VISUAL ART
BAD PET PORTRAITURE
Bad Pet Portraiture (est. 2020) is an art initiative that specialises in custom, small-scale watercolour paintings of pets. The only catch? The portraits are bad. Pet owners can purchase portraits in the flesh at events Australia wide, or via the online store. Each portrait takes approximately 3 minutes with prices starting at $15 a pop.
Bad Pet Portraiture has featured at events including The Great Artist Market, ABC 612's Mutt Muster, the Brisbane Street Art Festival and International Guide Dog Day.
With an online cult following of 15,000+, Bad Pet Portraiture is renowned for providing fun, accessible and affordable work of questionable quality.
home is where the art is
Furnishings that perfectly balance whimsical aesthetics and practicality. Built from recycled materials, these pieces are a testament to my fast and loose woodworking skills that I learned on the internet. A number of these pieces and they have become fully integrated into my everyday living.
A triumph in unsupervised use of power tools and electrical equipment, and an excellent use of grown-up free will.
DÜCK (the table)
Ducks are a recurring motif in my work - and in my abode. The concept of the duck table was born simply out of my desire to have a duck table. I wanted a duck table, I designed a duck table, I built a duck table.
DÜCK (the mural)
In 2023, the Brisbane Street Art Festival commissioned a mural. On a massive high from building the duck table, I dreamt of what a commercial run of duck tables would look like. Thus, DUCK the mural came to fruition. A homage to Swedish flat pack furniture, this work channeled an iconic style to immortalise an iconic table.
FROG TABLE
Just a really good coffee table that is the heart of my living room.
THE DESK DESK
A typographer's dream. This desk does exactly what it says - DESK. Its functionality is undisputed - I am using it as we speak to write this very important description of one of my finest works. The desk legs were rescued from council clean-up, and the top was designed, carved and painted by hand.
Bird Lamps
These decorative light features are the perfect addition to any space. I created them with the intention to become an attractive living room centrepiece, but a curator bought all 4 to put in their baby's nursery instead. I hope these lamps help that baby develop a great taste in interior design.
PORTRAIT PRIZES hate to see me coming
Hot Gay Cowboy | 2020
A PORTRAIT OF FAMIN AHMED
THE SPACE I FEEL I DESERVE
THE BRADLEY