Photos from my Treasure Island solo exhibition

Here are some shots from the opening night of my solo exhibition Treasure Island a couple of weeks ago at Blacklisted Gallery in Sydney's Surry Hills.

Opening night of a solo art exhibition with guests viewing framed drawings on dark gallery walls
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Rob McWhinnie Custom Downhill Skateboard Helmet

The speed demon Rob McWhinnie hit me up about putting some new ink on his stark white downhill helmet. 
I  was keen to get some video action of this daredevil screaming down mountains, and pulling elegant, high speed turns. 
I liked trying out a new surface, the curves were a challenge, and keeping the stripes straight was a tricky challenge. 

Cheers to my friend Azure Mysterious for the photography. 

Hand-painted white helmet featuring a stylized skull with smaller skulls in its eyes and trailing speed lines
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Treasure Island, UD3 Solo Exhibition

Step on board the good ship Black Penny on Tuesday July First and join us as we christen the ship, raise the anchor and set sail on a one week adventure to Treasure Island. 

It's a place where creatures are crafted from the detritus of discarded items. You might have to dig out a seeing glass to spot all the hidden treasures... I'm presenting a new body of fresh inky work inspired by the throwaway culture which created the pacific garbage patch. 
The show will be featuring the debut of UD3's non-patented Find-A-Thing™ technology.

Feat Noisonous spinning the Vinyl to keep the mutiny at bay.

Drink sponsors will be involved so get yer selves in to Blacklisted Gallery for some truly black ink work and good times.

Hand-drawn exhibition poster for 'Treasure Island A Solo Show by Sam Shennan' with ornate, varied typography
Intricate ink drawing of a coiled snake with psychedelic patterns, bold lines, and dripping details

One of the finished pieces, the sea snake.

Intricate black and white ink drawing of a surreal rabbit formed from objects, with "50 PIECE" lettering

Making Progress on this cute little rabbit. 

Intricate ink drawing of a cassowary formed from trash and everyday objects, with a vibrant blue and red neck
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First Inked Tattoo Design

I'm stoked to see my first UD3 design inked into a human. The friendly polish Jan volunteered his torso to go into the studio and get tattooed. Just to be clear, I had no involvement in the actual application of the design. 
He was stoked, and I'm very happy to reveal this one. 

Psychedelic cicada tattoo with bold line work, green, purple, and multiple eyes
Black and white tattoo design of a psychedelic cicada with intricate symmetrical patterns and multiple eyes
Bold line cicada tattoo with purple wings and green details on a person's chest
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Gabriel Coffee x Work-Shop Spray day →

Found this old video from last year. The guys from Work-Shop and Gabriel Coffee set up an awesome warehouse spray day. Lots of paint, food, drinks and of course coffee were consumed. It was great to meet so many artists and have a paint with them. 

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Mural of a grinning coffee pot with large, dripping eyes, long red tongue, and a small smiling coffee cup
Aerosol mural of a grinning coffee pot with coffee cup eyes, dripping coffee, a running milk carton, and coffee beans
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Painted this observant spaceman live at an event last night.

The first Slurry Hills Open Deck Sesh kicked off last night in Sydney. Its a place for vinyl Djs to come out of the woodwork and ix it up for a crowd at a cool inner city garage studio. I will be doing this wall monthly on the night of the event. 
 

Mural of a psychedelic oval of stacked eyes with a floating spaceman on a dark, cosmic background
Psychedelic mural of overlapping orange eyes with bold black outlines
Graffiti spray paint mural of multiple orange eyes and a robotic spaceman's helmet and hand
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Work-Shop Makery Meet-a-maker session

Yesterday I had a great time hanging out with Eryn at the Makery while I worked on a new piece. 
This illustration of a snake contains 50 hidden treasures. I'll have the list included in the final finished work. I have a bunch of other gear stashed in this heaps good store on Oxford St. Head in and have a rifle through my stuff. 

Psychedelic ink drawing of a coiled snake filled with intricate objects, dripping lines, and orange accents

My snaky treasure hunt piece in progress. I've hidden 50 unique items within it's drippy scales.

Shop window display of framed psychedelic prints, graphic t-shirts, and a painted skateboard

This is my very dense display at the shop.

A top shot with an iPhone rolled by and took this great photo of me in action through the window.

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Printing up some fresh new packaging stickers.

New circular stickers being made for my print packaging.

Circular black and white graphic design sticker with artist's name, "inky fingers" slogan, social icons, and website
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