A little write-up on my Illustration agents - International Rescue- blog.

THANK YOU, International Rescue !

International Rescue represent me for illustration jobs... They are lovely folks, and their blog and the other artists on their roster are worth browsing any time.


"Artists and musician’s have a long history of creating kick-ass culture-defining album covers. Think Storm Thorgerson and Pink Floyd, Warhol and the Velvet Underground, Peter Blake and The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s. And that’s just that era. Closer to home, the collaboration between illustrator Sarah Larnach and Ladyhawke has been bubbling away with Sarah’s most recognizable work being the Ford Thunderbird traveling down a watercoloured desert road in 2008′s My Delerium video. That is until now. Sarah Larnach gave us the lowdown on how the two have been at it again."

.... read the rest over at the International Rescue blog!

The first Ladyhawke- ANXIETY single is... BLACK WHITE AND BLUE

And this is the artwork for it!

Our photoshoot for the painting was done with all the technical sophistication of the mac 'photobooth'. ... not dissimilar to the photoshoot for the Magic singles from her last album, which we did on photobooth and skype chat while on opposite sides of the globe. Pip is holding an old Agfa Click in this image, and this alludes to the theme of the music video for Black,White And Blue. The video and indeed the single will be release February 19th (I think...), but in the mean time there are some sneaky live performances on youtube yo can check out.

New Ladyhawke artwork for ANXIETY

Wow, this has been so long on the burner that I really forgot to post about the artwork as soon as it was released in December - the artwork and album title that is, the album comes out in March (pre-order it here).



I am very proud of the artwork I did for the Ladyhawke official website too... getting my head around the design requirements was the tough part, but then what the brain and hand spewed forth were a surprising success.

At the moment im busting a gut to get the album package finished... there are a few more original bits and pieces to adorn that of course, which should have been done weeks ago... but summer holidays in New Zealand took priority!

But for now, up the top is a look at the cover of the new Ladyhawke album - 'Anxiety'.
...and here is the cover artwork, uncropped and in its original state!

Best Art Vinyl 2011 - Liam Finn "FOMO"

There was a competition who nominated my album artwork for Liam Finn's "FOMO". I ended up in 11th place. Thanks to all the voters!

INTERVIEW on Coup De Main!

...appeared a this year and slipped my 'must post on the blog' rader. without further ado....

SARAH LARNACH - profile!
Written by Sian Haydon
Wednesday, 09 March 2011 16:18


Her watercolour paintings are a little bit gritty, a little bit cheeky, and intriguingly beautiful. No matter what words I use to describe her work, visual artist SARAH LARNACH is a true artistic genius!

I'm sure you've probably caught yourself looking at her illustrations before, for example: LADYHAWKE's album and singles covers, as well as featuring in the music video for 'My Delirium'. Scrolling through her blog, I find the rest of Larnach's work really mesmerizing, including a seriously cool Halloween costume from last year.

After spending a few years in the land of Oz, the talented Larnach has returned to the place she calls home, right here in little old New Zealand! Upon discovering this little piece of information, I think I will now proceed to stalk her. Who wouldn't? She loves dinosaurs...

COUP DE MAIN: Was art and illustration always something you wanted to pursue as a career?
SARAH LARNACH: Yes. I wanted to be an artist when I was young, but my mum, an artist, made me promise not to be one. I wasn't aware of creative jobs growing up, so I didn't really look into anything else in 'the arts'. Consequently, I was pretty lost when I left school and after much trial and error and time wasted, I found myself at art school in my twenties - it felt really good to excel at something, so I kept going. After that, 'work' just kept finding me; exhibitions, my work with Ladyhawke, the support of a patron (Element skateboards, through their Eden advocates programme), an agent (International Rescue)... and now the galleries are getting fancier, and the album art requests keep coming, and I'm feeling very lucky to have this as my job. BUT if this art thing doesn't work out, I'm going to study paleontology and hypothesize new visions of how dinosaurs might have appeared, because there are some details we will never know for sure.


SEE THE REST IN THE ACTUAL INTERVIEW HERE!

Fleet Foxes cover for VOLUME mag

A few weeks ago I was asked if I'd like to do a cover for a new music publicaion - VOLUME magazine. Of course I said "sure thing" and then as these things happen, on Wednsday of last week a got a phone call "So, how about doing a Fleet Foxes image for us... and we need it in 5 days time".


