I love beards, and I especially love drawing characters with beards. As such, I’ve decided to start a series of portraits of men I know who have beards and I’m going to call it ‘These Are The Beaded Men I Know.’ Does anyone get the reference (other than Jason Mathis)? Not that it really matters as it’s just for my own amusement ;) I’m lookin ...
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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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A little over a year ago I was gifted a beautiful hat handmade by my friend, Lia. The colour of the wool is stunning: greens and blues in vibrant jewel tones. I actually took a photo of it for this post, but my camera couldn't come close to capturing the intense colours. Anyway, the best thing about winter is getting to wear this lovely hat. I w ...
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Last month I was commissioned to make a couple of cat portraits as a birthday gift for my client's girlfriend. He really liked my characters with their big eyes and rosy cheeks and wanted something similar done with his girlfriend's cats: Molly and Church. I don't often draw animals, but I was interested in finding out how cats in my style would lo ...
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It's been difficult to find the time to update this space, but as it has been several months since my last post, it's long overdue! I'm now the mother of a busy toddler, and I spend most of my days caring for him. The days that I'm not are spent working in my studio, something that I am so happy to have gotten back to. I have lots of new work an ...
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