Beats and Beets.

Yup.

Mr. Snail

The last and probably the better of the three sculptures. It was a fun project!

Hopefully I do some more sculptures before Christmas. I have some neat ideas for some fat and rosy cheeked Christmas elves. I might attempt to had make some of the outfits as well. We'll see how it goes though!

Nightmares

An illustration based on the theme nightmares. I guess my biggest reoccurring nightmare isn't a nightmare at all, it's sleep paralysis. While researching ideas for this project I had sleep paralysis four time in a row one night trying to get to sleep. I was almost to afraid to go back to sleep. If you have episodes like this more than once a night always remember to turn over on your side. It prevents it from happening!

Check out the show at the UPPERCASE Gallery in Art Central later this week.

The Worm and the Caterpillar

Here are couple of projects that have been keeping me busy. A little bit of a segway from what I usually do, but it's great fun just to switch things up a little.

I apologize for the crappy photos!!!

In the middle of the night

I'm trying to come up with good ideas for an up coming Uppercase Show.

This is a cute sketch I wanted to get out of my head.

Unexpect the Expected

I've been extremely busy this month. I've been hired on as a concept designer for Studio Y Creations and have been also doing freelance work on top of that just to keep my own thing rolling.

Here's a little taste of the freelance stuff I've been up to:

Back from the coast!

Well I'm back from my little trip to Nova Scotia, obviously since there's been updates on the blog, and as great as it was I'm eager to get back to work.

Sometime before September the website will get a revamp and a little polishing on the blog.

If you're in Calgary in September be sure to check out the "Old School" show at the Uppercase! It opens August 23rd. If you aren't in Calgary the gallery owner and show curator, Janine Vangool designed a delightful book which includes the work from the show. You can pick up here: [link] She put together what I'm sure will be a lovely show, so check it out!

Also I weaseled my way into the September addition of Applied Arts (a Canadian magazine: [link]) and Calgary's Avenue Magazine. There are some more great artists showcased in both magazines including some of my fellow graduates so check them out as well.

So you're going to get hit by lightning....

I've been looking at backgrounds from animated films lately and I love the backgrounds with a strong line drawing and offset colour. This was an experiment derived from that.

Don't Forget Your Umbrella

Well I'm back from vacation. Here are a couple of images I was playing with on the plane ride home. The woman in the tea cup boat is my favourite and I'll probably end up finishing it.

In the next couple of weeks I plan on revamping my website for September! I'm giving it a fall cleaning.

Don't forget the monkeys: