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FEB 4, 2012

Henry's Horrible Monster

My wife insists we all have dinner as a family and I'm really glad she does. Otherwise I'd be staring at the computer screen with my eyes glazed over spooning food into my mouth absently. Instead we have great family dinners every night. And one of my favorite parts of family dinner is listening ... Read More.

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The view from the back seat

Alicia Rius, a Spanish born photographer now living in Amsterdam, has produced a series of photographs on one of Contrarian’s favorite visual subjects: abandoned cars. What’s unusual is that all the photos were shot from inside the car, and from the vantage point of the back seat: Read More.

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The Total Situation

My apologies for my uneven posting lately. I've have been crazy busy. Between 2 comic book projects, 2 current commissions and the whole stay at home dad thing, time is at a premium but I'm trying to get on top of it. I think I kind of have the hang of things....... Read More.

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Polly Gaillard's Reframing: Motherhood, Memory and Loss

Photographs by Polly Gaillard that seem to capture those gorgeous or funny moments you think you'll remember about your children but probably will not. I love this kind of family photography -- not saccharine or posed. Read More.

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Nocturne

This new painting was inspired by the wonderful Nocturne Art at Night Festival that happens in Halifax, NS in October. After a fantastic night, wandering the streets of Halifax and taking in many of the exhibits, one of the highlights was the ferry ride back to Dartmouth. Read More.

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One Day Left In Art Sale

So far, my current art sale has been a big success. And there are 24 hours left to buy stuff. Here are the deals: half off original art ( the prices listed are the reduced prices), Read More.

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Group Show!

Check out the Reshelving website to see the works submitted for this show – it promises to be very diverse and very interesting!
ERI 5: The Resistance to Change
Eyelevel Gallery
March 1st – March 31st, 2012
2159 Gottingen St.
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The Situation Begins

I am incredible proud to announce the launch of the new comic The Situation, written by the illustrious Jeff VanderMeer and drawn by myself. A lot of work and love went into this so I hope you enjoy it. Read More.

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Buy One Get One Free

Only a few days left in my store sale! On top of half off original art and free prints with every purchase of original art I'm also offering two prints for the price of one for the remainder of the sale. Read More.

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Six Days Left! Stomp On Over!

Only six days left on my half price/free print sale on Etsy! Read More.

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Construct

8×10″ stretched canvas. Acrylic. $25
I’ve known Construct since before he was Construct. I’ve known him since before he was a DJ or I was a live painter.
I met him in the electronic music scene back in Halifax years ago. Seven years ago, I think.
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Young artists at work!

I had the greatest morning yesterday! I spent it here in this grade four classroom. Dianne Levesque, their teacher, asked me if I would help the class with a painting they had to do. Every class in this school is creating a painting to sell at an auction. Read More.

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Free Prints With Art Purchase!

My current sale is a big success! Thanks so much! There are seven days left in the sale and I've decided to give away one free print with every purchase of original art. Due to a snowstorm yesterday none of the original art has shipped yet so I'll be including free prints in all the orders I've r... Read More.

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Sandwich Artist

From top to bottom: a Mondrian sandwich, a Pollock one, O'Keefe, and Hirst. There are more at Low Commitment Projects. Via Max Clarke on facebook. Read More.

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Sex Motion Candy

This was a blacklight live painting I did at a rave at l’Espace Griffintown. I love painting events there.
For this party, there were oversized inflatable crayons everywhere. Thousands of candies were thrown to the crowd, fitting with the theme.
Note: There was plenty of movement, but I did not...
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Prints And Original On Sale! Nine Days Only!

Starting today I'm having a huge sale at my Etsy shop. I've cut original art prices in half and reduced print prices by a third, all prints are now 10 dollars each plus shipping.
My print sale in November and December really helped us get through those months and I can't express my appreciation...
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Robot Museum Process Part One

I thought it'd be fun to to post all my progress on Robot Museum here on my blog, right up to it's publication. Yesterday I posted the main character to get things started and today I'll start with the earliest parts of actually making the story happen. Read More.

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Quentin The Transgenic Telekinetic Mechanic

I finally have a script for Robot Museum I'm thrilled about, thanks to all the creators who joined me in the International Komik Krit team. Since about Christmas I've been reworking the story and things have finally started to fall into place for this book. Read More.

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The Pink House

24×30″ gallery-thick stretched canvas, commission. 2012
I did this as a commission for someone while I was in Halifax last week. I painted it from a photo. It’s apparently someone’s grandmother’s house, and she wanted the painting to remember the place.
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Digital Inks, Vintage Robots And Crowd Sourced Editing

As is often the case with me an idea soon takes a funny twist and I'm off and running before I know what's going on.
As Maddy Kettle nears completion I decided to pick up another story that I really want to tell, The Robot Museum.
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Happy New Year!

It is hard to believe that 2012 is here. I took a break from painting in the month of December, I wanted to spend as much time as I could with my children for the holidays. Read More.

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Colour Interview with Daina Scarola

This is the 6th of a series of artist interviews based on the colours of the rainbow! It has been a fun and interesting project. What impact did each colour have on the individual's life. What is the strongest memory or association with it. We all have our own unique attachments. Read More.

