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Totes

2012-02-23T21:18:00.002-08:00

Each purchase of a Tote Bag now comes with a free hand-painted Gift Card (usually four bucks bro). There's a bunch to chose from, and if none of them take your fancy, you can make a request.

If you just want the bag for yourself, you can still have the gift card and I dare you to give it to a complete stranger, or the mayor, or a pirate.

Another day, another can

2012-02-23T21:15:00.003-08:00

Snug as a bum in a can.

2012-02-20T18:30:00.000-08:00

I've had a stack of crushed cans tucked away in a draw for years, waiting for a purpose. They're all roadkill, having been nicely flattened by oblivious drivers, and I figured they could be reincarnated as painting surfaces, or coasters, or something. So finally on Sunday I painted a face on one, with a gaping mouth where the drinking hole was. Then I decided to do lots more.

Here's the first four...

Greeting Cards in, Calendars out.

2012-02-20T18:23:00.000-08:00

Sold out of Wall Planners, but in their place there's now individually hand-painted cards. Also Tote Bags, the old faithful tea towels, and new artworks.

Totally Totes

2012-02-09T12:40:00.000-08:00

Island Bay Tote Bags in store, and at the Day In The Bay market (sunday 12th, Island Bay). $20 during the festival (11th-19th Feb), and $30 thereafter.

100% tough, natural, unbleached cotton. Not like on of those weak, sissy bags with corporate advertising on the side. This one's for heavy duty vegetables.

In other news... A pretty little beasty came in to dittybox and displayed itself in the window. Beautiful.

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2012-01-30T01:11:00.000-08:00

The NOTHING is slowly taking over my blogs. I made the mistake of deleting my old admin account, where the images were stored, so the bloggerbeast is slowly eating everything up. I'll either fix it, repost everything, or delete it all and start anew. Stay posted for more nothing.

when pencils fail, use paint.

2012-01-29T18:22:00.000-08:00

w.i.p

2012-01-29T16:39:00.001-08:00

a few doodles which will one day soon be paintings.

coming soon, to a tote bag...

2012-01-25T21:15:00.001-08:00

Wellington Apocalypse Series

2012-01-11T13:31:00.000-08:00

These two are available in store, hand-screenprinted with eco-inks on 220gsm art paper. They were drawn with brush and ink. click for a closer looksee.

Apocalypse Shmocalypse

2011-12-20T21:53:00.000-08:00

All out of tea towels again, but it's not the end of the world, because there's calendar/posters instead... and they're apocalypse themed. Available at dittybox. There's some new art prints too (also apocalyptic) in store, and landscapes, and mini paintings, and big ones, and dinosaurs. Little paintings of BIG dinosaurs over little cities.

Closed friday 23rd, reopening Jan 7th.

Happy new apocalypse, and joyeux Noel Mouldey.

Love Gavin.

Nunightseeyouinthemorning.

click for a better look...

Pat attack

2011-11-14T14:48:00.000-08:00

Patrick Cush's work will be coming down soon, so bowl up to the gallery before they're gone forever!

Here's some peeks, but 2d monitors don't do them justice. Nobody paints fat, textural paint like Patrick paints fat, textural paint.

click them for a bigger view.

Secret doo-doo

2011-11-14T14:04:00.000-08:00

It's a magical poop that grants wishes. Nobody's mentioned this in the gallery yet. perhaps it's too well hidden.

Tea towels sold out, made more, sold out, now more again...

2011-11-06T00:38:00.000-07:00

This batch is a big one, so should last a good while. Thanks to the fantastic Thomas The Screenprinter at Workshy in lovely Shelley Bay.
In store, come get one. I'll throw in the cute ribbon gratis.

more opening pics

2011-10-19T14:14:00.000-07:00

Mmm, seems this post was a victim to Gmork. I'll remedy it some time soon. Imagine lots of happy people looking at stuff.

opening squeeze

2011-10-18T12:30:00.000-07:00

I finished hanging and cleaning (and painting) the works about five minutes before five, just in time for the first early arrivers (Thanks for the bubbles and flower Bronny and family). Then had to awkwardly shuffle while others arrived as I waited for Rosie to bring down the food, drinks, and a change of clothes for me.

Thanks to everyone who came along, and listened to my awkward speech in which I forgot to thank everyone but Rosie. I meant to say how vital my Dad was in conceiving and building the sliding wall panels, along with the window display wall. Also, Hannah for helping on the day and evening, Bronny and Simon for their help and lending a painting and ladder, all the ladies of my family for coming from the wopwops to visit (Mum, Nana, Aunty, Cuzz, and Sis for washing up and bringing the boys), Siren for being a choice framer, Jono and Aaron for transporting food, Blue Belle for the pizza... And I did manage to thank Fabian and Pat for providing their art to help fill the gallery.

Here's some snaps...

dittymap

2011-10-16T20:52:00.000-07:00

I spent two nights drawing this intricate map of Island bay and the surrounding areas, then got it to Thomas at Artisan Screenprinters just in time to have 30 printed for the opening. 24hrs later and we're all out. So here they are, and were. More coming soon...

OPENING THIS SATURDAY

2011-10-09T14:00:00.000-07:00

Click the map for a closer looksee.

For Bronny and Simon, and Jack

2011-10-03T19:48:00.000-07:00

A couple of commissions from the Wellington coast. Oil on board...

And Acrylic on board...

Ka kite ano Stichbury

2011-09-13T18:47:00.000-07:00

I finally took the Stichbury signage down from the shopfront. If you want to know where Miss Stichbury has moved to, she's packed up all her gear and gone into cyberspace, like the Lawnmower Man. You can find her and her choice clothes at stichbury.com.

After some toing and froing over different tints of white paint, we got two coats done. One more to go today.

Clearing the cobwebs

2011-09-13T17:57:00.000-07:00

A dittybox is a small box used by seafarers to hold their keepsakes, small tools, and mementos.

After toying with the name "Elephand Vs Peanut", my partner Rosie and I decided on dittybox as the name for our gallery and studio in Island Bay. I've taken over the lease at 139 The Parade, now I just need to paint the walls, and put something on them. Rosie's knitting up a fluffy storm of tea coseys, and I'm getting messy with oil paints.

In the meantime, if anyone should stumble upon this blog and this post is still at the top, you can view some of my illustration and animation-design work at http://www.exitplanetwhom.blogspot.com

And for now, here's a dittybox erupting with as-yet-indefinable contents...