Sugarplums.

I was commissioned to paint a special Christmas gift for an adorable little girl this year. The only thing I had to go on were the colours in her room, and the fact that they called her "Sugarplum". Here's what I came up with!

The quick character design:

The finished painting; acrylic on 18" x 20" canvas.

At Christmas, love is all around.

"Across the years, I will walk with you in deep green forests and shores of sand, and when our time on earth is through, in heaven too, I will hold your hand. xoxo"



About a week ago, I found this amazing quote whilst on my searches through the neverending net. It immediately made me think of the amazing woman in my life that I will marry in five short months, and how much she truly means to me.

So, of course, I thought of designing a painting around this quote and surprising her for Christmas. I could only work on it while she was at work, and made sure to clean up all my painting jazz every day before she got home, so she would be none the wiser! I designed it around our bedroom colours, so it could hang above our bed. All the text took me quite a while to paint, but I was very happy to finish in time!! I think it was a success...see pics for proof. :)

The final painting; 12" x 36", acrylic on canvas.

I am in awe at the blessings in my life.
Merry Christmas to one and all!

Fraaa-geee-laaayy...!

Here's the second part of the cast of characters from "A Christmas Story" - what fun I had designin' and colourin' these guys up!


Merry Merry Happy Happy Christmas to one and all :)

I triple-dog dare you!

Doing caricatures from Xmas movies just got a lot funner. Yes, funner. Here is the first half of the "A Christmas Story" cast, all coloured and in their fashion. See below for an enlarged version of each character; Ralphie is shown in the previous post. More coloured leg lamp fun to come!

Ralphie, now in Technicolor!

As I said, I have the whole cast inked and am in the process of adding color to them all, but here is Ralphie, avec color!

"You'll shoot yer eye out!" SNEAKPEEK

I love Christmas. And I love to draw. Soooooo why not combine them, you say??? Exaaaaaaactly. This morning I put on "A Christmas Story" and was inspired immediately. The clever dialog, the retro-ish outfits, and the Christmas appeal - 3 for 3.

I ended up doing a caricature of most of the cast, but I just finished inking them, and won't finish them complete with colour tonight.... so I am putting up a sneak peek. Here's Ralphie, roughly inked, sans colour.

Stay tuned for the final with the rest of the cast!
Happy Christmas!

Buffalo girls wontcha come out tonight....

A quick holiday sketch I did during "It's a Wonderful Life"... one of the great Jimmy Stewart's best!

Wine of the Pinot variety

Here's a Christmas present I painted this year, I am happy with how it came out, and I think she was too!

Caricatures for Charity!

My pal Jayme, who works at one of the many Wpg Starbucks, asked if I would be interested in doing an evening of caricatures for charity at her work. So of course I said yes! I get to draw, and all the money goes to a great cause? Count me in! Here are a few pics of the eve :)

Artwork for sale

It's an exciting time of year! Gettin' my Christmas spirit on, spending lotsa time with the fam enjoying Christmas flicks and tunes.... and I am working on some art, and selling some art.

To see more of my art currently for sale, click here.

Life can't get much better right now! I feel incredibly blessed :)
More sketches to come!

Merry Christmas to All!!!

Look closely.... you might recognize someone... :)

So these last few weeks I have been pondering what does Christmas really mean to me? And just why, oh WHY, do I love it so much? And besides what it means in accordance to my faith, it may be simple, but I think I figured out why.... which is what made me think of this idear for my custom Christmas card this year.

Christmas, to me, is full of hope, laughter, grace and peace.... it's a time of year when people will extend a bit more grace than normal, where people will smile a bit wider, and when families can gather together, regardless of difference. Being a rather destitute student these days, and living most of the year away from most of my special peeps.... the best thing I could honestly ask for for Christmas is just what I got - to laugh and dance and eat and have coffee and sing and be surrounded by the ones I love, my friends and family.

So here's a very quick sketch of some of my closest friends and family who have been supporting and loving me no matter what, and just being able to see them during this time is Christmas enough for me!

Thanks Guys, love you and Merry Happy Christmas to one and all!!!

Saaaaannnntttaaaaa!! I know him!!

Here's a still image from the final render I did of my first Maya character animation assignment, it was entitled 'A Thinking Character'.

I had SO much fun with this, I can't wait to do another one! This can definitely do with more tweaking [I could tweak 'til the cows come home], but this will do for a first pass for my revised reel over Christmas break.

Stay tuned for the rendered movie with audio.

More festive paint!

So apparently I sold a few of my painted cards at the store, [yay!] so tonight when Tams and I went out for supper, we chatted about some more idears for Christmas cards, and I did a few quick sketches.

We had so many fun ideas once we got talking! I love Christmas!!

So tonight I took a painting break after working on the never-ending-action-analysis-is-this-term-ever-gonna-end-oh-my-
goodness-gracious-sakes-alive!

Well, happy and merry to all... :)

Chomiak Card Capers

My grand friend Ann, who owns a charming little shop on Kerr Street [here in Oakville] called Art on the Left, told me that I could sell some cards through her shop if I so desired.

And since I love painting, and am always in need of funds to attempt to balance my starving artist status... I said, "Why I'd love to!"

So I spent my last day of non-school work today whipping up some watercolour cards. Tomorrow however, it is Week 2, and all downhill! Free time as I knew it, is officially over.

Good times. And thanks Ann!

Here's what the series will look like; simple graphic in the center, and a smaller graphic on the envelope cover. If these happen to sell, I shall do more, but here's the first batch of my idears.

The Christmas collection. [I use the term 'collection' loosely.]

The Birthday collection. Happy happy! Birthday birthday.

The Thanksgiving collection. 'Tis good to be thankful. And to eat pumpkin pie.

The Thank-you collection. Merci buckets.

The Wedding collection. How loverly.

Oh, and here's a snapshot of my paintings in Ann's store. Crazy haps!