about - shaun tan
Shaun Tan grew up in Perth and works as an artist, writer and film-maker in Melbourne. He is best known for illustrated books that deal with social and historical subjects through dream-like …
paintings — shaun tan
Some works have also been exhibited in Beinart Gallery, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Tinning Street Presents and 45 Downstairs, Melbourne. View as a gallery or click below for larger images …
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prints - shaun tan
I produce a range of signed, limited edition prints on archival watercolour paper, approximately 48 x 32cm, in editions of 300 or 500 unless otherwise indicated.
Creature Book - shaun tan
This survey of work draws from notebooks, folios and canvases across 25 years of work as an illustrator, artist, writer and film-maker. Some relate to stories where strange creatures are …
The Lost Thing book — shaun tan
In 2012, an exhibition produced by ACMI, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Shaun Tan’s The Lost Thing: from Book to Film, showcased illustrations, drawings, interviews and …
FAQ - shaun tan
Do you sell your artwork, or prints? Many of the images on this site are available as limited edition prints. Generally I don’t sell original artworks from my books, but I do exhibit other illustrative …
Arrival book - shaun tan
How is the pace of the narrative controlled, especially when there are no words? A useful reference was Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud, which details many aspects of …
CREATURE book - shaun tan
They are also 'unfinished' pieces created in a single sitting, not originally intended for publication, and for that reason perhaps more revealing of a personal style (and particular obsessions) …
Rabbits book - shaun tan
It would have been easy to just go the WATERSHIP DOWN route, but your art owes more to the stylized "YELLOW SUBMARINE" psychedelia of Heinz Edelmann than the watercoloury …