Last weekend marked the 5th year in a row that I’ve had a small press booth at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo. Once again, my husband and I alternated days so that one of us could be home to take care of our toddler so I was only at the expo for 2 of the 4 days. I had a great time, but I have to admit that it's so much more fun when we're ...
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Here are the completed portraits I did of Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein. As I mentioned yesterday, I'll be turning these into prints to sell at the Calgary Expo. I'm also submitting them to The People's Portrait Prize show which is on from March 19th to the 25th, 9:00am to 5:00pm, at cSPACE King Edward (1721 29th Ave. SW in Calgary) ...
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Once again, I'm going to have a table at the Calgary Expo, April 27th to the 30th. In preparation, I've been working on some new pieces to make into prints to sell at the event. I thought it would be fun to do a series of portraits of old school horror characters in my style. I was mostly inspired by the Bride of Frankenstein and her crazy hair, so ...
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At the end of April, I once again found myself sitting behind a table at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo. This year’s expo (my 4th in the Small Press section) was a different experience for me than previous ones as my husband and I alternated days so that one of us would always be home with our toddler. As a result, I was only at the exp ...
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I have been wanting to illustrate an ampersand for ages. I'd actually like to do a bunch of letters, but an ampersand seemed like a good place to start. I finally took some time for myself to just play in my sketchbook last Saturday night. I did some painting, some collage, some scribbling (I love to just scribble!) and ended up with this image. ...
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Remember this piece? I wrote about it here. I feel like anyone who bought this print at The Calgary Expo has now had ample opportunity to decipher it, and so it's time to post the answer. 'I speak a language with two characters. To understand me, you have to ask what time it is.' That's the riddle written at the bottom of the image. The la ...
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