McPhee Whisking & FriskingArtwork for The Moon & Farmer McPhee, by Margaret Mahy and illustrated by David Elliot. Size: 450 mm x 320 mm Mixed media Framed: no This study was for a double page spread which appears towards the end of the book: The wild wonder of the world was spinning around him so he spun, too. The animals whisked and frisked and Farmer McPhee whisked and frisked, too. As this he felt his face stretching stretching Goodness gracious! he was smiling. He was

Image 3 shows David Elliot with his (then) 2-year old grandaughter

Mixed media

The tree-clad hill probably featured the bright scarlet summer-flowing southern rata

So a “Buffalo” in the bath becomes a “Fluffalo” when it turns on a hair dryer

From many a wondrous grot and secret cell

"Wide-eyed with horror

That’s cool

and confines them with chains in prison

say it's a sunny day

The Spinoff

Dimensions: 520 mm x 740 mm

He is now about 13 years old and weighs around 350 kg although he would be tricky to weigh