Lu Morgan

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Lu Morgan writes and illustrates picture books that explore real and imaginary worlds. Morgan uses mixed media, incorporating traditional and digital methods.

A drawing of a horse with oversized sunglasses on saying, ‘hay’, printed in a blue background.
A photo of a zine, open to a spread of two posters: on the left the poster in the style of The Cure’s ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ poster but where the person is a big rabbit, and the title changed to ‘Bucks Don’t Cry’; and on the right a poster based on Fire in Cairo but as ‘Fire in Burro(w)’ with a scene of Cairo under a sunset as the moon rises, with a rabbit on the street under the palm trees.
A drawing of a fruit bowl over an open spread of a sketchbook. To the left of the drawing lies two coloured pencils and a water brush used.
A drawing of a garden in spring with lots of verdant green growth as well as coloured flowers. Rusted fences stand in the background .
A drawing of a squeaky ebi nigiri dog toy in the foreground, across an open spread of a sketchbook. In the background sits the actual dog toy.
A drawing of a squeaky carrot dog toy in the foreground, with the actual dog toy lying behind.
A drawing of a squeaky firefly dog toy done with gouache. It’s painterly and rough - yellow with lots of black shadow. The real Dog toy used for reference is in the background.
A drawing of the face of a pansy, with an ambiguous greenish background on the right page of a sketchbook. The palette used is on the left side and the paintbrush lies in the middle.
A drawing of a sleeping dog in a t-shirt. The colours are black, blue and brown only.
A drawing of a rococo tulip using a grey marker, green and yellow watercolours. The tulip drawing is on one page of a sketchbook, and the materials used lay opposite.
A drawing of a lamp with a marble base and round cylindrical shade. The lamp is on and light glows through the shade, spilling out above and below through the shade’s openings.
A drawing (left) of a hare sitting in the foreground with a yellow sun in front and a red background. On the right is a repaired patch on red linen with a print of a black hare on it that was the reference. The repair is done with gold thread and a good heavy fabric behind.
A drawing of 3 lemons in a yellow bowl, with the bowl casting a long shadow to the left.
A drawing of a red hellebores, centred to the image.
A drawing of pieces of sushi scattered across the page: one tuna and cucumber, one omelette and cucumber, and another partial piece. Done with black fineliner, green and yellow ochre watercolours.
A drawing of a sleeping dog in red and blue pencil.
A drawing of pots of flowers in front of an iron fence. One of the pots has peas trained up three posts of wood tied together, one has a daffodil, and one has unidentified leaves and purple flowers.
A drawing of a small mushroom with a red cap.
Drawings of four differently-coloured viola flowers spaced in 4 quarters of a double page spread. The colours are all versions of red and yellow, with a bit of purple for depth.
A drawing of a framed picture hanging on a wall above a couch. The framed picture of of a building at night with the lights on inside. To the right is a string of lights. The couch has mixed cushions - some with stripes and one with a botanical pattern and two plain - scattered on it.
A drawing of a dog in a doughnut bed in the foreground, done with a yellow sticky note providing the inner colour of the doughnut bed and blue and purple pencils outlining the shapes. In the background is the edge of the actual dog curled up in her doughnut bed.
A drawing of a small dog, lying on a couch in front of a lamp. There are three colours used: yellow ochre, rose pink and violet.
A drawing of a set of sheets on the washing line, the line coming from the brick wall of a house across and off the page. There is grass and some stepping pavers underneath the sheets. The colours are blue, yellow and grey.
A poster with a green background and a face in the bottom left corner. The face is surrounded by long hair, ear exposed, and diagonally from the face to the rest of the page large organic text reads: ‘Listen’, ‘Learn’. In the bottom right corner, a printed quote: "All I know is that I know nothing, but maybe that's a beginning..." Anouska Beckwith
A pen drawing of deep ocean waves and cloudy sky.
A chalk pastel and charcoal drawing of a felted hare sitting in front of a pink gouache background with black stripes on the back wall.
A drawing of a cup of genmaicha, the teabag label glued on as collage. The grey pencil and yellow ochre watercolour pan also used are off to one side.
