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YVR – Pacific Passages – A Welcoming Arrival

June 4, 2010

While coming back from a short trip Santa Monica yesterday, I couldn’t help but reflect on how wonderful the Vancouver YVR airport is. It’s a striking contrast to the utilitarian corridors and smelly carpets of LAX. The lightness and transparency of the building is a relief after the byzantine sprawl of LAX and the confines [...]

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Elephant Party!

March 15, 2010

We recently bought this mobile for my 10 week old son. It has been a huge hit, and I couldn’t help but share it. It was designed and made in Denmark by Flensted Mobiles www.flenstedmodern.com or www.flensted-mobiles.com for kids.
This mobile keeps Cole active and entertained for hours a day allowing my wife and I to [...]

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Sheik Zayed Desert Learning Centre – Mural Illustration

February 15, 2010

This is another recent sample from the Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Center in the United Arab Emirates. The content for the Center is being expertly developed by AldrichPears Associates in Vancouver. It is planned for opening in 2011 and will be constructed and operated utilizing pioneer sustainability principles, a truly relevant goal given its location [...]

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Winter Games – Vancouver 2010

February 14, 2010

The Winter Olympic Games have officially started here in Vancouver, there is an incredible amount of energy in the city at this time. Over the last three years, the lead up to the games has impacted virtually all of the city’s residents. The amount of revenue generated is surely incalculable. I’ve personally worked on several [...]

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The Digital Gateway at the 2010 Commerce Centre – Conceptual Sketches

February 13, 2010

Here are a couple conceptual sketches commissioned by Vancouver’s Switch Interactive. A once neglected utility corridor in the Robson Conference centre was transformed into an vital and interactive experience promoting BC’s technology sector.
Although somewhat loose, the conceptual renderings were guided by strong art direction and the ended up being remarkably similar to the final installation.
There [...]

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Elliout Louis Gallery – July 21 Opening Reception – Vancouver

July 7, 2009

Pencil on Paper — July 18 to August 8
Opening Reception — Tuesday July 21 6:30 to 8:30, 2009
Here’s another new piece going into the Pencil on Paper show at Elliot Louis Gallery later this month (Jul 18th to Aug 8th). This is from a farmhouse in the Takayama area. Also below is a detail of [...]

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Pencil on Paper Show – July 21 Opening Reception – Vancouver

June 4, 2009

This is a preview of another new piece of mine from the upcoming show Pencil on Paper at the Elliot Louis Gallery.
It is 8″ x 10″ and its titled: “Fox/Inari” and is based on a sculpture at the Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto. In fact all of the drawings I’m contributing to this show are [...]

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Red Panda – Museum Illustration

May 28, 2009

This is a museum illustration from a couple of months back featuring the Red Panda (Ailurus fulguns), sometimes known as the “shinning cat”. This digital illustration was completed in much the same was the ones for the Sheik Zyiad Desert Learning Centre with layers and transparent backgrounds so there would be no need for close [...]

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Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Center – Graphic Panel Illustrations 1 of 2

May 8, 2009

These are some more recent samples from the Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Center in the United Arab Emirates. The content for the Center is being expertly developed by AldrichPears Associates in Vancouver. It is planned for opening in 2011 and will be constructed and operated utilizing pioneer sustainability principles, a truly relevant goal given its [...]

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Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Center – Graphic Panel Illustrations 2 of 2

May 7, 2009

These are some more recent samples from the Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Center in the United Arab Emirates. The content for the Center is being expertly developed by AldrichPears Associates in Vancouver. It is planned for opening in 2011 and will be constructed and operated utilizing pioneer sustainability principles, a truly relevant goal given its [...]

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Silvertip Resort Elk Illustration/Mural

May 1, 2009

This illustrations was comissioned by Vancouver’s Envisioning + Storytelling for their client Silvertip Resort in Canmore Alberta. The end use was as backdrop mural for an exhibit in the Discovery Centre. A niche filled with a detail of a folk-art forest with familiar local trees and animals like porcupines and owls. This illustration was output [...]

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Thingamajigs Exhibit Illsutration – Science World

April 30, 2009

This is a fun illustration I just came across. It was completed a number of years ago for an exhibit at Science World called Thingamajigs. The show was all about wacky inventions and was set in a space designed to took like the house of a family of inventors. This was one of the exhibits, [...]

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Vancouver International Airport Exhibit Illustration – 1 of 3

April 20, 2009

1 of 3 – Here are samples of some of the illustrations I created a few years ago for graphic panels in the Vancouver International Airport (YVR). They were featured alongside text and refer to beautiful First Nations sculptures on display. I’ve travelled through many airports over the years and YVR still stands out as [...]

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Vancouver International Airport Exhibit Illustration – 2 of 3

April 20, 2009

2 of 3 – Here are samples of some of the illustrations I created a few years ago for graphic panels in the Vancouver International Airport (YVR). They were featured alongside text and refer to beautiful First Nations sculptures on display. I’ve travelled through many airports over the years and YVR still stands out as [...]

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Vancouver International Airport Exhibit Illustration – 3 of 3

April 20, 2009

3 of 3 – Here are samples of some of the illustrations I created a few years ago for graphic panels in the Vancouver International Airport (YVR). They were featured alongside text and refer to beautiful First Nations sculptures on display. I’ve travelled through many airports over the years and YVR still stands out as [...]

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His Holiness The Dalai Lama – Poster Illustration

April 20, 2009

This was a commission to provide a portrait of the Dalai Lama for use to promote a celebration of collaborating cultural institutions concurent with His Holiness’s visit to Vancouver. It ended up on various materials; posters, pins, brochures, banners, websites, etc. The portrait was approved by HH offices in New York for reproduction.

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Artifacts from the Vatican Library

April 20, 2009

This illustration was for a series of conceptual renderings for a proposed touring exhibit of artifacts from the Vatican Library collection. The exhibit was to be entitled “Gloria”.

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