Long story short; I did it. I'm pooped. This kind of thing usually takes me two weeks. The magazine went to print 12 hours after the painting was finished. and if youre in New Zealand you can get a copy. if youre elsewhere, you can look at the issue online-
Volume Magazine Issue 4

There's some interesting info in the editor's spiel, especially if you're a Ladyhawke fan

.....and I also painted the cabin interior-the background in the Fleet Foxes feature.


(a little note- if yo have any private commision enquiries, email me. If you have any commercial commissions, my terrific agent Hannah at International Rescue is the go - hannah@internationalrescue.com)

Prints available...

The LIFE print show for charity (I posted about it earlier in the year) still has a few prints available. THey can be purchased online from The Print Club (link below) and are beautiful, archival quality prints. As well as my own work there are pieces by such awesome Australians as Kareena Zerefos, Beatstman, Jeremyville and Reg Mombassa.

LIFE prints available form THE PRINT CLUB LONDON

Go on, have a look- see!

Giant Moa Has A Giant Wishbone -painting, being auctioned online for charity

Christchurch, New Zealand, suffered some devastating earthquakes earlier this year. And now its freezing with the worst winter storms in 70 years. People still need charity down there, and my painting is being auctioned to help out! please take a look and maybe bid! (Watercolour and gold ink on 600gsm paper. 39cm wide x 56cm high)

The giant moa has been extinct for about 250 years, but these massive birds were once the worlds largest. I've painted this moa in the style of a museum taxidermy guide, for my Wonder Cabinet (Wunderkammer) series. This is the first original piece in this series to go up for sale.*
The special detail in this painting is the wishbone (which would be about 50cm tall on a Moa) - symbolically painted in gold, for hope and good wishes.

You can bid on it here. If youre not in NZ or Australia, you may need to make up a New Zealand address to register on the site, but since I'm posting it directly, the winning bidder can give me their real address anywhere in the world.


*The print 'We've Come A Long Way, Baby' for sale in London, see earlier posts, is in this series.

Album cover for THE SAMI SISTERS

How did i not post about this already? i must be crazy in the coconut. This album cover art consumed a few hectic hermit weeks of my life, and then I spent all of July dreaming the songs from the album- its that catchy.
So, without further ado-
The Sami Sisters 'Happy Heartbreak'
available as download or physical from Bandcamp or try Amplifier

Club Mumble, you should look there

And good man, Andy Murphy, gave me a little write up there today. woo hoo!
CLUB MUMBLE!

"We've Come A Long Way, Baby' available from The Print Club London site NOW!

Okey! This print, 'We've Come A Long Way, Baby' is now available to order from the Print Club London site. Thanks everyone for your enquiries and patience.
I drew the original a few months back specifically for the LIFE exhibition which opened in London on Friday. Those are dinosaurs and Pterodactyls in the picture, hanging out at the birth of a new volcano. I've likely got my mesozoic eras mixed up, but hey, it's not from a photographic reference

Its about £50, edition of 20, and is on beautiful creamy paper to match the style of the image.
direct link-
The Print Club London shop

LIFE - exhibition - opens JULY 1 - LONDON

Lets just say youre in London... you should go to this opening on July 1st! I wont be there (i'm under house arrest in my studio until i finish the new Ladyhawke album cover)... but you can buy a VERY WELL PRICED print of mine, or one from a slew of Australian talents being showcased there.
The show is for the RED charity.



This is my print. It would look very nice in museum framing (oak wood?) next to your collection of fossils and antique book plates. Yes, OK, I drew it with the idea of framing it in oak and displaying it next to MY collection of fossils and book plates. It's from my current series, 'Wonderkammer'.
... here it is at home.



Buy directly from The Print Club.
Not sure of the cost, but as an approximate, its about Aus$97 to purchase and ship to Australia, so should be about 100 US$ and a bit cheaper in Europe. Thats bloody good actually.
email info@printclublondon.com to get one!

A Special Commission

Here is a commission that i finished a few weeks ago and didn't want to post until the recipient received it.
It was commissioned by Nigel Margetts, who easily has one of the largest private collections of my work.
Today is an especially good day for me to post this new picture, because i believe it is also his birthday, so...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIGEL!

