Well… it’s been a race against time but I have my entries packaged up and winging their way… as we speak… to the inaugural Women of the World Exhibition at the Bunker Cartoon Gallery in Coffs Harbour. This exhibition is being held for the very first time in 2009… in celebration of International Women’s Day… and runs from 13th March to 11th April 2009. The event is for women only… and cartoonists, illustrators and caricaturists from all over the place have been invited to submit their work.
Pen & Watercolour 8″ x 12″
Artwork & Content Copyright 2009 Jean Burman
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I have submitted two cartoons. The first is “If Women Ruled the World” and is a whimsical take on the state of the nation (aka the world) if women were to dominate it’s halls of power. Let’s face it… we women are the only ones with our priorities right when it comes to the big issues of shopping and shoes. I realise that this particular theme will likely get me into all sorts of political hot water but it’s just for fun (and in the words of Jane Austen)
“For what do we live but to make sport for our neighbours and laugh at them in our turn”. She said it… not me… I’m just reporting what she said! (((chuckles)))
Pen & Watercolour 8″x 12″
Artwork & Content Copyright 2009 Jean Burman
(unauthorised use prohibited)
The second cartoon is a re-make of my earlier cartoon “Mothers Make the World Go Round” I think it’s an improvement on the first… and as I simply couldn’t bear to part with the original “original” I did another to send away to the exhibition.
Cartooning has… for reasons unknown… been historically (hysterically?) dominated by men… (it is a man’s world afterall girls – wink & grin)… so it’s great to see that this time the girls are going to get a guernsey of their own… and for a cause that’s close to our hearts as well.
International Women’s Day began in 1911 and remains a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.
I hope you enjoy my cartoons as much as I enjoyed making them.
