Coming up next month (March 4-28th) I’m taking part in yet another awesome group show at the lovely Canteen Gallery in Ottawa! In November I kinda decided to take some time off from shows to focus on production; I’ve had a decent 2009 and wanted to take the time to build up a small catalog of work. I tend to scramble to get works put together for show deadlines, and wanted to avoid that for this calendar year.

But that being said, I find it hard to pass up contributing to the group shows held at Canteen. Inaas (Canteen’s equally lovely proprietor) always comes up with interesting themes and settings, and we’re definitely of one mind when it comes to what is and isn’t a fun project.

So yeah… Two Days Slow!
It’s an Alice in Wonderland themed show with a buncha cool artists attached to it. I’m working on a piece entitled “You’ll See Me There”, which is going to be another cutout dealio like from my last show. The illustration style is evolving though, so you can expect something just a little different… I’ll post a WIP in a few days.

You can find out more about the show on Canteen’s listing, or via their Facebook Event. The above poster was illustrated by Casey Weldon.

Tonight at La Petite Mort, I’ve got my second solo One Night Stand. Last year’s show went over superbly, so I am looking forward to being in Ottawa again. The show’s theme this time around is “Fantastical Fabrications of a Forgotten Future”. I’m trying out some cutout/papercraft elements to go along with the illustrations, and am finally getting digital prints done up in time for the show (see below).

In any case, I’ve copied the names/links for the new additions in this post, for your browsing convenience

Man… the list is getting damn long, I should think about a better tool for displaying these names! Please add any comments to the 500+ page.

Two days ago, Ryan North published the daily installment of his excellent “Dinosaur Comics“. In it the character genius dinosaur known as T-Rex creates a couple of rather interesting characters, including the above “Sassy Space Cat“.

I couldn’t help but draw this fantastic character, and look! Ryan’s been gracious enough to post it in today’s comic!

Ryan’s all over the internet, and a lot of his links can be found on his Wikipedia entry.

Thanks Ryan!

In less than a month’s time, I’ll be featuring new work at Canteen in Ottawa! The show is called “The Curious Creatures called Combinimals” and is a project I’ve been doodling on-and-off for the last couple of years. Glad to see that it’s finally seeing the light of day!

The show will be on display all month; I’m one of three artists being featured in the gallery next month. There’ll also be an opening night shindig from 6-9pm (shortdig?) Friday June 5th. Anyone who’s in town, it’d be great if you could attend. Stuff will be on sale, if you’re inclined to buy…

Lastly, if things work out, I’m going to have some prints and/or other goodies done up towards the end of June; maybe time to get that Etsy store up and running?

Been so busy, I haven’t been able to promote my new webcomic! Horrible! April 7th marked the launch of the first page of this new weekly and after an additional two weeks, we’ve had over 13,000 readers! I’m completely blown away by the reception the comic has garnered!

Gone to Ground is based on the Warhammer 40,000 universe, designed by Games Workshop for their line of games. The comic follows a squad of lowly grunts as they bumble their way around the battlefield, trying not to get killed by all manner of aliens, empires, and monstrous creatures!

A student friend of mine was working on a conceptual children’s book dealing with the issue of homelessness. She asked if I could supply some illustrations to go with her story – a story about a dog named Sammy who runs away from home and finds himself alone in the big city.

The story is rather interesting as it draws upon many of the issues that the dispossessed face in cities across North America, but it does so in a kid-friendly kind of way.

Fray Issue #3 is on the horizon, and this time I’ve contributed a couple of pieces, including the stand-alone image above! Looking forward to the mag hitting newsstands!

Tomorrow, Canteen’s hosting the Return to Sender show, just in time for Valentine’s Day! The theme of the show is “unrequited love”, and the only other caveat is that all the submission be done on envelopes! I was able to get my contribution (“Spidey’s Unrequited Love”, above) into the Gallery’s hands the last time I visited Ottawa… but unfortunately I won’t be around for the show.

BTW, check out canteen’s brand-spankin’ new blog!