LIFE exhibition in London in July

This is a great print show happening in London in july! my picture is all prehistoric and is part of the Wunderkammer I Series that covers almost all of my current work. (see bottom of this post for a taste of this peice)



THE EXHIBITION
www.heapsgood.co.uk/life
Life is the debut UK exhibition curated by Heaps Good, showcasing 19 of Australia’s leading emerging and established artists with the aim of raising funds and awareness for (RED).
On show between 1st – 6th July at East Gallery, London – this groundbreaking exhibition features work from artists:
JEREMYVILLE / WE BUY YOUR KIDS / JONATHAN ZAWADA / REG MOMBASSA EAMO DONNELLY / KAREENA ZEREFOS / TIMBA SMITS / SARAH LARNACH / LILLY PIRI BEN BROWN / RILLA ALEXANDER / ALTER / BEASTMAN / JAMES GULLIVER / NUMSKULL KATE BANAZI / EXPIALIDOCIOUS / JAMES KAPE / JAMES MCNAMARA
This diverse group covers a wide range of Australian visual creativity and even brings in some old faces of uniquely important aesthetics from Australia.
Each artist has created a two-colour screen printed poster (one colour being red) to the theme of ‘Life’. These come in an edition of 20 that are screenprinted on GF Smith Colorplan paper with Australian Permaset ink at The Print Club London. Each print will be for sale unframed for £50, making this a very accessible and affordable exhibition. A signed certificate from the artist will accompany each work for authetication.
Through Life – Heaps Good aim to raise awareness and funds for (RED). (RED) works with the world’s most iconic brands to make unique product items, giving up to 50 percent of their profits to invest in HIV and AIDS programs. Every dollar goes straight to the people who need it. www.joinred.com Profits after expenses from each artwork in Life will go to (RED).
For those who would like to donate to (RED) privately, go to: http://bit.ly/E7r6Z Life is produced at and co-curated by Print Club London. www.printclublondon.com
OPENING: 5pm, July 1 2011 East Gallery
214 Brick Lane, London, E1 6SA United Kingdom www.eastgallery.co.uk
Quality Australian wine will be provided at the opening thanks to Penfolds.
Heaps Good promotes and connects Australian creativity in the UK. To find out more go to www.heapsgood.co.uk

THE EXHIBITION
Print Club London: Facilitating production and co-curating the show Australian INFront: Online media sponsor www.australianinfront.com.au GF Smith: Paper from Colorplan range, supplied by GF Smith Permaset: Inks provided by Australian brand
Penfolds: Sampling Australian wine on opening night.

Story Magazine is really terrific!

...i took part in their disposable cameras around the world project - and there's heaps of more interesting stuff in there too!
Story Magazine is a new arts and culture ["raw creative exploration"] magazine being produced in the UK, by two New Zealand ... 'do-ers' (?) . Is that what you call them? people who are always 'doing' great things?
At any rate, great things are expected from this new publication, and given the quality of this first issue, couple with the reputations behind it, I would expect nothing less than a runaway success.

The first issue is available in digital now, and out in paper in the next week i believe.

Its nice to know people are blogging my work, even if im not!

Its been a while between blog posts for me! Someone out there is picking up the slack in blog land though- Here is PARTFALIAZ, a blog where they showcase other people portfolis. Cool idea, huh! I believe they grabbed mine from my illustration Agents page; http://www.internationalrescue.com/... where you can also see some great portfolios.

Lost painting!

I don't know where this painting is. Lost, i guess. shit.

May 2011 Amendment- Found It. It was hanging out (but not hanging... i assume) at Monster Children H.Q. the whole time.

tattoos

Today I was delighted to get and email from Pan Dizajn who has had a My Delirium tattoo in my Ladyhawke font permenantly added to his body! wonderful!

I dont think I have shown these other tattoos in my blog before, so here is one that the Newcastle (England) tattooist, Martin, sent me of one of my wolves-

...and this is the first one i ever saw. I'm sorry but I was sent the photo 2 or 3 years ago on Myspace, and i cant recall the name of the recipient,thought i think it was in the South-West U.S.A. somewhere.


Are there any more? i wonder.

Muraling for Element

Element Advocates paint at “Happy Tree” from ELEMENT SKATEBOARDS on Vimeo.

We Element advocates painted a mural in Sydney last year. Here's some footage featuring my feetage. Later I gave by buddy Andy Murphy a tattoo of a bee on his knee... look here.
Also starring Andy Murphy, Kareena Zerefos, Beastman, Brett Chan, and others...

For the love of the sea, and World Wildlife Fund!

