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- Spirit City Toronto featured on drawn.ca
- 05 September 2010
Big thanks to John Martz for recently posting about my book on pretty much my favourite illustration blog, drawn.ca. It's an honour! In other news, I've just updated the sketchbook and gallery sections of the site with new stuff (and by "new", I mean old stuff I haven't got around to posting). Enjoy.
- Avoid the Future interviews Koyama Press
- 16 August 2010
This just in: the good folks at the comic blog Avoid the Future recently interviewed the mighty Anne Koyama of Koyama Press. Check it out here!
- DIY Munny workshop
- 10 August 2010
I was recently the guest artist, along with Steve Manale and Diana McNally, at a Do-It-Yourself Munny workshop at Narwhal Art Projects, hosted by Magic Pony. It was a super fun night, and everyone left with a uniquely decorated Munny doll (mine is below). Take a peek at the other creations here. Additionally, Magic Pony now carries my book, Spirit City Toronto (published by Koyama Press), which you can purchase on-line here. Thanks to Cober and Kristin for everything!
- SUPER-DO
- 04 August 2010
Yes!! TRIO MAGNUS is back and looking for MORE!
On August 7th, we give you SUPER-DO, the new show from the men of TRIO MAGNUS: Steve Wilson, Aaron Leighton and Clayton Hanmer (CTON). Your host is Shampoo Hair Studio in the heart of Kensington Market where we'll be unveiling our new super-sized piece! You won't believe your eyes, guaranteed! (not a guarantee).
So come on out this coming Saturday (August 7) from 7:00 pm onward to have a look at our big canvasses and small silkscreen prints, as well as partake in party-time food and drink. Brought to you by Shampoo and Koyama Press.
- Summer in Spirit City
- 23 July 2010
Did you know that the forgotten corners of the city are home to a variety of destitute nature spirits? It's true. Full of these somewhat sad, enigmatic creatures, my debut book, Spirit City Toronto, is now available! I'm currently working on setting up on–line purchase capability, but until then just e-mail me to order a copy (take a peek here if you'd like a preview). Big thanks and gratitude to Koyama Press for making it happen!
- Bookmark USA
- 15 July 2010
My agent, Lindgren & Smith, recently asked each of their artists to illustrate a bookmark representing one of the 50 American states for an ambitious promotional project titled Bookmark USA. I chose the state of Arizona and depicted a kachina, one of a pantheon of protective spirits from Hopi mythology. Check out the rest of the fantastic bookmarks here.
- As Yes As It Gets!
- 16 June 2010
As all Torontonians know, next week's G20 Summit will turn the city into a miserable tangle of concrete, chain-link and pepper spray. The one bright spot? The opening of As Yes As It Gets, a new, eye-popping show from Trio Magnus at Resistor Gallery (284 College St., 2nd Floor). It's happening next Thursday, June 24, at 7:00 pm, and yours truly will be in attendance, along with Steve Wilson and Clayton Hanmer, the other two-thirds of Trio Magnus. Aside from the six foot square drawings and one foot square silkscreen prints for sale, our good friend J. Bone will be exhibiting his fantastic yarn sculptures based on our characters. Come on out, and say YES to the ultimate anti-establishment event! Brought to you by Koyama Press.
- Find Fins
- 26 May 2010
My pals over at zinc Roe recently finished up the latest in their series of fantastic toddler apps, Tickle Tap Apps, which I created the artwork for. The new app is called Find Fins and involves finding the fish character, Fins, in his underwater world amongst a crowd of other ocean creatures. I've always enjoyed drawing fish and their ilk, so this one was particularly fun. Have a look at the new app here.
- TCAF 2010 recap
- 14 May 2010
Despite the fact that the weather last weekend resembled an icy monsoon, TCAF 2010 was bigger and better than ever. A big Trio Magnus thank you to everyone who came by our table and picked up our book and prints. Thanks also to everyone who bought my new book!
We saw lots of old friends and met some new ones, including Erik Jerezano of the Z'otz Collective, cool art teacher Tom Galambos, photographer Hitoshi Murakami and a host of fantastic illustrators including Marc Tessier, Hyein Lee, Jeremy Kai and Andrew Foerster.
As always, I was tempted to spend every single cent I made on the reams of fabulous books and comics for sale at the festival. Some of my favourite purchases included Pobody's Nerfect (another Koyama Press project) by Wowee Zonk, As Above So Below by Will Sweeney, The Troll King by Kolbeinn Karlsson, Hot Potatoe by Marc Bell, and last but not least, KENK by Alex Jansen, Jason Gilmore, Nick Marinkovich and Richard Poplak. And congrats to Michael Deforge for winning the Doug Wright Award for best emerging talent via his comic LOSE #1, published by Koyama Press. Big ups all around!
Note: in the photo below, a very lumberjacky-looking Steve Manale somehow replaced Cton in what was supposed to be a shot of Trio Magnus...
- Spirit City Toronto debuts at TCAF 2010
- 06 May 2010
I've just wrapped up my first ever book project, published by Koyama Press! It's called Spirit City Toronto and combines illustration and photography to depict a variety of homeless nature spirits who, having lost their forests and streams, are forced to live in the forgotten corners of the city. The project combines three interests of mine, folk mythology, environmental issues and urban photography, and is a bit of a stylistic departure for me. To see a bunch of sample images click here, and if you'd like to order a copy please drop me a line.
I will be officially launching the book this weekend at TCAF along with some super-cool new collaborative prints which I did with my pals from Trio Magnus, Steve Wilson and Clayton Hanmer. Come on down to the Toronto Reference Library this Saturday and Sunday to check it all out!
