Part 1 - Colourful angst and joy - 1977-1987
Toby Zoates art Part 1 1977-1986 | Part 2 - 1987-2019 | Part 3 - 2020+ | @ the Tin Sheds " My kind of art [is] cartoon imagery, symbolism, political diatribe, libertarian satire, acerbic comment, working-class folklore, memoir journalism " - Toby Zoates 21 April 2017 1. Introduction Toby Zoates, February 2019 Toby Zoates (b.1949) is a Sydney-based artist, writer, activist, music lover, performer and film maker. This blog is a listing of his artistic endeavours in the areas of posters, painting and performance. It supplements, and is largely based upon, Zoates' own written and internet-based records of his life and achievements. The most important of these is the wonderfully wordy blog Toby the Punk Poofy Cat through which he has had a voice since 2006. His semi-biographical, un-illustrated graphic novel Vagabond Freak (2017) is also a significant reference, outlining the many highs and lows of his early years prior to moving to Sydney in 1977. It was foll