I have worked on a bunch of fun projects for The Silk Road Spice Merchant over the last couple of years that I didn't end up posting about. One of those projects was designing labels for their line of hot cocoa mixes. Because the hot cocoas aren't spices, they wanted the labels to have a different look than their spices, but still feel like one ...
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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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Last spring I got to design and illustrate a large chalkboard for The Silk Road Spice Merchant. I love the look of hand lettered chalkboards and have wanted to work on one for a while, I just never had the opportunity. I was delighted to get to work on one for them :) Colin and Kelci from The Silk Road Spice Merchant wanted a functional chalkboa ...
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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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