About

Welcome to my site! I have been doing cartoons for over 40 years, and more recently exploring what can be done with thought stiring graphics.

The Vietnam war was raging during my formative years and, although identifying as a hippy then, I didn’t drop out – more dropped sideways, initially into efforts to stop the war and then into a variety of community organizations and groups attempting to make progress in this world. I have had many different roles, made some contributions to progress and gained much experience. Some long periods in “normal” employment have occurred but not much that was earlier studied for: architecture and urban planning. Training in both professions did however give me a strong grounding in creative problem solving. This I am grateful for. l am committed to following through on those things we got right in those days like the need to care for our environment and the people and creatures of this planet. And on the other hand I am attempting to make a contribution to the correcting of some of the excesses of those days, such as abuse of drugs of addiction, too much focus on hedonistic pursuits, and too little respect for established forms, such as committed family structure.

Back then, I meandered around checking out marxism and non-violent anarchism, as many were in the sixties and seventies, and eventually concluded forget isms and focus on the issues.

I have done cartoons for the newsletters of community groups, such as a Tenants Advice Service, and for the Tas Uni student paper, and continued in this voluntary capacity after moving to the Northern Rivers District, NSW in the eighties working for community and environment groups, mainly the Big Scrub Environment Centre, the Life Resources Exchange, and Byron Environment Centre, the Nimbin News, and did some for the Big Scrub Environment Center’s articles in the Northern Star. More recently they been published at both the old and new Tasmanian Times (www.tasmaniantimes.com).

Other interests now include:

– disclosure about the extraterrestrials.

– helping with the housing crisis, and the only sensible solution.

– what is gender equality really about.

– weed control and building renovation.

(A well aimed cartoon, or graphic, can get more focus where it is needed, provoke constructive thought, and help resolve an issue.)