Shabby Apple

My favourite dresses are the kind reminiscent of something a pin-up girl or hollywood starlet would have worn in the 1950's. You know the type - Cinched waists, fitted skirts, divine fabrics and saucy necklines. The dress above is an illustration of a great dress by American vintage inspired label Shabby Apple, - which was so graciously gifted to me just in time for the christmas holidays. The Ski Bop dress is a most becoming red wine hue, (which matches my favourite lipstick), it hugs curves like an overzealous boyfriend and has a silky satiny lining which feels lovely on. Dita Von Teese, eat your heart out!


For more unique Women’s Dresses take a peek at www.shabbyapple.com.
or check out the Shabby Apple facebook page for promotions and discounts.
p.s. enter artbycaitlin10off at the checkout and get 10 percent off your order. Happy Holidays!

Grace & Audrey

A selection of portraits made especially for the Audrey Grace Boutique.
These also feature in the lookbook which i created for the store - which i'll be revealing more of within the week.

Breakfast at Tiffany's

My own interpretation of the apartment in the classic Audrey Hepburn film, Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Another painting for the Audrey Grace Boutique, which officially opens tomorrow!

moving house + starving artist = lotsa clothes for sale.
help a sister out, haha!

ebay!

The Version Suicides - The Grates + Whyte Fang

An EP cover for my gorgeous Brisbane buddies, the Grates!
Sydney producer Whyte Fang has put her own spin on the these tunes, and I in turn was asked to re-interpret the current album cover. I'm a bit obsessed with the moon, so ended up drawing a girl being worshipped by the moon cycle. Sparkly and Mysterious, she sits alone, casting spells.

(If my seventeen year old self would have known that one day i'd be doing cover art for these guys, i probably would've died.) They've been so supportive of my work and i thank them very much for such an awesome opportunity. love love love.

You can listen to the EP here.
And buy them on itunes here!

Runway paintings for Audrey Grace

Five Runway paintings which will be hung up (and for sale) in the Audrey Grace Boutique - which opens on the 17th of December in Jackson, Mississippi.

Audrey Grace Boutique 
Suite 900 
Lakeland Square Plaza 
1000 Lakeland Square Extension
 Jackson, MS, USA.

(here's an invite to the opening night party!)

http://www.audreygraceshop.blogspot.com/

Rainbow Chan / Sweet Tooth

An EP cover i designed for one of my gorgeous buddies, Rainbow Chan.
I think this girl is immensely talented and i love her to bits. Rainbow just travelled over to Iceland as the winner of the FBI Northern Lights competition, and had the amazing opportunity to play her glitchy sweethearted tunes over there. She also does an awesome cover of 'Lovefool' by the cardigans and is classically trained in choral singing, saxophone and piano!
(I also made a gig poster for Rainbow earlier in the year and hope to do some more exciting collaborations with her in 2012.)

Listen to sweet tooth here.
Visit Rainbow's bandcamp page.

p.s. Sydneysiders - come see her play at Flinders/Moonshakes this Tuesday night. You know you ought to. Party time.
Moonshakes @ Flinders event page

Elle Girl Korea

A Christmas card design created especially for Elle Girl Korea, which is published in their latest snowflake spangled issue. (My drawings get to travel more places than i! Korea! my gosh - I don't even have a passport!)

p.s. (would anyone be interested in this artwork as a big poster print? I'm thinking of getting some made up this weekend....)

Worn Fashion Journal

Two months ago i was asked to create some illustrations for the latest issue of Worn - an independent Canadian fashion Journal - for an article about window dressing through the decades. I got to work with some very lovely ladies (oh, what a sweet and stylish team!) and depicted the wacky decorating schemes dreamed up by Salvador Dali, Frank L. Baum and Simon Doonan.
You can buy a copy online if you wish to see more!
http://www.wornjournal.com/html/











and the Simon Doonan mannequin in it's original coloured form.

Today

Meet my new friend! It's a pocket mirror which is some kind of creepy animal (we cannot tell if it wants to be a rabbit or a dog or an amalgamation of the two). It also resembles a soft bun cake drizzled with chocolate. so squishy. Cutest thing in the world. Hope i don't eat it.
p.s. Last pic is a sneak peek of the book i illustrated, which you can also spy there on my desk. Can anyone guess what it's for, before i give away the secret?

Zerohour Doom & Glamour

Here is a record cover i designed (maybe over a year ago!) for Australian label Zerohour Doom & Glamour. It's for a 7" called Secrets of the World, which is pressed on nice white vinyl. The sleeve is adorned with spidery fonts and nymph-ish ladies with an abundance of tangly black locks. 
Tunes by Jackie Ransom, Luster and Beta Evers are what you'll hear if you give this baby a spin.

Thanks to Aaron VIII for the awesome project.
http://www.zerohour.com.au/

Always looking at the moon

Style Icons

Five portraits of style icons through the ages - Kate Moss, Elizabeth Taylor, Ali McGraw, Coco Chanel, Katharine Hepburn. Made especially for the Audrey Grace Boutique, a pop-up shop in Jackson, Mississippi.  These will be hung up in the boutique and are available to buy.

I've been doing alot of work for Jaclyn Bethany, the creator of Audrey Grace, and seeing as the shop opens in late december, i can finally begin to reveal some of it. (I've literally spent weeks drawing girls in gorgeous dresses for a very special project which i'm very, very excited to reveal soon.)
Being able to create work around one of my obsessions (The Golden age of Hollywood) has been the biggest treat this year. I've also tried something new - adding white highlights with a gel pen.

Follow the Audrey Grace blog for info about the boutique, classic inspiration and interviews with a multitude of talented ladies.