American Illustration 32 - Chosen

This portrait of artist Rachel Berman a gallery mate of mine at Ingram Gallery was "Chosen" for inclusion on the website for American Illustration 32!  Check out her fantastic work here  http://bit.ly/16p3dtn

Cottage Life Magazine

Loved this assignment for Cottage Live Magazine's Q&A section. Story about a filthy labradoodle. Big thanks to AD Kim Zagar!

 

Feature Illustration for Canadian Lawyer

Here is a full pager done for Canadian Lawyer about lawyers who can't stop themselves from dipping into

the money being held in their trust accounts. The story had a dramatic account of a Montreal Lawyer's house being burned to the ground - supposedly by the victims of such a crime, but a broader focus was chosen by the powers that be. Fun assignment, thanks to AD William Hunter.

 

First day teaching!

Tomorrow is my first day teaching at the yet unamed not-for-profit art school for youth with barriers to access. This project is really the brainchild of my lady, Sara Sniderhan, and will be run in partnership with St Stephen's Community house out of their location in the Kensington market.

I'll be teaching an illustration course for grade 7 and 8's this spring and couldn't think of a better way to start than with this tonal studies project I first saw on illustrator Jillian Tamaki's blog here 

Great fun to do, and really helps for making balanced images. Here's my version

Update: Book on Anxiety is making me anxious.

Making some progress on the roughs for this book for Annick Press.  Finishing Toronto house to sell in March. Fighting a Conservation Authority about building a bridge. Moving family to empty farm lot near Creemore lot in 3 months. Woot - Woot.

New book for Annick Press

Well... I have 33 black and white illustrations in the hopper for a new book for Annick Press. The book is a collection of 13 accounts of severe anxiety as experienced by young people, by writer and filmmaker Polly Wells.

Due out September 2013, so a break-neck turn around!

Canadian Lawyer Mag

This one about the perils of self representation for AD William Hunter at Canadian Lawyer.

Cover for THIS Magazine!

Really enjoyed doing this cover for This Mag's Jan/Feb Issue. Told to just riff on the theme of "how to do stuff"

Thanks to AD Dave Donald. Really liked the black type treatment on the mock-up at the bottom.

Portrait of Bryan Cranston

New work for Ingram Gallery

Just dropped these two new pieces off at the Ingram gallery. Loved using just pencil and watercolour on these. Super excited about talk of a solo show in 2014! SShhhh!

Disinherited

Here's a recent one for Canadian Lawyer magazine about a bitter old lady who wanted to disinherit her son who "had always been a poor reader." 

Stage Fighting - Maisonneuve

This one was for Maisonneuve Magazine, AD Anna Minzhulina. Link

A Welshy Native Girl

For Wednesdays Globe and Mail. AD Matthew French.

Fathers Day / Globe and Mail

Happy to be one of the fathers chosen to illustrate on the theme for the Globe and Mail this week.  Thank you AD Cinders Mcleod. For today's paper.

Rachel Berman

I made this image as part of "Lost and Found", a community arts project designed and organized by my lovely wife. I was thrilled to be tasked with illustrating a story contributed by one of Canada's greatest living painters:  Rachel Berman. More details about the project: here

"Dora's"

Delivered this new one to Ingram Gallery today. 24" x 24"

Helper T cells

Here's a recent one for Alberta Research News Magazine. AD'd by Lara Minja from Lime Design. Story was about helper T-cells being out of control, and needing training to be an effective front line for the immune system. Wish the "Cobra Kai" direction had been chosen, but alas...

Toronto Maple Leafs

For Tuesday's Globe and Mail.  AD Cinders Mcleod.

AI 31

These two pieces were from last year "chosen" for American Illustration 31! Thanks to the judges.

Cottage Life

Lots of fun on this one for Cottage Life Magazine. Big thanks to A.D. Kim Zagar for the assignment.