Funny flower people

I don't know if a single flower constitutes a bouquet...?

Hodgepodge

I interpreted the theme of  'foreign' as eccentric, irregular or bizarre. I've used collage to reinforce the hodgepodge character of this odd couple.

That Monday morning Central Line feeling

My 'crowd' is more of a 'squash'. It's that uncomfortable rush-hour commute when you've got someone's elbow in your face.

country

 

It was the aniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires yesterday so I think I was thinking a lot about our "sunburnt country". I am not sure that it totally works... but I do like the stitching.

Dressing-up: pretending

I interpreted dressing-up to be putting on a "brave face" or pretending. 

As I started composing the image I imagined the characters to be an unhappily married couple dressing-up for some sort of strained social occasion (like a relative's wedding). The woman dresses up in a fancy hat and the man "wears" a smile. They pose as a happy couple though secretly they can't stand each other anymore.

But now as I look at their expressions, their faces seem to suggest grief more than anything else. Perhaps it's not that they have an unhappy marriage but it's that they have recently experienced a loss and are putting on a brave face in public.

Either way, rather bleak. Maybe Lizzie's will be more cheerful!

beginning to rain

here is my first illustration for 'beginnings'. i thought long and hard about this idea and then it began to rain outside and so i though, ah ha, that's what i will do! it is called 'beginning to rain.' it's pretty simple, but when you start something it is often quite simple so that is what i am going for. so aine... we await your picture! x