Category: Art

Swimming with sharks

I’m doing a series of illustrations about idioms.  This one is called “Swimming with sharks.” Its meaning from yourdictionary.com is this: “To operate among dangerous people.”

Raining cats and dogs

I’m doing a series of illustrations about idioms.  This one is called “Raining cats and dogs.” Its meaning from Cambridge is this: “To rain very heavily.”

Canary in the coal mine

I’m doing a series of illustrations about idioms. This one is called “Canary in the coal mine.” Its meaning from Oxford Languages is this: “an early indicator of potential danger or failure.“

Elephant in the room

I’m doing a series of illustrations about idioms. This one is called “Elephant in the room.” Its meaning from Cambridge is this: “If you say there is an elephant in the room, you mean that there is an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about.“

Orange Gumamela

This flower is known in Australia as hibiscus, but I am quite fond of the Filipino name: gumamela 🙂

Welcome, Fonzo!

My family and I all worked on this artwork, to welcome my nephew, Fonzo 🙂 Each family member was assigned a dinosaur, or a volcano, plant, egg, tree, and my sister Maud digitized and stylized each. I then took everything and combined them into this illustration. We are happy with how this has turned out!

Royal Botanic Garden Bench Quote

I am fond of reading the quotes on the benches at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne. Most of them have personal heartfelt messages, dedicated to their loved ones. This is one of them. 🙂

Hello Puppy

Met a furry friend while out on my morning walk at South Bank.