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Photo in Rolling Stone SA

Posted on: January 31, 2012

February 2012

Rolling Stone SA’s third issue is out now, and I’m really honoured and excited that one of my photos from last month’s Sublime Tribute Show appears on page 30:

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Rolling Stone SA’s February issue is out now – facebook

Posted in Photography
Tagged magazine, mercury, music, photography, print, published, rolling stone, ska, south african

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One Small Seed Selected Creatives 6

Posted on: January 25, 2012

January 2012

Some of my macro photos are featured in the current issue of One Small Seed magazine as one of the winners of their Selected Creatives Competition. I’m really happy and honoured to have been included and grateful to everyone who voted for me during that stage of the competition.

One Small Seed issue #24 is out now – read the feature over here.

Posted in Photography
Tagged butterfly, competition, macro, magazine, nature, one small seed, photography, print, published, selected creatives, south africa

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The Curious Incident (UK), Saintfearless & Jackal+Wolf at Mercury

Posted on: January 24, 2012

Saturday 21 January 2012

It’s a shame more people weren’t at Mercury last Saturday (even the bar staff showed up 45 minutes late) because The Curious Incident put on a great show, as did Saintfearless who have yet to disappoint.

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Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged cape town, guitars, international act, jackal+wolf, jumping musicians, long hair, mercury, music, photography, rock, saintfearless, weekends

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Year of the dragon

Posted on: January 23, 2012

23 Jan 2012 – 9 Feb 2013

I’ve always loved dragons, and have always been slightly peeved to have missed being born one by a few months…but I love snakes too, so it’s alright. Today marks both my 100th blog post and the start of the year of the dragon in the Chinese zodiac, so here’s an ink drawing of a Chinese dragon I did some years ago (and retouched recently).

Happy (Chinese) New Year, especially to all my dragon friends!

Posted in Art
Tagged art, celebrate, dragon, drawing, friends, ink, mythology, new year, wishes

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We Are Beautiful Losers 2 at A Word of Art in Woodstock

Posted on: January 19, 2012

Saturday 14 January 2012

The last ‘We Are beautiful Losers’ party at A Word of Art was fun, but really crowded and a bit claustrophobic. The second one was a vast improvement, with the stage outside and a super impressive line-up featuring Taxi Violence, KONGOS, Bateleur, Beatenberg, Beach Party and Black Handed Kites as well as loads of art on display inside.