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 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 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.

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 [...]

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.

Winter Games – Vancouver 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 [...]

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 [...]

Portland, OR!

The Missus and I flew down to Portland over the Labor Day weekend for a wee holiday. It was a wonderfully refreshing trip that now has us both energized to complete all ongoing jobs and tackle the upcoming Autumn projects.
The highlight? without hesitation was Powell’s Books. Holy cow, an entire city block, multiple floors of [...]

Wild Blueberries

Well I’ve just come back from a physically exhausting, but creatively rejuvenating hike around Seymour Mountain in North Vancouver. I grew up at the foot of the mountain and used to hike around it as a kid. I always try and get onto the mountain towards the end of summer to see how the blueberries [...]

A Holiday on East Hastings

Well, its been a hectic couple of months. Lots of great work being done, but no sign of a Summer holiday here at illoLab! Yesterday evening I knew that I’d be working late again, so when I saw some curious light outside at dusk I decided to grab my camera and check it out. I [...]

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.