Derham Groves » Sketches

Street Art in Brunswick

derhamgroves — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:00:17 +0000

Paintings by Ping

derhamgroves — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:36:32 +0000

A Winter’s Day at Linton

derhamgroves — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:35:13 +0000

Our little mud hut at Linton has lots of gaps. Once we arrived to find a possum fast asleep in the loft. And on the last two visits a tiny bat had taken up residence beneath my old overcoat hanging behind the door (photo, bottom right). It’s warm and dark under there. Thankfully the kangaroos have stayed outside…so far.

Watercolour by the late Melbourne architect, Philip Sargeant

derhamgroves — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:46:46 +0000

Jerzy Faczynski

derhamgroves — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:29:10 +0000

Jerzy Faczynski (1917-1995) was a Polish architect who migrated to England in 1939. He is perhaps best remembered for writing Studies in Polish Architecture (1946) and designing St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Leyland (1964). He was also an inveterate scribbler and recently hundreds of his sketches have come on the market, often selling for only a couple of dollars apiece. Here are three delightful ‘post modern’ sketches by him.

Dr. Watson Holmes Jackamara

derhamgroves — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 09:34:04 +0000

Mudrooroo’s Aboriginal detective Dr. Watson Holmes Jackamara is one of the most interesting characters in Australian detective fiction. He is certainly a lot edgier than Arthur Upfield’s Aboriginal detective Napoleon Bonaparte, although Jackamara owes much to Bonaparte. Jackamara is the subject of an artist’s book that I’ve been working on for far too long now, which I must finish in 2008 (my first New Year’s resolution!). In Mudrooroo’s Christmas story ‘The Healer’ (1991) Jackamara dresses up as Santa Claus (very appropriate for Christmas Day!). Following are four of the seven little linocuts for the artist’s book Dr. Watson Holmes Jackamara (L-R: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Jackamara’s namesakes; Napoleon Bonaparte, Jackamara’s predecessor; Jakamara as Father Christmas; and the unnamed crooked Queensland businessman/politician in The Kwinkin by Mudrooroo):

Holmes & Watson (Linocuts)

derhamgroves — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:14:31 +0000

Hound of the Baskervilles Bookplate (Linocut)

derhamgroves — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:16:54 +0000

A Study in Scarlet (Linocuts)

derhamgroves — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:00:38 +0000

Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson-Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes meets Stephen Murray-Smith

The Sherlock Holmes Centre

derhamgroves — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:32:02 +0000