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Thimble Rock

A full page spread from Maddy Kettle, which I'm back penciling. I've pretty much mapped out the first story for Robot Museum too, so 2012 has already started off as a sprint. My idea for Robot Museum right now is self publish as a digital only book, for now. Read More.

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Some iPod Bots

After a bit of a hiatus I've started posted iPod sketches again. Such a fun, versatile tool for sketching. And as I'm writing The Robot Museum again right now it's pretty useful as well. Read More.

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Dance of the Dragonflies

This was a commission request from one of my collectors in Halifax.
She commissioned me to redo Dance of the Giraffes a couple months back.
This time she wanted the same but with dragonflies. It’s a 24×36″ piece.
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A Bat Leading The Way

A panel from Maddy Kettle which I am now returning to after about 2 weeks of working on The Robot Museum. I managed to get a lot of stuff finished for Robot Museum and I'm really, really happy with were it's heading Read More.

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Remakes

Art students remake famous paintings with photography. Via A Cup of Jo. Read More.

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I stare too much…

You can’t separate the artist from the art. I am my art… and my art says something about me that I haven’t really been able to put my finger on until now. I have decided to give up on seeking a relationship entirely. I have had too much attachment to it. Therefore, I have to let it go. I don’t me... Read More.

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Airship Pilot's Son

I have an old pair of Russian goggles that my son has become obsessed with. I think they go well with those pyjamas. Just finished reading an amazing book, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. I could not put it down for 2 days. Read More.

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Reality, And How to Cope With It

My New Year’s Resolutions:
1. Paint 250+ works next year.
2. Travel outside of Canada.
3. Run away less.
4. Record stuff.
5. Be more comfortable with this.
I have determined something after going out to paint an event tonight after taking a couple weeks off: I am happiest when I am live pai...
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Start The Year With A Robot!

Happy new year everyone! I hope the holidays were great for everyone and I hope this year is a wonderful one for you. Here's a drawing I did last year for a charity auction to help Japan recover fro the devastating earthquake. Here's hoping for a better year in that regard. I'd love to see more p... Read More.

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Three More Days Of Drawing

Well, with three more days of drawing before I leave for Christmas I've made it to page 35, which is pretty good. Read More.

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Lost!

Here is the cloud exploring gang lost in a cave in Arizona. I just finished inking page 33 and I expect to get to 35 before we leave for Christmas. Not where I wanted to be but close enough, really. Read More.

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Blogging the old fashioned way...

Internet Café, after Jean Béraud.
These images are SUCH fun. I LOVE them. All created by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com
Women of WiFi, after Caillebotte
Room in New York with WiFi, after Edward Hopper
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Gearing Up To slow Down

Just putting the last touches on a Maddy Kettle page before I take the rest of the day to work on business stuff. Which is a lot less fun than drawing or writing. Maddy is still going well and will still be done by Spring but I'm looking ahead to what I should do after Maddy and am revisiting the... Read More.

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Return to Fat Tuesday’s in Ottawa

This is what I painted the second time I painted at Fat Tuesday’s in Ottawa. The colours are different but equally warm in this piece as the last one.
I have been doing plenty of 2×3 ft pieces lately. I remember when that was a “big” size to me… and now it is small.
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Into The Cave

Sorry about the lack of posts! I've been so busy with the comic I barely have time to raise my head. And this is a particularly difficult sequence, Maddy, Harry and Silvio find themselves lost in a dark cave, with strange sounds all around them. Read More.

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The Crooked House Paper Village

Here's a shot of the paper village we always put up around this time of year. Some of the houses -- the three-dimensional ones with pastel roofs -- I made a year or two ago using a Martha Stewart winter village kit. At some point, I used Country Home's plans to make the plain white buildings, whi... Read More.

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Balloon Down!

Another panel from Maddy Kettle, this one took a while. I am very, very honoured to be included in this piece from The Idler with a group of incredible artists. I answer a few questions about my influences and projects. Read More.

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Silvio Hanging Out

Here's a panel of Silvio making an escape. The book is going pretty smooth right now, I still have about 10 pages to finish before Christmas but I'll be happy with seven. I'm a little bit absent from my blog and online life in general, but lots of art is getting made. Read More.

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Cards From Christmas Past!

I love creating cards. This is a sampling of some of the Christmas greetings I've done for the past 5 years. I want to do a couple this year-I hope I have time! It's getting to be that busy merry time of the year! Read More.

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golden mornings

My Sunday commute! One of the perks of getting up early. Although one does not have to get up too early this time of year to see this:) Starts the day off right! Speaking of all right....I was featured on Etsy yesterday! That was a really nice surprise. Look for the whale:) Read More.

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Thanks For The Art Emerald!

I love getting fan art! I'm always surprised when it happens because the book isn't even out yet, but I guess it says something nice about the characters that I do get fan art. Read More.

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Rockstar chasing Rockstar

Now that I am working and living with FM HI LOW in a place that looks like it belongs in Better Homes and Warehouses, I have been chilling out more. Being around a reggae/dub band will do that… even to a rockstar chasing rockstar like myself. Read More.

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