Best described as a a tangent jumping, pun making, endlessly curious curmudgeon specializing in people, concepts & portraits. Since scrawling my first yellow ducks as a child, my style has evolved into a collection of influences haphazardly piled into a visual stew, pulling ideas & forms from Bugs Bunny cartoons, Cubism, 60s illustration & design, classical ink renderings with occasional overtones of of chaotic infuriation.
Upon graduating from the Illustration program at Sheridan College’s School of Art and Design in 2001, I’ve lived & worked in Toronto, Montreal, Amsterdam, The Cayman Islands & few other spots — living the strange & amusing life of a freelancer & would have it no other way.
Over the past decade (gulp) I’ve had the pleasure of working with some of the largest publications around & awarded both nationally & abroad. In addition to illustration, I work as a senior designer/art director in publication design, with my graphic design work extending to identity, advertisements and the web.
Currently in Toronto, I have been teaching at OCAD University (Ontario College of Art & Design) & Sheridan College to see if he can make the world a better place & have a chance to swear more in public.
Lest you believe I can only draw & design, I’m also an avid cyclist, reader, science nerd, political junky, internet hound, urban thinker, traveller, cheese eater & have been known to enjoy a micro-brew, when the mood strikes.
If you’d like to keep in touch, toss me a line or check out one of my semi-successful attempts at using social media.
Thanks & hopefully you like what you see… Tootles!
Best Illustration: Alberta Magazine Awards 2012
American Illustration 22, 25, 27 & 28
Applied Arts Annuals 2000, 01, 06, 07, 09, 10, 12
3 x 3 Illustration Awards 2007, 2009
Society of Newspaper Designers 2009
Society of Illustrators NYC 45 (art direction)
Communication Arts Awards Annual 2010
Society of Illustrators LA 42
Print’s Regional Design Annual 2003
Applied Arts (art direction) 2004, 2005
Ad of the Year, Gambling Online Magazine
2 Magazine
72º & Sunny
7x7 Magazine
American Airways
Dallas Morning News
Alberta Oil
Alberta Venture
American Medical News
Ascent Yoga Magazine
The Atlantic Monthly
Avenue
Backpacker
BC Credit Union
Bicycling
Backpacker
Bloomberg
The Boyscouts: Boy's Life Mag
Business Week
Canadian History
Canadian Lawyer
Co-Operators Group
Colorado Biz
Conde Nast Traveller
Cottage Life
Dallas CEO
Explore
Evokative Films (Design)
Green Source
The Globe & Mail
Hartford Courant
Institutional Investor
La Carnita
LA Times
LA Weekly
Maisonneuve
McLean's Magazine
Men's Journal
Money Sense
More Magazine
Nashville Scene
Nuvo
Outside
Owl
Penn State
Popular Mechanics
The Progressive
The Ride
Runner's World
Seattle Business
Seattle Monthly
Spafax Canada & London:
Review (Investors Group)
Home Spa, EnRoute.
Bell Canada, Singapore Airlines
Stokely Design
This Magazine
Treasury & Risk
Vancouver Magazine
The Village Voice
The Wall St. Journal
The Walrus