I Didn't Stand Up, written by Lucy Falcone and illustrated by me, is out today! For all of you who have asked me where they can get a copy, it's available online through Indigo, Amazon and my publisher's distributor. As for physical bookstores, Chapters/Indigo carries it. In Calgary, the stores in Chinook, Signal Hill and Crowfoot all current ...
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It’s not obvious, but this illustration is about struggle. Around 11 years ago, I read an anecdote that stuck with me. It was about a man who witnessed a moth emerging from a cocoon. The moth was struggling to get out so the man very gently snipped the cocoon so that it could easily get free. But the moth’s body was swollen and its wings were sm ...
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I sent out my most recent promo postcard to editors and art directors in children's publishing this past spring. The image was inspired by a children's book manuscript written by Barb Marshall. Barb runs a great little blog about letter writing and stationary called RiteWhileUCan. I also love following her on twitter for all the quirky content she ...
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My newest niece, Zoé, was born in May. For her baby gift, I decided to illustrate the letters of her name. I knew that her room was decorated with pink and pale purple, so I just went to work collaging, and painting and scribbling with those colours until it felt finished. It was really fun to work on; to just make a mess and not worry too much abo ...
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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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A few months back an old colleague from my advertising days, photographer Wes Raymond, contacted me about doing a time lapse. I've actually wanted to do one for a while so I was pretty happy that he asked. We decided that I'd do a sketch on a summer theme and he'd take photographs while I painted it. The painting took about 2 hours and Wes compr ...
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