Illustration by Angela Keoghan
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I created this illustration for Little Treasures Magazine about the choice women face after they have children, whether to go back to work or stay at home and how to find the right balance between the two. It was a fun assignment and nice to try a slightly different format than usual!
Very happy to say one of my Holly Brown illustrations was chosen as a ‘Runner Up’ in the winter issue of Creative Quarterly Journal (issue 21). (You can see it online – scroll down the list and find my name).
Stoked to have been mentioned as the judging is of a high standard and there are so many awesome illustrations submitted. Creative Quarterly is all about inspiration. Each quarter they judge the best work made in graphic design, illustration, photography and fine art fields and showcase the winners in their magazine. They also have great articles/reviews and interviews with leading professionals.
You can have a scroll through a mini version of the current issue 21 here
Just a quick written post to say.. well its been crazy busy lately as you may have guessed. We finished out tour of the south island (which I will have to continue re-capping later) and now believe it or not we are in Hong Kong again. It is so lovely to be back here catching up with all our friends at Holly Brown. We are working on numerous exciting ventures that I hope to share with you soon and which will keep us very busy into the new year. I have loads of pics to share when we get home so stay tuned!!
In the meantime..
The second issue of Riff Raff E-magazine is out! And Extra Curricular Magazine has a new exciting issue out also!
Journey through the Lewis Pass with a fresh dump of snow. Lots of drive-by-shooting (with a camera) as it was freezing outside the car!! I love mountains, they are amazing especially with all the different light that passes over them.
Still much more to come.. very behind on the blogging as we are still travelling here and there.
In the mean time… I love these illustrated stories all made with silhouette!
More illustrations for Holly Brown Cafe in Hong Kong. This time I had the benefit of adding a little more branding to the illustrations with my very own HB coffee cup to draw from. Thanks Alida & Raymond!
I had the great privilege to create illustrations for the new Bannerman Album called ‘The Dusty Dream Hole’ which launches today!! Bannerman have an awesome folky rock sound and their lyrics are full of dreamy landscapes and misty mountains – definitely give them a listen! Check them out LIVE on Thursday 23rd Sept at Mighty Mighty in Wellington or Saturday 25th Sept at the Whammy Bar in Auckland! Or you can buy their album on Rythmethod or DRMNZ. You can see more of my illustrations for the inlay HERE 
Busy weekend last weekend, I also went along to the Storylines Festival – free family fun day! Great day for families to meet NZ childrens book authors and illustrators plus participate in a range of fun activities. I went along to see the illustrators who were stationed at various desks drawing and painting for all the public to see. I got to chat with Gavin Bishop, Fraser Williamson, Brian Lovelock, Sandra Morris and Dave Gunson. My friend Gary Venn who was short listed for the Storylines Gavin Bishop Award this year, was also there. There was a really nice exhibition commemorating 70 years of Puffin Book Publishing – lots of lovely illustrated covers of stories like Worzel Gummidge, Little Women, Alice in Wonderland etc..
I took part in this months pika package which was on the theme of travel. Lots of goodies from my explorers series were included. Check them out here on a wonderful site for illustration inspiration called pikaland!
So during our stay in Hong Kong working on the Holly Brown project we met and got to work with a really awesome team of people. Thought Id take this moment to quickly introduce a few of them.
First up is very talented Alida Philip, she was responsible for all of the great design and art direction behind the Holly Brown brand! She even designed the Holly Brown cups and beautiful white leather furniture! She also had a hand in creating the Holly Brown website www.hollybrowncoffee.com
Next is Dominic the expert coffee roaster who with the help of award winning barristers King and Tracey serve delicious coffee blends and decorative latte art.
In charge of all things Gelato was Luca and (Stefano – see lower grid) who were the maestro’s of gelato creation.
Michael also in the Gelato area – serving with style all sorts of colourful cold stone creations!
For the launch the ultra talented Evan Davies was called in to write the official Holly Brown theme song – which you can listen to here or here
Not forgetting Raymond Tsui the owner and brains behind Holly Brown and his group of lovely staff! Thanks to everyone for the great time we had in the Holly Brown family!! You will be sorely missed!
The third of my illustrations for Holly Brown was based on the idea of a fantastical way to make coffee. Titled ‘The Fantastical Coffee Machine’ – mixed media.
The fourth in the series I titled ‘Hula Coffee’ – mixed media. I was inspired by the logo of Holly Brown for this one.
These were so much fun to make and even better to see on the walls of Holly Brown. Let me know what you think of them.
Id like to make the next post about some of the wonderful people I got to work with on this project. Stay tuned and thanks for stopping by!