Merry-go-round artists
The group of artists who have produced images for the cards have reflected on the theme of "earth- love". They are celebrating the beauty of the earth and reminding us of our own connection to it.
"When you go out there you don't get away from it all, you get back to it all. You come home to what's important. You come home to yourself." Peter Dombrovskis
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'The Miggy Tree' (detail) - Anna Walker
Illustration by Anna Walker for 'The MiggyTree' written by Karl Yeomans
Anna has illustrated a string of successful books including 'The Miggy Tree', 'Santa's Aussie Holiday', 'I Love to Dance' and 'Little Cat and the Big Red Bus'.
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Demian's Boat (detail) - Kia Maddock
We met Kia one day at Ceres Market and fell in love with this image. We're very happy that she agreed to reproduce it as a Merry-go-round card.
The Hug (detail) - Ann James
Ann James is well-known for her innovative, lively and humorous illustrations found in more than 40 picture books and novels. Ann is also a director of Books Illustrated, a centre devoted to the promotion of children's literature, in Melbourne, which she established in partnership with Ann Haddon.
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Frog (detail) - Rebecca McBurney
Waterfall fish (detail) - David McBurney
There is legend about a waterfall on the Yellow River called 'Dragon Gate'. If a fish can get through the rapids it will become a dragon and live in eternal happiness
Tree (detail) - Rebecca McBurney
Partridge (detail) - David McBurney
Turtle Doves (detail) - Rebecca and David McBurney
The Kiss (detail) - Ann James
Ann James is well-known for her innovative, lively and humorous illustrations found in more than 40 picture books and novels. Ann is also a director of Books Illustrated, a centre devoted to the promotion of children's literature, in Melbourne, which she established in partnership with Ann Haddon.
find out more about Ann James >
Earth-love Flamingos (detail) - Patricia Mullens
The brilliant pink Lesser Flamingo is adapted to breed on the alkaline soda lakes of east Africa. Patricia Mullins’ collage suggests this habitat while also capturing the humour and solidarity that humans observe in these exotic birds.
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“What’s on the menu today lettuce?” (detail) - Shirley Barber
Shirley Barber has written and illustrated more than 25 Fairy books which are known worldwide and translated into 15 languages. Her fairy tales delight children and grandmothers equally.
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The good ship 'This Way Up' (detail) - Roland Harvey
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive - Roland Harvey
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Tree-flower (detail) - Shaun Tan
These images were originally produced as part of an extended picture book, 'The Arrival', which is about an immigrant's experiences in a strange, fictional country. Here we see the passing of seasons is a way that is both familiar and strange, and more broadly relates to cycles of birth, life and death, and how those come to be accepted.
The Squiggly Garden (detail) - Stephen Michael King
Stephen Michael King's books are published throughout the world. He loves to draw, write and dream. You're welcome to visit him anytime at smkbooks.com
Time to go (detail) - Birgitte Hansen
The first 'earth-love' image from Birgitte. Thank you.
Birgitte Hansen lives and works as an artist in the Blue Mountains NSW. Click here to see more of Birgitte's work.
Slow-down (detail) - Richard Mackay
When you are old you can get away with a lot of things,
including advice from a tortoise.
It's only when I slow down that I see the finer, more beautiful details
of nature.
Thanks for letting me ride the merry go round,
rich.
Richard Mackay works and lives in Melbourne as a designer, artist and occasional dangerman.
Blossoms (detail) - Josh Robbins
Josh Robbins is an artist living and working inside the body of a highly awarded advertising creative in Melbourne.
Birds in the rain (detail) - Rebecca and David McBurney
This sketch was inspired by a bushwalk in the rain. The birds were perhaps little fluffy Eastern Grey Robins, stopping on a branch only for a moment ...
Earth-man (detail) - Paul McIntyre
Paul is a Melbourne artist and sculptor who can be regularly found on Sundays at the Esplanade market in St Kilda
Owls of the world (detail) - Darren Henderson
Owl’s have a presence in nearly all cultures throughout the world. They are markers of gods, knowledge, wisdom and fertility as well as death, famine and destruction. They are loved, feared, celebrated and even hated. Man ... it’s alot for the owl to bear. They deserve to be immortalised with enamel and shellac on mdf. - Darren Henderson.
Darren is a Melbourne artist who currently runs design studio Dirtygood and is a partner in The Autopsy Gallery.
