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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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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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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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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