July 1, 2008, 1:32 pm : Horrible, just horrible.
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Pretty grim.
This is a reusable canvas shopping bag I painted for a show (currently goin’ on at the Keep Six Contemporary gallery in Toronto) called Decob (Decorated Eco-Bag). Apparently the show it travelling to Tokyo and Osaka and London and New York after… will my bag, “Dark Day in the Forest” go too?
June 13, 2008, 4:33 pm : GREAT DATE: 1893
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This is the second in a series of pieces for the Cheap Date group show.
This one features James Lemon Highbottom, his heroic gal in this Indian high adventure!
Acrylic on wood panel.
June 13, 2008, 4:25 pm : GREAT DATE: 1899
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This is from the recent Cheap Date group show in Toronto. It’s the first in my series called, “Great Dates: 1893 - 1917″.
This one features the reluctant Cecil Rhodes and his persistent female suitor.
Acrylic on wood panel.
June 12, 2008, 10:18 pm : You’re So Vain…
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…you think this painting’s about you.
This is from the recent Cheap Date group show.
May 28, 2008, 11:22 pm : Mr. December
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He’s cheerful and simple. He’s Mr. December!!!
May 10, 2008, 7:26 pm : Red Boy
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He’s new! He’s hot! He’s the next big thing! He’s a character design for a advertising pitch that I can’t talk about!
March 21, 2008, 6:23 pm : Tokyo Poster
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Measuring a gargantuan 4′-0″ x 6′-11″, this poster contains 1938 individual photographs of things around Tokyo: signage, typeography, roadworks, and most of all, characters. Characters are everywhere and there’s a character for everything!
The idea of this poster is to capture the feeling of Tokyo without taking pictures of people or scenes. In other words, can I use lots of little pictures to show the big picture? It’s random details that make up the city, details that are colourful and interesting, but from a distance become a mass of gray. Looking at this poster you get a sense of the details that make up the city, but standing back you see the colourless randomness that is Tokyo.
Yes, prints are available for purchase on heavyweight, archival photo paper.
Thanks to Anne Koyama and Aaron Leighton for all the support!
March 9, 2008, 9:44 pm : 757
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Shot of an apartment on a cool, foggy day in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
March 6, 2008, 12:52 pm : Owl Animals
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Illustrations for Owl magazine’s “Wacky Animal Facts”. Susan Sinclair art director.
-Dolfins are born with moustaches!
-A woodpecker pecks trees 12000 times a day!
-The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards!
-An elephant’s trunk contains 40000 muscles! Humans: 630.
-When kangaroos are born they can fit in a teaspoon!
Now you can use this information to astound your dimmer friends.
February 28, 2008, 10:34 am : Skunk Ape
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This tough customer has been spotted lurking around southern Florida’s swamps. Eyewitnesses say that they smell the fetid fur of this Bigfoot-like creature before seeing him. I guess that makes them nosewitnesses. [sorry]
February 27, 2008, 5:48 pm : Come…
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You take one red ballpoint pen, one yellow pencil crayon and one blank piece of paper and you get this:
Now you try.
February 24, 2008, 9:24 pm : Keep it Curious
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I did this a couple of years ago for Resfest. It’s called Keep it Curious.
I have really nice, rich, archival prints of this managerie available!
February 20, 2008, 1:46 am : Weird Scene II
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Yep, another day, another weird group of oddball creatures. I think this scene is self explanitory.
Right?
February 15, 2008, 9:38 pm : Pig Magazine Interview
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Hey, look at this! An Italian magazine, Pig, interviewed us [Trio Magnus, that is] in their latest issue! It’s very weird to see out words translated into another language. So if you find yourself in Italy soon, pick up a Pig magazine, have a seat at the nearest café, order a cappuccino and have a read (provided your Italian skills are up to snuff).
Thanks to senior editor Daniela Sanziani in Milano for finding us, interviewing us and devoting six whole pages to us!!! Cool!
February 15, 2008, 12:38 am : Valentine’s Octopus
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Happy Valentine’s Day everybody!!!
February 12, 2008, 9:02 pm : Weird Scene
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Yes, weird indeed.
I like the six-legged long guy with a helmet on each end in the lower left corner. I think – no, I KNOW he’s going to be the next Garfield™.
January 10, 2008, 4:42 pm : Grilled Cheese
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It’s a grilled cheese loving pirate! Pirates are popular these days and grilled cheese sandwiches are delicious, so this illustration’s a winner!
January 3, 2008, 9:58 pm : Horrible Holidays.
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Ha! Here are a couple of holiday greeting images I did for Ghostmilk for 2006 and 2007. It’s Ghost vs. Snowman, and Snowman vs. Ghost! And milk. And fire.
I did these completely digitally (Illustrator and Photoshop)… I tried to not make them sterile as some digital art can be.
January 3, 2008, 12:30 pm : King of Cuba
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This one’s collage and gouache on wood canvas. It’s ‘medium sized’.
December 28, 2007, 4:18 pm : Paint on wood
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Here’s a couple of little paintings I did on wood.
5″ x 5″ acrylic gouache on some kind of dark wood (I don’t know what it is).
