Monday, May 26, 2008

A Tribute to Helen Koentges

Calgarian journalist Chris Koentges wrote a beautiful & inspiring story (warning: it's a tearjerker!) about his mother's recent passing from brain cancer, featured in last weeks Swerve.


Cover




Inside Opener - the story relates [his mother's] garden to the cycle of seasons - life & death, etc.




Spots (click to see all 4!)





Pheww! On a more cheery note, the Compadres/Oscar Lopez illustrations were nominated in the 'Illustration or Illustration Feature' category of the Western Magazine Awards! I'm in good company - other nominees include my fellow classmate Byron Eggenschweiler, and schoolmate Joy Ang!

FFWD - Arts Emergency

I recently got to illustrate a great FFWD feature on the state of the arts & artists in Calgary - which is that it's actually in a state of emergency! Eeep! I highly recommend you take a read.

Cover




Inside Feature




Spot Illustrations (click to see all 4!)

Monday, May 19, 2008

WOMEN color press photo

Yesterday we did some more shots, this time in color, of local band Women



Listen to a song off of their upcoming album here

Monday, May 5, 2008

SWERVE - ELINOR HOLT

Here is a photo of Calgary-based actress Elinor Holt (and her family) that I recently shot for Swerve Magazine.