HELLO HALLOW

I've never really gotten into halloween. 

Growing up, I couldn't really trick-or-treat, because it was a pretty serious bike ride to get to the nearest house with kids. And it just hasn't ever been a huge part of Australian culture, that I've noticed. 

However, it is always fun to dress up, and it is always fun to draw something unusual. 

So, I hope everyone has a spooky, fun halloween and doesn't dose up too hard on the sugar.

FOREVER UNTIL THE END

In the spooky spirit of the season...

NEW TREASURES ...

I've been meaning to update my online shop for so long, so now I've finally posted a whole bunch of new prints for sale. I've also posted a few A5 original one-off drawings, and will keep putting new ones up every now and then. It's been a fun little project, making lots of little completed artworks. 

Check it all out here.

OPUNTIA SANTA RITA

These are the things that show up when you shut your eyes, and disappear when you open them again.

ARTIST / SHAUN KARDINAL

All work by Shaun Kardinal

Science in the seventies and white high-socks with one navy stripe, one red. Wood-panelled station wagons and the first time a teenager ever heard Sabbath. Desert lots with satellite dishes, family holidays to look at a waterful, canyon, monument. Psychedelic orange interiors, macrame plant hangers, aviator sunglasses.

These are all things Shaun Kardinal's work makes me think of. Memories that aren't mine, but seem so warm and nostalgic anyway. I have a great love for what this man does, not the least of which is produce affordable art.

In his own words:

I like to create. But, of course, you know it’s more than that.

I am constantly inspired by, frustrated with, raving about, and occasionally crushed by the work around me.

I cannot see enough of it. I must always hear more of it. Even when I’ve worn myself out of it.

I want to make cheap art. Free as often as possible.

Revelations require not recompense.

Which I totally agree with, because every day I'm delighted by the fact that there are just so many things for us to marvel with. So many, in fact, that it's hard to keep up. 

Shaun Kardinal is one of those many.

His Tumblr.

And Flickr.

HAPPY STREET

Images via Bona Drag, LveLand, Minka Sicklinger, Bandit Brand, Daughter of the Sun, Amanda Charchian, Jen Gotch and Pinterest.

Judas Priest baseball shirt and high-waisted jeans. Warm beer in hand and hair all messy.

Singing Waitin’ Round to Die and None But the Rain. Drawing coloured eyes all over everything.

Ditchin’ responsibilities for passions. Spending rent money on new boots and a killer jacket.

Looking for that dusky blue summer sky. Prophetic neons. Heavy under all that silver and brass and turquoise.

Reading up on history and how to see things differently. Tuning for a station that plays Bowie and the Stones.

Shaking sand out of the sheets. Aching dawn. Not going gentle into that good night.

Undisciplined. Sleeping late. Staring at the ceiling while the opening strains of Eclipse strike up on your stereo.

Living heavy // travelling light.

☪

Also, my Bona Drag Boutique shopping list is getting way out of hand.