I got a brucie bonus surprise seeing that LC had dressed two additional windows with my illustrations. I did these sketches for their "Create & Inspire" mag and had no idea that they had used them in-store :)



In the mag they asked me: How would you like your work to inspire others?

"I like to create gourmet food for the eyes, rich in aesthetic gratification, with a dollop of delightfully sinful self indulgence on the side. Thus, I hope that I inspire others to pause every once in a while to appreciate the beautiful things in life, just because...."



And here is one more illustration I did just purely due to shoe lust (Louboutin, how I love thee)



Tx

The fruits of an incredible team, working incredibly hard:

Here's why Ive been in hiding...
Window displays at Lane Crawford, a luxury good department store here in HK. www.lanecrawford.com

This was for their SS11 launch of their new marketing initiative this year named 'Create & Inspire' where they have teamed up with a bunch of locally based artists for various projects.

Here's my work:

Stella McCartney
Catwalk Image:


Working Process:


Finished Piece:


In Store:



Alexander McQueen

Catwalk Image:


Working Process:


Finished Piece:


In Store:



Tx

Well, the year of the Rabbit is certainly living up to its rep, off to a flying start.. !

Kindly excuse my tardy blog behaviour, I have had my head down busting my ass to help organise an incredible event with the Clean Air Network (CAN), Hk's leading clean air NGO, to educate our residents about Hk's no 1 health crisis: Air Pollution.

I have learnt some horrifying and alarming facts about the air that we have no choice to breathe in this land that is home to us all. The CAN team are incredibly motivating and enthusiastic about tackling this cause, and I think it is an inspired idea to bring awareness of this issue to the public through some of HKs leading creative minds.

We have some incredible artists from HK, China and overseas contributing and you can check out all of the details here:

Website: www.cleanairauction.com.hk
Twitter: @cleanairauction
Facebook: clean air auction


About the Auction

You CAN make a difference. Learn more about how air pollution affects the health and livelihood of our city every day.

Did you know:

* Hong Kong’s air is three times more polluted than New York’s?
* Exposure to high levels of roadside air pollution increases blood viscosity within 20 minutes and heart rate within 2 hours?
* 2010’s roadside pollution was the worst in Hong Kong’s history?
* Air pollution sends approximately 20,000 people to the doctor a day?

Visit hongkongcan.org to understand more about how air pollution is actually Hong Kong’s biggest avoidable public health crisis. Then, support clean air by bidding on a lot in the Clean Air Auction.

The Clean Air Auction is the first environmental art exhibition and auction in Asia of its kind and is a Clean Air Network (CAN) fund raising initiative conducted with the generous support of Sotheby’s and BSI Investment Advisors (Hong Kong) Ltd.

The objectives are threefold:

* To raise funds for CAN’s research and educational projects
* To educate the public, including the artistic community, about the health impacts of Hong Kong’s air pollution by engaging the imaginations of leading artists on the issue, especially artists who call Hong Kong home
* To highlight the increasing influence of the environment as a theme in art and culture

The Auction will take place on April 4th and be showcased in a dedicated section of Sotheby’s Hong Kong Contemporary Asian Art Spring Auction 2011 art auctions at Hall 5, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. You can also bid online at sothebys.com.

On this website, you can view auction lots and see interviews and the biographies of participating artists and sponsors. Many of Hong Kong’s top artists have specially created work for the auction.

Clean Air Network is Hong Kong’s leading clean air NGO, dedicated to educating and mobilizing the public about the health impacts of air pollution. Find out more at hongkongcan.org.

Despite loathing Valentines day, I DO like to illustrate a holiday, sexy chickitas and being in love.
So here you go:

A recent portrait I did for my good friend Nish, who wants to be a glittery dinosaur fairy (we dont expect anyone else to get it...)

http://www.lostateminor.com/2011/01/26/tanya-bennett/

1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999

People born in the Year of the Rabbit are articulate, talented, and ambitious. They are virtuous, reserved, and have excellent taste. Rabbit people are admired, trusted, and are often financially lucky. They are fond of gossip but are tactful and generally kind. Rabbit people seldom lose their temper. They are clever at business and being conscientious, never back out of a contract. They would make good gamblers for they have the uncanny gift of choosing the right thing. However, they seldom gamble, as they are conservative and wise. They are most compatible with those born in the years of the Sheep, Pig, and Dog.

Of meeeeee

Watercolour, Ink, Photoshop

First new sketch of a new year...

First post of a new year! Mwah

Hooope you have a fantastic Christmas weekend.
Hugs
Tx

Recently poured some capital investment into a sparkly new mac - exciting technological tingles

For some UNKNOWN reason I also purchased a neon pink cover, so I now look like the owner of a sexy barbie robot.

I decided to head back to my Photoshop roots and produce a piece of shiny happy pop-art-esque sickeningly smiley beautiful people....

Doing a presentation of my latest paintings this evening at Speak Up! - Pics to follow.

Done a couple of add-in sketches for the slideshow I put together despite raging man-flu (the deadliest type of sniffles - symptoms: self pity and achey bones).

Will post the vid this week:

Some pics of the Ambassadors of Design Exhibition from the weekend.
Theme: Chair

Lots of work to achieve - check
Little time in which to complete it - check
Worlds best intentions to be SUPER WORKER BEE - check (I could honestly win a medal)
....
Finding immense volumes of other things to achieve instead of tackling your to-do list - CHECK uggghh!!!

I tell myself that I need to put pen to paper in order to get in THE ZONE (ala Britney) but if im playing truthsies then yes I am proactively seeking tasks to distract me. Im not lazy about this, in fact quite the opposite - never am I more motivated.
The house is spotless, those miscellaneous items on the noticeboard of 'boring shiz to sort out' done and dusted, and Im grocery shopping stocked to survive a bit of unforeseen nuclear war bunker time. (minus the bunker).

And thus:

Ink splaaat Doris
Ink, metallic spraypaint, waterspray bottles = my new obsession



Evening Gown Doris
It occurred to me that a) I never draw full length & b) I certainly never draw fully clothed!


Rodeo Doris
YeeeHah!