More Bristol Gorilla update

Day 5

Day 6

Haven't had full days painting and it get's harder to work at a good pace as you get into the more detailed painting, but I'm trying to keep going reasonably fast. My elephant is watching!

Bristol Gorilla update

Day 4

Day 3

Still frantically painting.

The sculpture has such character..he's taken over my studio!

Until you have the sculpture in front of you, it's impossible to design for the areas underneath and between legs etc. ...... I decided to keep the same level of detail going...must have been mad!

Gorilla update

I'm getting stuck into painting my gorilla, the surface isn't quite a big as the elephant but it's more curved!

Here are some pics of my progress since Friday.

Day two

Day one

Arrival...move over ele!

Gorilla for Bristol

I only learnt a few days ago that my design for a Gorilla in the Wild in Art 'Wow Gorilla's' project organised by Bristol Zoo has been sponsored by Bristol Blue Glass. Terrific News!

My design echoes Bristol's sea port origins. He's called 'Blackbeard Silverback' being loosely based on the pirate 'Blackbeard' Edward Teach who was thought to have come from Bristol and was renowned for looking fearsome, with his long beard tied in bands and lighted tapers burning in his hair! The 'silverback' is covered in silver coins ...which used to be produced by the Bristol mint. The blue black hair and water in characteristic Bristol blue glass colour is teaming with sea monsters!

I'll be very busy over the next few weeks as my elephant for Singapore only arrived earlier this week too!

Singapore Elephant Parade

I'm absolutely delighted to have been asked to create another design for an elephant, this time for the Singapore Elephant Parade in November.

The 5' high elephant is arriving next week and I'll be working on the painting while I have my studio open to the public during the Newbridge Arts Trail, 10am-4pm on 7th and 8th May.

This elephant is called 'Love Song' as it's a celebration of colourful Asian birds, inspired by both the exotic native birds of Singapore and one of the largest collections of birds in the world at the Jurong bird park Singapore.

Mosha going to Copenhagen

I was thrilled to learn that 'Mosha the world at your feet' will be located at Copenhagen Zoo who have sponsored her during the Copenhagen Elephant Parade this summer from 1st June to 25th August. I've finished painting and she will be off very soon.

Goodbye Mosha, and good luck, I'll miss you, but it'll be nice to gain an elephant size space in my studio!

Mosha the World at your feet

This is my mini version of 'Mosha The World at your feet'. The Elephant Parades sell beautiful hand painted minitaures in different sizes. These will be painted by artists in Thailand and they need the miniture copy done by the big elephant artists, to be a master copy.

It was strange swapping to tiny brushes to do this 20cm high version and then going back to 'jumbo' brushes!..ha...sorry!