McPhee Moonlight HorsesArtwork 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 a trial image for this award winning book.

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

Enjoying travel and being out and about

These final versions are often almost identical to the illustration that appears in the book

Paper size: 250 mm x 300 mm

Image size: 65 mm x 110 mm

in the shadows

Sydney and the Sea Monster and Sydney and the Whalebird written and Illustrated by David Elliot are New Zealand classics

sometimes frenzied illustrations

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Dimensions: 100cm x 50cms

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