Home Grown - Mr Hass

A man tends to the foliage upon his indoor plant stand.

A man adds to the foliage of his indoor plant stand.

Home Grown

(2021) Personal work [self-directed learning]

After years of stagnation, there has been a revival in the market for houseplants, a trend which many attribute to the health and wellness mindset. In a postdigital world, indoor plants offer a tangible way to connect with nature.

A note whistled from Posterboy becomes a convenient perch for his feathered companion Lapi.

With a chisel-tip marker, a young girl pulls a line of red ink across the surface of an A4 drawing pad.

With an oboe held diagonally across her body, a young girl in a long red dress is poised to play. Illustrated poster artwork for World Music Day.

Lit by a warm glow, Posterboy wields the paste drenched brush he uses for hanging up his posters.

A floral assortment emerges from an artist's palette and paint brushes.

The creative thoughts of a young girl are augmented by the circuitry of an AI neural network.

With crayons in hand, a young girl uses an upright easel and canvas to draw a large picture of herself.

Tucked in the beak of a bewildered homing bird, a hand-written list is flown through the air

Masked and with his typical whistle, Posterboy brushes a wall with paste ready to hang up his printed posters.

A mallard stands poised in high heels and accessories.

Sat amid the trees in his pull wagon, Posterboy uses traditional mark-making tools to draw up the new artwork to be hung.

With corresponding eyewear and clothing print, three young kids embrace their chosen screen colours; red, green and blue

An anthropomorphised tree stands smiling with red leaves abloom

A rooster stood upon the screen of an upturned smartphone crows in the dawn light.

J Card design for the Posterboy Mixtape

A spectacled character with a back-turned cap holds up a giant computer pointer, arguably the most active icon in visual communication online.

A polar bear drifts upon a floe of ice.

An array of herbs and vegetables are sent flying from the colander of a headless chef.

A giant fish is cradled by an astonished fisherman.

A man tends to the foliage upon his indoor plant stand.

An infantry soldier with a warped combat helmet becomes the subject of a paper craft cutting

A tall man with a bucket of white paint brushes a smiley face onto an open A-board.

An infant learns to play the xylophone.

A double bass player taps on computer keys that lay where his bass strings would ordinarily be found.

Emerging from silhouette, the hands of a man are entwined in the chain of a swinging pocket watch.