need to read the novel to understand all its elements! I completed a number of illustrations for Aphelion for which large thanks are due to Peter McNamara who sadly passed away recently. Media: Acrylic       Illustrations from Max Fatchen’s A Country Christmas, published by Omnibus Books in 1990. This was a series of poems written by Max celebrating the Christmases of his childhood. I went on a tour with Max of the Gawler area and took lots of photos to get the atmosphere of the places he was talking about. Media: Pen & wash   There were lots of details to be researched in this book. I had to find out what ‘stooks’ looked like. Hay these days is rolled up nice and neatly by a machine but not in ‘them there days.’ Media: Pen & wash       This church actually exists out near Wild Horse Plain or somewhere and the organist is actually Max himself playing. This picture is a stern lesson for young illustrators: do NOT put anything important near the gutter of a book. Hence the man’s face has disappeared into the book binding. Media: Pen & wash   A book cover done for the University of Queensland Press. This was a collection of short fairy stories written by Anthony Holcroft. Media: Pen & wash