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Illustrator

Commercial Observer 2021- 4th year in a row

I’ve been fortunate to be able to illustrate portraits for Commercial Observer for four years in a row now. Here are 20 portraits of real-estate bigwigs for their 2021 Lenders Issue

Portrait factory on my drafting table

Spiders and meat – recent work

Now that I have your attention with that title…here are two recent illustrations of completely unrelated subjects:

First, an illustration about the habitat of the Western black widow spider and a monarch for the Nature Conservancy of Canada

Secondly an illustration of various meat items for Penn Stater’s Big 3 column.

A friendly black widow spider illustration!
I can draw monarchs in my sleep now 🙂
Illustrating meat is surprisingly fun for a vegetarian

Halloween illustrations

I had a great summer this year, but I’m always excited for my favourite autumn season. Joel and I put on a big Halloween display at our house, and I look forward to it every year when the kids fill the streets by the hundreds for trick-or-treating. Here are some unashamedly Gothic Halloween-themed illustrations:

 

Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe

Westport in Bloom sign

I’ve never illustrated a municipal sign before so I was pretty excited when the local Westport in Bloom committee approached me to design a sign for their new pollinator garden. I had a lovely time illustrating all the flowers and designing the sign!
There was an unveiling event last week of the garden and the sign. It was so nice to see a large group of townsfolk gathered together in I don’t know how long. It was good for my morale ?

Society for the Protection of Birds

lllustration depicting bird saviour Emily Williamson who co-founded the Society for the Protection of Birds in the late 19th century. As a result of her campaigning, the use of exotic bird feathers in hats decreased over time.