HATCH Opening Night

Left to right from back: Brigette, Karl, Jordan, Jason, Lorell, Amanda, Leah and Ryan (photographer)

Our 'guerilla' exhibition HATCH, held at the SA Writer's Centre, officially opened on Friday night and was an unqualified success. The turn-out was greater than any of us expected and there was an incredibly positive and excited buzz in the gallery as visitors soaked up the amazing work on display.

I still can't quite believe how smoothly this exhibition came together - my fellow illustration students are just an exemplary bunch and I feel so lucky to share this final year with them. 

Of course, this exhibition is a prelude to the Visual Communication graduate show, which happens in late November. I'll post more about that as it gets closer to the time.

Outside the SA Writer's Centre

It was so exciting to have such a large space full of people

aylor (my daughter), myself and my friend, Eva

Sue Ninham opening the exhibition

You can check out all of the students' wonderful illustration work here

Three Good Things

The recent warmer weather has made me realise just how close we are to summer and the end of another year. On a personal level, it's been a very strange year in many ways - sad and horrible times mixed with deliriously happy ones. Life's funny that way. So because nobody really wants to read about the tragedies of an illustrator, I'll just jump right to the good stuff. Three good things that have happened in the last two weeks.

1. I've been signed to Omnibus Publishing for my first children's book, which will be published next year. This is a dream come true for me, and has made all of my hard work and late nights and early mornings over the past two and a half years completely worth it.

2. I'll be participating in a wonderful exhibition later this month.

"The Adelaide Writer’s Centre has joined forces with University of South Australia (UNISA) Visual Communication Illustration students to present HATCH, an exhibition of this year’s finest graduates. This is the first time that a graduate exhibition of this kind has been seen in Adelaide. It is rare opportunity for the public to engage with a selection of cutting-edge work by some of South Australia’s most talented and energetic graduate image makers. 

HATCH is a celebration of this dynamic discipline and marks the entry of UNISA’s next generation of Illustration students into an industry that continues to inform our culture in new and inspiring ways. Sue Ninham, renowned Visual Artist and 2012 Fringe Poster winner, will open the exhibition starting at 6pm on the 19^th of September. Located on Level 2 of the SA Writer’s Centre, 187 Rundle  Street, HATCH will be open from Monday to Friday, 19^th September until 5^th December."

3. I finally have a new site up and running. It's still a bit of a 'work in progress' and will no doubt undergo many changes, but I hope you will all stop by and check out the work I have uploaded.

http://lorelllehman.com

So that's my three good things...at least the ones I thought were worth blogging about. Would love to see those of you who are in Adelaide at the HATCH exhibition, it should be a great night.