posted: March 7, 2010

I've been listening to the birds singing again in the treetops, watching the snow melt. The backyard rink is officially toast, a slush heap. The kids finished it off today. You can't help but think about spring. it's in the air!
In honor of the return of our feathered friends, i thought I would post the Birdhouse City project, something I undertook a number of years ago. Birdhouse City is a real place, located on the outskirts of my hometown, Picton, Ontario. It was founded, built and maintained by volunteers. There are a lot of bird lovers out there and a huge amount of work went into creating the birdhouses found here, all hand-built originals. There are numerous models of local attractions and architecture as well as whimsical and complicated structures. Take a tour, it begins here.

Organizing, cataloging, drawing and coloring 108 birdhouses was a bit obsessive, but I also found it to be deeply rewarding.
Two of these were printed in American Illustration 25. I've also put up a handful of these up over at Illogator. Check it out!

posted: March 2, 2010

I wanted to experiment with screen printing over a collage background. I took photos of the process, and I was very pleased with the results.
 
 
the plug - if you are interested, I have these up for sale at illogator

posted: February 24, 2010

Social media is everything, all the time, everywhere. Staying in touch, reaching out and spreading the word. I've had a number of assignments on this subject. Here's the latest.

I worked with Joannah Ralston on this, for Briefings magazine.

Interesting discussion on Twitter here

posted: February 1, 2010

I thought I would post this one for the benefit of all those Toronto lovers, like Doug out there. I did this piece for the Toronto tourist guide. Normally you don't picture the Stanley Cup and the Maple Leafs together, but the city does host the cup at the Hockey Hall of Fame and many in Leafs Nation claim the city to be the center of the hockey universe.

Everybody around here was buzzing with excitement about the big trade yesterday, with Toronto shipping out six roster players in exchange for the hulking defenseman Dion Phanuef and J. S. Giguere. Nothing like cleaning house on a mediocre and disappointing team. Go Leafs, there's always next year!


Closer to home, I took advantage of the deep freeze this weekend to flood the backyard rink. My son Lucas is off school today and is banging the puck in the net and working on his moves. He's got this between his skates dangle spin backhand to the top shelf thing almost down. Hockey dreams live. Not much else survives in the dead of winter.

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