Slow Art · Bobby Graham

Commissions
& Collaborations

Personal stories. Original art. Creative partnerships.

I work with individuals, families and organisations to turn memories, places and ideas into original artworks. From a family celebration to an illustrated conversation, every commission begins with a story worth telling.

01 / People

Personal stories

A portrait can hold more than a likeness. These commissions celebrate the people, relationships and occasions that matter.

Joanna holding her framed family illustration
Joanna's familyA family gathering, remembered in a drawing.
Alex holding her framed birthday artwork
Alex's 50th birthdayA moment of celebration, translated into colour and line.
Ink and wash wedding couple portrait
A wedding portraitCommissioned by Marina for her brother.
Sophia's sister holding her commissioned portrait
Sophia's sisterA personal portrait made as a gift.
Artwork commissioned by Sonia of her mother
Sonia's motherA family story given visual form.
Sophia's birthday artwork, a richly patterned room and family memories
Behind the commission

Sophia's birthday

A deeply personal artwork bringing together family migration, Belarusian patterns, cherished objects and a sense of home.

Read how the artwork came together →
02 / Connections

Places & passions

Some commissions begin with a cherished landscape; others with a lifelong enthusiasm. The pleasure is in finding the details that make the work unmistakably personal.

Michelle with her Killcare commission
Michelle's KillcareA beloved place, drawn as a personal landscape.
Ted's portrait with Mazda lettering and motifs
Ted, the Mazda loverA playful portrait built around a passion.
03 / Working together

Illustration & collaborations

I also draw stories for organisations, publications and creative projects—turning discussions, interviews and observations into pictures that invite a closer look.

Compton School — Film industry postcards

Tony Briggs interview postcardDavid Court and Sue Maslin illustrated conversation postcardLessons from the Movie Business comic-strip postcard

An illustrated series of conversations and ideas, combining portraits, lettering and comic-strip storytelling.

Woolarium tenth-anniversary tote bag illustrated by Bobby Graham

Woolarium — An illustration to carry

Commissioned for the Melbourne yarn shop's tenth anniversary, a drawing of its Saturday knitting community became a tote bag.

Read the Woolarium story →
04 / Original work

Art for places & spaces

My drawings celebrate everyday places, travel and quiet human moments. Original artworks and archival prints are also available for homes, workplaces and hospitality interiors.

Colourful café artwork shown in an interior
Everyday places, full of stories.
Reclining figure shown in a room visualisation
Colour and quiet human moments.
Green café scene displayed in a room
A familiar scene, seen afresh.
Bar Prudence drawing in an imagined interior
An imagined setting for a café story.

Room visualisations suggest possible settings for the artworks.

Let's make something

Let's bring your story to life.

Perhaps it's a person, a place, a celebration or an idea that deserves its own illustration. I'd love to hear about it.

Enquire about a commission