A drawing of two pairs of clogs on a doormat, with the materials to one side - a fountain pen, yellow pencil, and stick of white chalk.
A drawing of a pot of violas with a green pencil off to one side.
A painting of a stack of dishes and plates, with a paint brush and dish of paint to one side.
A drawing of a pot plant in a black pot. The pencil and two water colour pans used to create it lie to one side.
A representation of a wisteria pod and two seeds, next to an actual wisteria pod and two seeds. The representation is made from Kraft card, cut and glued into a sketchbook, with white gouache and brown pencil for detail.
An ink drawing of a small dog curled up in a donut bed, with a little bit of violet and aria watercolour for tone on the dog and around the bed.
A drawing of a park scene at dawn, with a pink sky, orange street light, and grey-green trees in the foreground.
A drawing of a box of Meiji chocolate and biscuit mushrooms, box open and mushrooms scattered in front. The drawing uses red and blue pencil.
A watercolour daffodil.
A drawing of a desk with art supplies, such as jars of pencils and paintbrushes, on top.
A drawing of a dog curled up on an orange mat. The dog is red and purple.
A drawing of an empty Death by Semillon bottle using brown and yellow watercolour (and a smidge of cheeky green) and fineliner.
A hand drawn half-used tube of hand cream, using fineliner, ink wash and coloured pencil.
A drawing of a coffee cup using ink, watercolour and watercolour marker.
A drawing of a birdbath done in ink with water colour splashes coming out the top, ink And coloured pencil background.
A drawing of a staghorn fern using ink, watercolour, and coloured pencil.
An fineliner drawing of a leatherjacket fish with yellow and blue coloured pencil detail on the front of a hand-stained card, folded and with an envelope on a wrapped gift.
A coloured pencil drawing of a streetlight beaming yellow light through dark blue surrounds with the title, “The Early Walk” in the centre and, at the bottom, “Words and pictures by Lu Morgan.”
An oil painting of a tiny child curled up around the centre of a yellow dahlia.
A drawing of a parrot tulip whose ruffles resemble a dog. The drawing is a mix of ink, watercolour and colour pencil.
A drawing of a red hot poker plant, with each flower a letter from the English alphabet. The drawing is done with ink, watercolour and colour pencil.
A drawing of a magnolia flower as a dove. The long, white petals making up the wings, tail and torso of a peace dove. The drawing is done with ink, watercolour and coloured pencil.
A drawing of a bird of paradise flower as a shoe, with the tongue of the shoe sticking out really being the petals of the flower, and a sole on the underside of the flower like a shoe. The drawing is done with ink, watercolour and colour pencil.
A drawing of a lily with a pencil as its spadix done with ink, watercolour and coloured pencil.
A drawing of three daisy-like fans, growing toward a warm sky. Screws hold the petal-like fan blades to the centres and the stems have visible joins. The drawing is done with ink, water colour and colour pencil.
A drawing of Icelandic poppies where the petals are drooping slices of Swiss cheese. The drawing is done with ink, watercolour, and colour pencil.
A drawing of a snap dragon flower with what looks like fangs cut into its petals so it could be seen as a ‘vampire flower’. The drawing is done with ink and colour pencil.
A cutout of a small pirate with an orange cap and coat and black spiral-toed boots stands at the edge of a dock. Behind him, an ocean and orange sunset sky.
A colour illustration of a young person in a yellow coat with red-brown, shaggy hair close to their ostrich friend. Both person and bird look calm and tender, sharing an unexplained moment together. There are green shapes suggesting a forest in the background.
A drawing of a forest - graphite trees and tone over green, yellow and white painted background - with a small cutout person and their ostrich friend walking on the path through the forest. The cutout figures are placed on the path, and are walking away between trees trees, one person’s hand resting on the flank of the ostrich, who is looking over at the person’s face. They are drawn with black ink and coloured pencil.
A toy cat (tiger?) sprawled on the back of a bench looking over a children’s playground at night, with a full moon in the sky. It is a drawing using coloured pencil and gouache, orange, blue, black, brown and white palette.
A pen-drawn bear creature with a fish floating above. Bubbles float around them. This is a crop of the next image.