Friday, July 4, 2008

greetings from montreal



I will be in Montreal for the next while. If you are in Montreal, or plan on visiting and would like to meet up, send me an e-mail. I will try and update as much as possible while I am away.

Enjoy your summer!

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

poster season is here!

The super sweet and talented Neighbourhood Council!





Deerhunter at Sled Island! 3 colour screenprint!




Also: HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Sunday, June 8, 2008

mogwai poster

Here is a poster I recently did for Mogwai for this year's Sled Island Music Festival. The final will be 16"x22", 3-color silkscreen available for sale (with a ton of other great original posters) at the festival.



Make sure you check out the festival! It promises to be incredible! Here are some bands that are playing that you should definitely check out:

The Dodos
No Age
Grizzly Bear
Deerhunter
Of Montreal
Yo La Tengo
Wire
RZA

Plus a seemingly countless number of other shows!

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Gig Poster!

Phewwww! It's been too long since I last got to do a poster! Here's one commissioned by Paul James Coutts & Chains for a show they're playing with the most excellent Women & Mt. Royal in Edmonton on June 14th.

(click for larger!)

Friday, June 6, 2008

Work/Life + Print Available!



Here's the piece I did for Janine's Work/Life book (mentioned in previous entry)!

If you're interested, prints can be bought HERE! Prints of Marc's piece are available in the shop, as well.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Work/Life!



If you're in the Calgary area, come by the Work/Life opening at UPPERCASE Gallery this Thursday (June 6th) evening! Marc and I are both in the book, along with a whole crowd of sweet Canadian illustrators and photographers! If you can't make it to the opening make sure to pick up a book, if you order now you can save 30%.

Check out a preview of the book:


Monday, May 26, 2008

A Tribute to Helen Koentges

Calgarian journalist Chris Koentges wrote a beautiful & inspiring story (warning: it's a tearjerker!) about his mother's recent passing from brain cancer, featured in last weeks Swerve.


Cover




Inside Opener - the story relates [his mother's] garden to the cycle of seasons - life & death, etc.




Spots (click to see all 4!)





Pheww! On a more cheery note, the Compadres/Oscar Lopez illustrations were nominated in the 'Illustration or Illustration Feature' category of the Western Magazine Awards! I'm in good company - other nominees include my fellow classmate Byron Eggenschweiler, and schoolmate Joy Ang!

FFWD - Arts Emergency

I recently got to illustrate a great FFWD feature on the state of the arts & artists in Calgary - which is that it's actually in a state of emergency! Eeep! I highly recommend you take a read.

Cover




Inside Feature




Spot Illustrations (click to see all 4!)

Monday, May 19, 2008

WOMEN color press photo

Yesterday we did some more shots, this time in color, of local band Women



Listen to a song off of their upcoming album here

Monday, May 5, 2008

SWERVE - ELINOR HOLT

Here is a photo of Calgary-based actress Elinor Holt (and her family) that I recently shot for Swerve Magazine.