Do it yourself
Friday — January 27th, 2012

Do it yourself

My taste for Kraft Dinner died a few years ago, but I’m still willing to bet it’s tastier that the generic brand. If only by four or five percent.

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Valentine’s Day Cards

I made some new Gocco cards today for Valentine’s Day. I’ve left them blank inside for you to add your own friendly and/or sexy message.

Check them out in my Etsy shop!

Christmas Show at the Leyton

I’ve got a couple of new paintings at the Leyton gallery for their new Christmas show which opens tomorrow! I am in good company; check out this review in The Telegram with lovely praise for my friend, Philippa Jones (@philiflipjones). The opening is from 3-5 on December 3rd at the gallery, and the show runs until December 31st.

Below: Arctic Wolves (acrylic on board) and Ferryland Lighthouse (acrylic and watercolour on board).

 

Christmas Cards available

My new set of Christmas/holiday/wintery cards are now available in my Etsy shop in sets of 4 and 8 (save!). They’re hand-printed linocuts with watercolour accents. Snowflake-printed envelopes are also included. Check ‘em out here!

Xmas Cards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My xmas card printing went much more smoothly today when I switched from a water-based ink to an oil-based ink. I think it’s because the grey linoleum doesn’t like the water-based ink very much. The water-based ink was printing quite splotchy and I couldn’t fix it.

I then did a non-toxic cleanup using a 50/50 mix of vegetable oil and white vinegar (a great tip from friends at St. Michael’s). Works really well.

The next step is to add some spot colours using watercolours, I think. They’ll be up in my Etsy shop over the weekend.

Bonus Hallowe’en Comic

Drawn by me, coloured by Scott, and written by both of us.

Hallowe’en fun times

I’m too old for tricks or treats (although I hope I catch the Charlie Brown special later tonight), but Halloween has become a time of pumpkin carving and special cake making for us. This year we used Rice Krispie treats to build a wall and headstone for our spooky graveyard cake!

 

Paintings at Distill

I visited the gallery last week and took a couple of pictures. There are a lot of fun mobiles, toys, and kids’ clothing on display!

kid stuff

I’ll have some comic paintings in a show called kid stuff at Distill Gallery, in Toronto’s Distillery District, from October 5th to 23rd. It’s also a delightful shop with a lot of cool artist-made clothing, toys, jewelry and more. Plus, it’s next door to Soma, the amazing chocolate shop, so you’ve got all kinds of good reasons to visit.

“Bestiary” opens October 1st

Bestiary runs from October 1 – 23, 2011 with an opening reception from 3 – 5 pm on October 1st. I’ll have some beasty paintings in there, but won’t be at the opening myself. Can’t wait to see the rest of the exhibition online.

 

Creative Heart Collective Fall Show & Sale

I’ll be half-tabling at the Creative Heart Collective Fall Show and Sale next Sunday, September 18th, 2011, 12pm – 6pm.  The event will be taking place at The Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street West, Toronto) in The Ballroom.

There will be local artists, crafters, vintage-folks, bakers, toymakers, jewelers, etc…  it should be a pretty classy and eclectic crowd.

My friend and former co-printer, Dani Bartlett will also be aboard with her Granny Gold Collective!

I’ll have a wide selection of small paintings, prints, and minicomics. Please drop by!

Update: Here is the vendor list.