WWF, or The World Wildlife Fund, is doing a bit of a campaign to get New Zealanders to think about how important our ocean is to us. A few well-known kiwis have lent their faces or art skills to the cause, and in my case, I once again painted my good buddy Pip Brown/Ladyhawke! If you're here on the shaky isles, keep an eye out for the rest of the series; Otis and Dick Frizzell have portrayed one another, and Anna Paquin and Bill Manhire have their mugs out too.
Oh! and this is all to kick-off a WWF competition for creatives to show their love of the ocean, so if you are an arty NZ resident, you can win some stuff!

Well i didnt have a link in time for Christmas, but here they are now... Pillows and Tea Towels!

Tea towels and cushion covers!



Get some at ESTHER DIAMOND !

thanks x

Beam Me Up, Hottie

For the Element group show- THE HAPPY TREE at Monster Children Gallery. Opened Nov 4th in Sydney Australia.


The painting is layered in 3D and has a moving pop up- the UFO moves up and down 15cm, rising from behind the trees to where you see it in the image above.

Here's my Halloween Costume!

From Duct Tape, a tarpaulin, cardboard and a cask of wine... I became a giant GOONBAG!
(A 'goodbag' is term used in aussie and new zealand, and other places, for the bladder in a trashy cask of wine...)


Actual working wine pouring parts. Yes.

Interview on Sick Of The Radio online mag

"Visual artist, Sarah Larnach, may be most commonly associated with her friend and collaborator, Ladyhawke, but there’s more to her than making Ladyhawke look hot while driving off a cliff. We talk to Sarah about love, music, future projects, boobs… oh, yeah, and her incredible art, too."
GO to Sick Of The Radio to see the interview...

My work featured on Sleevage; my favourite album cover artwork site.

What fortunate timing. the day after I arrived in New Zealand to work with Ladyhawke on the aesthetics for her new album, Sleevage featured the artwork for her last album and singles.
And right when i needed a little morale boost, too. Thanks Sleevage!

WORKS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE

'Horse Babe From Newcastle' 2010, Price $1400.
Watercolour and ink on paper.
77.5cm x 56 cm /89cm x 69cm in frame.

Contact Joseph Allen Shea joseph@galleryas.com.au






[right]'Hall Of European Birds', 2009, $600.
Both Watercolour and ink on paper,
38cm x 28 cm /51.5 x 42cm in frame.
Contact Joseph Allen Shea: joseph@galleryas.com.au
please disregard watermark






'Genevieve Two, Sydney, 2009' 2009, Price NZD$1400.
Watercolour and ink on paper,
77.5cm x 56 cm /89cm x 69cm in frame.
Contact ... me directly. Email address is at top of the page

OLD TIMES / NEW WORK sarah larnach and tim chapman exhibition! opens this week!

Show opens this Thursday may 27th at sydney's Monster Children gallery. I have TEN pieces in this show. yeowsers.




Some exhibition pieces (L to R)- Horse Babe From Newcastle, Space Raccoon, Totem Elephant Trophy.
contact Joe at Monster Children Gallery with any enquiries

NEW- Interview in ProDesign Magazine!

...it's a pretty nice interview!

thanks for reading x

Cats, wolves, butts and beer… and Lady­hawke… and T-shirts for Haiti. Illus­trator Sarah Lar­nach shares some thoughts on her pro­fes­sion. From ProDesign 106 with addi­tional images.

ProDesign \\ Sarah, how did you get into illus­tra­tion?
Sarah Lar­nach \\ Two years ago I found myself sim­ul­tan­eously mak­ing ‘fan art’ por­traits for a book by Amanda Max­well, and embark­ing on the My Deli­rium Video for Lady­hawke. It didn’t occur to me that these were ‘illus­tra­tion jobs’, per­haps because they were col­lab­or­at­ive, rather than being cli­ent ini­ti­ated. The dir­ect­ors on the ‘My Deli­rium’ video for Lady­hawke had a back­ground in illus­tra­tion, and work­ing with them showed me that there was more to illus­tra­tion than I was aware of. In Lon­don on that pro­ject, it seemed like every­day I was being asked what agency I was with, and what other jobs I had done. Illus­tra­tion wasn’t some­thing I had really thought about, but it reached out and grabbed me by the throat....

READ MORE AND SEE THE WHOLE FEATURE AT PRODESIGN ONLINE

THE COOL LIST- Cleo Magazine- april 2010

Dead Weather Tee

Tee for the recent Dead Weather tour!

The Becks bottles

After much ado... I have some images of the Becks bottles, and related advertising, I did last year. Of course, if you were in the UK, you couldnt have avoided them for the last months of last year.








Im only claiming credit for the two on the left!