One Night at Connor O'Neil's

Continuation of visual journaling. Here I am recording the mundane, everyday moments that don't mean anything but are somehow still important - if only for that very reason. At some point I want to begin to incorporate 3D objects into my 2D work, just to make it more interesting. I'm personally growing bored with inking in water colour sketches. Just a little bit...

Pencil, water colour, pen and ink, paper

The Dream

This is a comic depicting a dream I had of a girl I knew who died about a year ago. I'm experimenting with the different ways to keep a visual journal - whether you record what is real, imaginary or symbolic of actual experience.
Pencil, water colour, ink, paper

The Boy from the Bus Stop - Color Scheme Piece

Pencil, watercolor, pen and ink, paper

Fun Fact: This actually happened.

Possibly will be continued....

Not At Home

Cardboard, acrylic paint, National Geographic clippings, another bucket of glue

This collage is the result of losing my pencil case for about a week and not being able to draw anything. I knew I was going to do a collage because I honestly had no other choice, but I didn't know what it was going to be about. After flipping through some National Geographic magazines I decided to make a social commentary about how the indigenous people of - most countries, let's face it - but particularly Australia, are treated by the white government and society. I wanted to communicate their displacement in modern Australia, and draw attention to people I worry we have forgotten about.

Sun Bun (Samantha in the Flowers)

Carboard, acrylic paint, fabric, black thread, paper, pencil, watercolor, sharpie, an entire bucket of fabric glue

This is a portrait of my best friend Samantha. It is a representation of our times together and also how I see her as a person. I have never embroidered anything before or incorporated fabric into my works, but decided to do so for this piece as it is something she has recently been doing. 

Traffic

Watercolor, pencil, paper

Sex trafficking is an issue that really pisses me off and I wanted to describe it in this piece. I think that the only way to overcome such issues is to educate ourselves and others about them and that is what I am trying to accomplish here - make people understand that this is something that is happening, right now, at this very moment. It's easy to remain immobile when something doesn't effect us. In this painting I hope to effect others. 

Repetition Piece - Sunflowers in the Rain

Acrylic on Wood