Architectural Prints

Australia's highest selling non-fiction author, Peter Fitzsimons, has just released his latest book, "The Opera House" and the front cover features Architectural Print's drawing of the Opera House.
40,000 copies have been printed by publisher Hachette and are availalable now in bookstores.

I recently drew the Royal Adelaide Golf Clubhouse- a commissioned drawing that was given to a member as a gift......complete with cannon and yardarm flagpole.

Christmas Architectural Prints orders are now being received and drawings are being shipped to many places around the world, from Victoria, Australia, to Plzen (Pilsner) in the Czech Republic! Cheers.

The 'Boomerang' style home is an Aussie 1960's classic home. There is probably a Boomerang near you, sitting comfortably on a corner block, and you didn't even realize it!

Leonardo DiCaprio's production team got in touch with me earlier this year asking to use one of my drawings in their new 3-part History Channel documentry series titled 'The TitansThat Built America'. My drawing appears a number of times in eps 1 and 2, plus in the series trailer. This series can be streamed now at www.history.com/shows/the-titans-that-built-america

Another drawing completed for a happy Character Homes customer. This one is a classic Australian bungalow in Colonel Light Gardens.

DFAT have recently purchased Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge, and Australian Parliament House Architectural Prints to be displayed in the new Australian Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand.

Queen Anne style houses are a little bit more difficult to draw, but they turn out beautifully....

The 'Queen Anne' or 'Art Nouveau' house style was popular in Adelaide from around 1905 to 1918. This highly ornate style included features such as circular windows, elaborate timber detailing and turrets over corner bay windows. Here are some photos of a few Adelaide darlings that I have spotted recently.

Here are some photos of my drawings of St Agnes Church at Grange that won first prize in the Mary Mahony Griffin National Measured Drawing Competition. These drawings are now held in the National Archive in Canberra.

In Adelaide the Symmetrical Cottage was being built between approx 1860 to 1915. The Symmetrical (or Double Straight Fronted) Cottage is easily recognized by a central front door, a window either side, low main roof and a front verandah. The verandah roof styles vary from concave, convex and bullnose and may also feature a central gable. Here are some photos of cottages I spotted while walking around Goodwood and Forestville, plus a recently completed ink and pencil drawing.