First Rate People

I made this for this rad band called First Rate People. Check them out, they are fantastic.

Old Uncle Grampy

This is my grandfather. It's based on a photo taken when I visited my grandparents in England in 2006. I know straight realistic portraiture isn't usually my thing, but I thought it would be nice to work that way for this piece. This painting is currently part of a portrait challenge at Sleeping Giant Gallery. A number of different artists painted/photographed their grandfathers or uncles, and everyone who comes to the exhibit tonight gets to vote for the best piece. The winner gets a free 1 week solo exhibit.

The poster for the event is below. I put that together too!

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Hello darlings!

I am partaking in this show on December 17th. All of the art is based around NES and SNES. Super awesome classic video game inspired art! A & C Games is sponsoring the event and bringing a bunch of rad games to play at the opening. Should be a good time. Please come!

Where: Sleeping Giant Gallery
When: December 17th at 8pm

By the Pound

By the Pound!

I'll be one of the 100 artists participating in this exhibit at Sleeping Giant Gallery. The opening reception is on November 26th, at 8pm, so come out if you're in Toronto!

It's going to be a super rad exhbit. There are 100 artists involved and all of the art is going to be sold quite literally 'by the pound' (specifically at $250 per pound). It should be a pretty exciting exhibit, there are lots of great artists involved!

Imaginary Friends

Imaginary Friends is a group show I'll be participating in this week! All of the art is geared toward children's rooms. There is a mixture of illustration and abstract, it's really fantastic.

I made the poster as well, cute overload

Opening Reception: October 15th, 7pm
Show runs until October 27th

Chuck Akudu Gallery, 3035 Dundas St West
(at Dundas and High Park)

Featuring:
Christie Shinn
Jennifer Ilett
Robert Ross
Lavinia Ungureanu
Robin Luoma

It's Meant to Bee

Tomorrow night (June 8th) is the opening of a pretty rad show I am a part of called "It's Meant to Bee." It's happening at Dat Salon, and will be up for a month (but you should all come out for the opening, cheap drinks and good company!) The show features 13 artists, and each of us had to create a piece using only black and yellow. It was a challenge but it was a lot of fun, I can't wait to see what all the other artists did!

Check out the facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130827290280689&ref=ts

Here is the flyer for the show (designed by yours truly)

have a heart

Have a heART is an upcoming art show in support of SickKids Foundation. There are 13 artists involved and we're all donating a piece, with all proceeds going to SickKids. I'm also planning on doing a wall piece at the show so you should all come out and see it! It's at Dat Salon at 442-E Dufferin St (just north of Queen) on June 5th. It'll be a good party, for a good cause!

I also designed the above flyer for the show. You can check out the event on facebook here.

Solve Everything!

Hey dudes and ladies!

I realize I haven't updated in quite some time, but I assure you I have been making art! I have some pieces in the works for upcoming shows, not to mention being back at school getting me back into gear.

Here is my first assignment of the year, an ad for the mystical magical wonder pill, Solvestra!

Solvestra™, is (as its slogan suggests) a pill that will temporarily solve almost any problem you might have in your personal life.
Are your dog, wallet or keys missing? Perhaps all three? Take a Solvestra™ and instantly know where your missing junk is!
On a plane and the pilot is having a heart attack? Take a Solvestra™ and instantly know how to expertly fly an Airbus A380 for the next couple of hours!
Want to make awesome pancakes? Find a simple, delicious recipe online, make the pancakes and then go out somewhere for the rest of the day, take a Solvestra™, and do something awesome that you couldn’t do without Solvestra™!

Ghost Bees

This portrait was used for a mock show poster, but I took out all the information in favour of making it just a nice illustration. It's of the lovely twin folk duo, Ghost Bees. They make really delightful music and I definitely think you should take a listen. Here is their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ghostbees

Ipsordicus! The Amazing Lightwork Adventure Machine!

This is Ipsordicus! The Amazing Lightwork Adventure Machine! WHURRR POW ZOOOM POP!

DAZZLING!

(Click on him for an image with better colurrrs.)

Wilderness of Manitoba

Hey folks!

So the Wilderness of Manitoba show was this evening, and I heard it was absolutely fantastic (woe is me, I didn't make it until after they played). However (!) they definitely had some really lovely prints of my poster for sale, and I must say, they printed beautifully! I was pretty excited, and I got lots of kind words from people who liked my art. I also picked up one of the Wilderness of Manitoba's EPs, which are . They have a little version of my poster inside, all nice and colour printed (I definitely thought they would be b/w!) I thoroughly recommend all you Toronto folk come out to their CD release on the 21st of August!

That is all! Sorry, no art!

The Wilderness of Manitoba

So I made a poster for the Wilderness of Manitoba's new CD which is coming out at the end of August! Exciting! Buy a CD and you get one!

They are opening for the Rural Alberta Advantage's CD release on July 30th at the Horseshoe and all you Toronto folk should come and see them make music, because they are wonderful!

Check them out: http://www.myspace.com/thewildernessofmanitoba

Vday

This is a poster for VDAY.

I don't know why I take it upon myself to sew things, it is such a task. The strangest thing is that this is my second time sewing something, and my second time sewing a human uterus. Hmm.

I am planning on hand-stitching the type, but I made this in case I don't have time.