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‘We know what we want …’

Cartoons from the Alliance Building Day – Climate Impacted Communities Canberra Delegation – 25th March 2024, ‘For too long others have spoken on our behalf, or assumed what communities want and need.’ Preparation for the Advocacy Day on the 26th, ‘advocating in Parliament House for key asks that would improve the outcomes for climate impacted communities‘.

An alliance of: Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BSCA), Climate Action Network Australia (CANA), The Sunrise Project, The Grata Fund (re The Australian Climate Case), Sweltering Cities, Plan C, Reclaim Our Recovery and more!

Cheltenham Cemetery Stobie Pole Project …

The Cheltenham Cemetery Stobie Pole Project is engaging artists to paint the sides of stobie poles adjacent to the Cheltenham Cemetery with themes reflecting local history and figures buried in the cemetery. I have painted two sides.

One portrays Adelaide Miethke OBE, 1881 – 1962, an educator and teacher, initiator of the School of the Air, which used the existing Royal Flying Doctor Service radio network to connect teachers with students in remote and outback Australia.

The other side illustrates Henry Franson’s unfortunate death. He was head lighthouse keeper of the Wonga Shoal Lighthouse, marking the channel into Port Adelaide. At about 2.30 am on the 17th November 1912 the lighthouse was run into and destroyed by the sailing ship Dimsdale. Both lighthouse keepers drowned.

Adelaide Miethke and Henry Franson are buried in the Cheltenham Cemetery.

Chris Atekeka: puns and chuckles …

Chris Ategeka has created a book of one hundred ‘one-liner jokes to survive the Road Trip of Life‘.

Here is a small selection from the 100 cartoons that illustrate Chris’s witty thoughts -with a few words from the jokes added just to give you a taste of his humour. To read more you will have to buy Puns and Chuckles, One-liner Jokes to Survive the Road Trip of Life! And to discover the more serious side of Chris Ategeka’s work click here.

Changing the narrative …

Changing the narrative – artwork for the South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) Annual Report 2022-23.

Time Warp Tommy ….

Artwork for the cover of The Search for Time Warp Tommy, a new Moonglow Publishing book to be launched on November 26th.

Keeping on keeping on …

A few of the illustrations for Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living (RAIL) Research Centre, at Monash University.

Aids to maintaining independence – the example, to keep on gardening …

Working on positive pathways…

… to continue enjoying life!

Stories tell …

The Sydney International Storytelling Conference, June 2-4. Israeli-born Noa Baum gave the keynote presentation on how she is working on bridging the divide between Israelis and Palestinians. Listening with heart and mind, accepting dissonance and uncertainty.

And two days of moving stories, and workshops. These conferences are wonderful treats.

And three cartoons done after the event to illustrate Caroline Welkin’s piece about the conference for Fact and Fiction Magazine.

Venturing out …

Venturing Out is a book of ‘poems and portraits’ by Roger Rees, published by Moonglow Publishing. The background illustration for the cover and the pictures to introduce each section:

Cat’n’Mammoth: a story …

Read the complete story here !

Torture ISN’T Rights …

Cartoon illustrations for Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion‘s guide to the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture. Two earlier QAI illustrated guides can be seen here.