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A flash of inspiration

Unusual boy and an unusual set produce for the JUTE theatre company Cairns Queensland. Constructed from cardboard to support the storyline.

Set construction by Darren Merchant for the Scottish Play

The Scottish play (shhh…)

A deceptively simple looking set but with multiple uses put together for the local adaptation of Shakespear’s classic play that we can not mention here.

An outback experience indoors

“Halfway There” shown in the JUTE Theatre in Cairns (Queensland) in 2009. Hard times in the middle of no where.

Isolation - an drawn image by Darren Merchant

So utterly alone…

Number 1 of a triptych, depicting different points of isolation.  Displayed in an exhibition in Cairns QLD as part of an The Upholstery organised initiative  called “EX”.

Here and now

After a lengthy trip overseas to many an exotic country I have returned to my home in Cairns. Well not actually to my home because I don’t currently have one but I consider Cairns to be my home and for now thats good enough. I wandered through endless galleries and saw innumerable master pieces. I […]

The Blunt Edge 2010

Subject: Jane Heraghty, Medium: Lino cut print, 2 colours & mixed media The Blunt Edge Michelangelo Award winner for best 3D art

Useful and attractive

Building furniture that is both aesthetically pleasing and functional fulfils both my artistic and practical desires.

MMMetonyms

The first one was a series of 5 posters called “MMMetonyms”. Developed by taking the McDonalds golden arches symbol and reproducing it and added words that rather unflatteringly depicted my view of the McDonalds business empires activities. The words chosen Mountebank, Mediocre, Malpractice, Maraud and Mawkish where all chosen due to their true meaning and […]