2021 Artwork
A visual overview of all of my major artworks from 2021, with links to my relevant blogposts to learn more about that particular artwork.
Q1
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16 Feb 2021
Bishop Stumbers: Lost Memes – Ash Wednesday Bishops Stumbers response to the COVID guidlines around the distribution of ashes for Ash Wednesday (2021). Read Blogpost |
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2 Mar 2021
Percy Possum #3: Koala Fart Gerald might have been indulging a bit too freely on the old eucalyptus leaves... |
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3 Mar 2021
Most Chaste Heart of St Joseph, 2021 |
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13 Mar 2021
Pope Francis, 8th Anniversary of Election to the Papacy, 2021 A felt–tip ink pen and Copic marker illustration. |
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17 Mar 2021
Bishop Stumbers: St Patrick's Day – 50th Birthday Not necessarily how the Bishop may have wanted to commemorate his birthday. |
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19 Mar 2021
Reunion — Year of St Joseph, 2021 Based on a poem about Christ going into the "underworld" of souls waiting for the Gates of Heaven to open once more, after his crucifixion and death, but before his resurrection, and a meeting with his father on earth, St Joseph. By my own admission, this picture could've been clearer to the view and far less cluttered with random squiggles and ill–defined forms. Especially when considering those with less than perfect eyesight viewing it. |
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30 Mar 2021
South Maitland Railways 10 Class steam locomotive |
Q2
20 Apr 2021
Christ Pantocrator Scanned from the pages of my sketchbook. |
1 May 2021
Year of St Joseph: Birth of Jesus |
4 May 2021
Blossum Tram A fanciful 'doodle' I put together in Adobe Photoshop after possibly a large amount of art videos from creator in Japan. |
17–26 May 2021
St Pope Paul VI Painted as a ordination gift for a friend who was ordained to the priesthood in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, Australia. |
Q3
25–27 Jul 2021
St Charbel Makhlouf, O.L.M. |
12 Aug 2021
Pentecost 2021 Taken from my sketchbook. |
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23 Sept 2021
St Pius of Pietrelcina, "Padre Pio" |
Q4
5 Oct 2021
St Faustina Kowalska O.L.M. |
6 Oct 2021
St Bruno of Cologne "Memento Mori" ~ Remember that You [have to] Die. |
7 Oct 2021
Our Lady of Lepanto + Pope Pius V CATHOLInktober 2021 Prompt: "Title of Our Lady". |
9 Oct 2021
St John Henry Newman |
10–11 Oct 2021
St Pope John XXIII The smilling Pope. |
21–22 Oct 2021
'Totus Tuus' ~ St Pope John Paul II 'Totally yours (Mother Mary).' Based on a photograph from Pope Joh Paul II opening the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. |
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23 Oct 2021
Pope Leo XIII |
3 Nov 2021
St Cecilia |
4–5 Nov 2021
St Charles de Foucauld |
12 Nov 2021
Orinoco Womble ~ Fan Art "Underground, overground, Wombling free!" A watercolour illustration that I put together after a slight binge on YouTube of the original The Wombles from 1973, with narration and voices by the late Bernard Cribbins. Growing up I only ever knew of the second The Wombles series from the late 1990s, which was made in Canada with a full voice cast. |
15-18 Nov 2021
Gilbert Keith Chesterton Writer, essayist, razor wit, and creator of the unassuming detective: Fr Brown. |
19–20 Nov 2021
St Katherine Drexel, S.B.S. |
23–24 Nov 2021
St Andrew Dũng-Lạc My first version of this famous Vietnamese saint, but on reflection I wish I hadn't limited myself with only red and grey watercolour. The skin tone would have been far truer if I'd used yellow as well—and put more effort into the companion martyrs behind him. In any case, I was able to revisit this saint in 2023 and give a far better and, hopefully, more accurate representation of him (see 2023 version). |
27 Nov 2021
Anti-Euthanasia, 2021
Original Social Media Post:
“Life is precious, even if it contains suffering. Life comes from God & returns to God. That's what happens whether we accept it or not. Life begins at God's say so, and ends at His say so. It is a mystery of mercy, and no one and no state has the authority to interfere with His timing of our lives.”
Anti-Euthanasia, 2021
Original Social Media Post:
“Life is precious, even if it contains suffering. Life comes from God & returns to God. That's what happens whether we accept it or not. Life begins at God's say so, and ends at His say so. It is a mystery of mercy, and no one and no state has the authority to interfere with His timing of our lives.”
27 Nov – 2 Dec 2021
St Scholastica Twin sister of St Benedict of Nursia. She is traditionally regarded as the founder of the Benedictine nuns. |
27 Nov – 6 Dec 2021
St John Eudes, C.I.M. |
13 Dec 2021
St John Bosco, S.D.B. |
15 Dec 2021
St Monica The long suffering mother of St Augustine (of Hippo) before his conversion to Christ. A powerful intercessor for all those praying for family members who have fallen away or never known Christ Jesus. |
27 Nov – 17 Dec 2021
St Vincent de Paul, C.M. |
17–18 Dec 2021
St Margaret Clitherow "the Pearl of York" She is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. |
21 Nov – 21 Dec 2021
St George of Lydda Yes, that St George. The one who was made Patron Saint of England during the Crusades. He is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Lydda (current day Lod) is in Israel, located between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. |
19–21 Dec 2021
St Miguel Febres Cordero, F.S.C |
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22 Dec 2021
St Philip Neri (2021) Founder of the Oratorians and originated the pilgrimage to the Seven Churches in Rome. He was widely known for his humility, shaving off half of his beard on one occasion. But he had a red-hot temper that he constantly prayed to God about, and which God responded to with many tests; not all of which he passed through without his temper getting the better of him. It was a life-long road to sanctification for St Philip Neri. |
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25 Dec 2021
Bishop Stumbers: Missing Christmas Mitre Something sweet (and simple) to end the year on. |