Ghostpatrol
May 22, 2008 // Art + Design + Illustration

I’ve been keeping this idea to myself lately, but I swear it’s true. The Australians are going to destroy us with their art, and seeing the work of Ghostpatrol further solidifies this idea. Ghostpatrol is an Australian artist currently working in a studio in Melbourne called Mitten Fortress, which may possibly be one of the best names for a studio EVER. Ghosty started out stenciling walls but has since moved into painting which I’m enjoying a lot. Above is one of my favorite things I saw on his site, these sanded down pencils with paintings of children with large noggins. But his work goes all over the place, from plush dolls to giant murals so be sure to check out all of his amazing work!

Found through draw.kyu

Bobby

  1. I love this picture. It my projector backdrop for my classroom. I like to change it up – the kids ask where I find them and I can exposed them to new forms of visual art.

    Comment by Darci — May 22, 2008 #

  2. Australians are totally going to wipe us out from behind! Check out this girl’s gallery that monopolized half my afternoon yesterday: http://adoradora.deviantart.com/

    Also awesome pencil painting.

    Comment by Eliza Frye — May 22, 2008 #

  3. I was lucky enough to see this and more pencil pieces by ghostpatrol this month – in Melbourne. Twas a great Australian exhibition.

    All of them as terrific as this one.

    Comment by Ben Rowe — May 24, 2008 #

  4. firstly, just wanted to let you know you have an amazing blog…always miles ahead.
    …and, juxtapoz just put out an article on the melbourne art scene…they’re definitly creating some amazingness.

    Comment by mariza — May 24, 2008 #

  5. “definitely”
    oops
    ;)

    Comment by mariza — May 24, 2008 #

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  7. i can only assume they got their name from the song ghost patrol by sydney band gerling… which is awesome!

    check out the video for the song…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gB1zaA8OzI

    Comment by reezy — July 8, 2008 #

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