The Art on Board Exhibition at ArtSHINE is on now!

Here are a couple of ArtSHINE's instagram posts about the show and my piece,  Profile Pic of Sarah Bernhardt   .

Art on Board #7 James Mathurin, "Profile Pic of Sarah Bernhardt", Indian Ink and Makers on paper. $120.00 2015 Art on Board Prize Exhibition. Exhibition from 8th until 31st July 2015 at the ArtSHINE Gallery in Chippendale. #artonboard #prize #artists #Chippendale Artshine Gallery #chippendalecreative #groupshow #artprize

A photo posted by ArtSHINE Gallery (@artshinegallery) on Jul 8, 2015 at 8:36pm PDT

This is it... We have all the #artinboard in the gallery and we were busy on Yesterday putting them up on the wall. The show will start on the 8th July until 31st July 2015. There are a pool of talented artists and we are proud to showcase their art in our gallery but we need your help to come and vote for the People's Choice Award.#peoplechoiceawards #art #artist #artists #artshow #artwork #ccp #chippendalecreative #groupshow #gallery

A photo posted by ArtSHINE Gallery (@artshinegallery) on Jul 6, 2015 at 5:45pm PDT

©2015 James Mathurin

Free Comic Book Day!

My haul from Free Comic Book Day. In the end I stopped by Kings , Kinokunya and Superhero Comics in Sydney and Newtown.

 I picked up Earth2 from Kings because they also had a sale on, but the rest were free.

I haven't read through them all yet, but the Marvel Avengers story is a good one. It takes a really interesting new lineup (new Thor, new Captain America (The Falcon), Iron Man, Vision and young heroes Nova, Ms Marvel and Ultimate Spider-Man (Miles Morales) and introduces them in a way that shows how they'll work as a team,and gives you an idea of what the book will be about

Also, Captain Fluffy tried to get in on my free comics.

Sorry mate, you should have queued up like everybody else!

©2015 James Mathurin

Sketches from Sydney

So, I am back from Sydney, and back to doing some more regular updates for the blog. While I was there, it's not a big shock that I did some sketches and stuff as I went around, and I'll share a few of those as I get back into doing some new illustration work.

The first one I wanted to put up was a couple of sketches I did in Sydney's beautiful Chinese Garden. If you're in the city, this is a fantastic place to go, incredibly relaxing, and I loved the  way they make use of the incongruous urban surroundings to highlight the importance of Yin / Yang - style balance. The first is of the Moon Gate, and the second is of a lizard I spotted basking on a rock. I've also included my photographs of the two subjects, for context.

©2010 James Mathurin