Scott Colwell, owner of Certainly Cinnamon is continually supporting both my business & local events.

In this case it’s to help promote the buskers festival 2010. The acrobat with the hoop is my version of the buskers logo, while the juggler is a reference to one of the images making up the promotional poster.

Gatsby’s, under new management, had been doing a lot of work & promotion for the world cup, even being mentioned in Maclean’s magazine. They did not, however, wish to be typecast as a sports bar as they have live music & fine dining as well.

The annual Jazz festival window competition was the ideal opportunity. Having already worked with Gatsby’s & having already won the competition once we were a perfect match.

I put together a window design, and we got a bunch of old records for which I designed labels from my jazz greats portrait series. The result looks fantastic, and with live patio jazz they’ve completely relabeled themselves as much more than a great place to watch the cup!

My client reachAbility was having their 10th anniversary and commissioned a piece to have at their gala event held at Argyle Fine Art.

They work to take the stigma away from disabilities and run several programs towards this end.

The piece has a three dimensional element- the bricks stand out from the canvas as does the logo. I even put sand in the mortar! The piece has a reflective element to catch the eye.

Gatsby’s had set up a beautiful stage area to hold live performances but had a bare wall behind & an electrical port cover that did nothing for the ambiance.

I put together this parchment style mural that has a reflective element to ensure every picture taken of performers shows Gatsby’s in a great light.

A classic example of various elements working together for mutual benefit!

One of my clients wanted to spruce up his windows, and is an avid supporter of local events. I got in touch with the event coordinator and established the correct mi’kmaq version of “welcome” and designed a dancer that relates along with the font to the membertou 400 design concept

These are some images I put together for a graphic novel project.

I was working from a script, though I chose panel separation. I tried to use varying styles as I wasn’t yet sure what they wanted.

Though the project didn’t materialize, I really enjoyed the process of realizing a story visually, and look forward to this kind of work.

This is a sign I made for Kirk Dexter of Halifax Hash. Kirk makes raw organic chocolate, and needed something to both speak of his company’s identity and draw an eye in a crowded market.

The work is done in a calligraphic style, where every stroke must be accomplished with a single fluid movement.

The plant is the Cacao, with one of its pods fallen and open.

Klassy Kids is a children’s store that does consignment sales and new clothes, toys & accessories. I designed these critters to work with the ones on their website and brightened up their store with the paintings.

The monkeys represent the owner’s three little boys.

I have always enjoyed working with masks-sometimes as sculpture and sometimes to wear as part of something else.

This was an expression of my disdain for my mother’s two labs.
When that vacuum starts you’d think the legions of hell were after ‘em