Ben is always inspired by the natural world. I encouraged him to compose his latest image using just a portion of the animal. This allows for a dramatic representation of a beautiful creature without all the details. Using photographic reference material, he
We had three real (but not live) fishies to study for these watercolour paintings, a Rainbow Trout, a Red Spot Whiting and a Mackerel. We experimented with wet paper and dry paper to see how that affected the paint.
Corrugated cardboard is such a versatile material. These boxes were discovered at Reverse Garbage in Marrickville, often an inspiring place to visit. If the boxes were covered in product names or otherwise not great to look at we just opened
