Monkey Mobile!

Summer is here, but nearly gone. No chance for a holiday yet. We’ve had rain today, the first in weeks… it comes as a bit of relief.
This is an early outtake from a recent stencil illustration project. I’m still rather fond of this monkey icon and thought it would make a fun wallpaper for [...]

The Fox, Tortoise & Sheep

This illo has been a long time coming. I sketched it ages ago and posted the b/w version of it on this blog. After several modifications it has finally been completed. It’s part of a series that started with this fox.

The Royal Mail Delivers!

Last week I had a pleasant surprise in the mail. Rather than bills and take-out menus a couple of print samples from Oxford University Press arrived. I contributed some illustrations too a couple of books published earlier this year from their Tree Tops series. It’s nice to see the illustrations in context.
Here are the samples in [...]

Watercolour on Paper

This is a water colour rendering for a client from earlier this Spring. I don’t find myself doing too much work in “real” mediums like water colour or oils anymore. Timelines and budgets have dictated other solutions.

Iron & Whyte Architectural Rendering – Vancouver

Client: Mosiac Homes
Project: Architectural Rendering/Illustration of White Brick Homes, Point Grey, Vancouver

Illolab is an Applied Arts Illustration Annual Winner

Scott Plumbe and illolab has won in the architectural illustration category of the 2010 Applied Arts Illustration Annual

The Tiger Takes Tea!

This is one of a couple of recent sketches from the same series as the Fox character. It features his valet, the Tiger, taking tea with a dubious Snow Leopard character in a Tibetan café in Kathmandu.

Gung Hay Fat Choy – The Tiger Valet

This was an illustration created as a self promo and sent to clients and friends to mark Chinese New Years. The tiger is also a character from my ongoing Fox series — the gentleman Fox’s personal valet. A generic print version of this usually available n my etsy shop.
Here’s a detail.

YVR – Pacific Passages – A Welcoming Arrival

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 [...]

Tetiaroa, Tahiti – French Polynesia

These three emblems are part of the group of illustrations used to promote the resort on the island of Onetahi on the Tetiaroa Atoll, Tahiti. They accompany several maps highlighting the area from macro to micro.

The Fox, the Sheep & the Tortoise in Casablanca

This illo has been a long time coming. I sketched it ages ago and posted the b/w version of it on this blog. After several modifications it has finally been completed. It’s part of a series that started with this fox.
Set in Morocco’s most famous city Casablanca, this illustration introduces two new characters to the [...]

Teti’Aroa – A Tahitian Atoll – French Polynesia

Here is another illustration from the Teti’Aroa series featuring an aerial view of five of the Tahitian atoll’s islands. Onetahi is in the foreground. The inspiration for this was a hand tinted engraving.
The illustration was created to be viewed at various degrees of magnification. On the project’s website the overall view, as seen here, will [...]

The Orient Express returns with the Welsh National Opera

This Art Deco inspired illustration is currently gracing the covers of programs for the Welsh National Opera’s Spring production of The Abduction from Seraglio by Mozart.

Sheik Zayed Desert Learning Centre – Mural Illustration

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 [...]

Teti’Aroa – Maps from a Tahitian Paradise

Here are a few highlights including maps and a master plan from a resort project located on an remote atoll in French Polynesia.

The Digital Gateway at the 2010 Commerce Centre – Conceptual Sketches

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 [...]

Clayton Rise Real Estate – Amenity Building Plan View

Painting in Progress – Demo

Wow January has flown past. My first child Cole was born on January 1st and has been our primary focus. Needless to say I’ve fallen behind with my posts. So to make up for that I thought I’d share a “behind the scenes” quicktime slideshow of an oil painting from Autumn that I’ve been intending to [...]

Georgian Rowhome Rendering

Here’s a watercolour rendering of an elevation of a Georgian Rowhome for a the Vancouver based developer Mosaic Homes. This project will be selling later this year. Here’s a  link to their website & blog. http://taylor.mosaichomes.com/
Here’s a detail of an entry.

Wall Street Journal Wine Notes: A Gift for your Merchant

Here’s a spot illustration from the pre Christmas weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal to accompany the weekly wine column “Wine Notes”.