Grandcamp Adventures – Treasure Maps

These two Treasure Maps were illustrated for Grandcamp Adventures, creators of a multi-platform children’s activity kit that promotes bonding between Grandparents and their Grandchildren.

The Tiger Takes Tea

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.
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The Fox Returns to Japan

Yet another in this series of Fox illustrations. In this episode, our Fox character returns to Japan to gather news from his old friend a retired shinto priest convalescing at his mountain meditation retreat.

Iron & Whyte Architectural Rendering – Vancouver

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

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.

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 [...]

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”.

How The World Began – Oxford University Press Book Illustration – Part 1

Here are some illustrations I contributed to Oxford University Press’s Myths and Legends series due out early 2010. My story is called “Tagaloa’s Rock” and is featured on the cover as well as grayscale spots inside intermingled with large lettered text. It’s based on a Samoan creation myth and is retold by author Fiona MacDonald.
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How The World Began – Oxford University Press Book Illustration – Part 2

Here are some more illustrations I contributed to Oxford University Press’s Myths and Legends series due out early 2010. My story is called “Tagaloa’s Rock” and is featured on the cover as well as grayscale spots inside intermingled with large lettered text. It’s based on a Samoan creation myth and is retold by author Fiona [...]

Wolf Fables – Oxford University Press

These are some illustrations I contributed to Oxford University Press’s Myths and Legends series due out early 2010. My story is called “The Wolf and the Goat”.  The illo’s appear intermingled with large lettered text and are aimed at readers at the grades 3 and 4 levels. It’s based on the Aesop’s fable of the [...]

The Wolf & Goat goes to Press!

Sorry for the delay in postings… I’ve been toiling over a hot Cintiq for a few weeks…
Earlier this Summer I finished of a dozen illustrations for a book of Aesop’s fables being published by Oxford University Press. The Book has now gone out for printing. It features several stories, each with illustrations by a different [...]

Elliout Louis Gallery – July 21 Opening Reception – Vancouver

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 [...]

The New Fox Illustration – The Sequel!

Alas I’ve cleared off a few projects and am looking forward to starting the final colour illustration of a new fox painting. Here’s the b/w sketch I will be using as basis for the final.

Greeting From Exotic Bali Mailer – Illustration

This was one of my favorites from the last six months. It was created as DM and posted from Indonesia.