INQUIRER

SUMMER FICTION
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These were illustrations completed in Gerard Dubois class for the Inquirer Magazine in Philadelphia. The mandate was to create a piece for the Summer Fiction issue. I usually do not use that much color in my work but I thought it was appropriate this time.

9.75 x 11
Gouache on board

BUGS BUNNY & ELMER FUDD

WHAT'S UP DOC?
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This was a project that I created in my Introduction class with Sylvain Allard. The mandate was to get two people (fictional or realistic) and create a 'box' around quotes that these people are known for.

ELMER FUDD: Say your pwayers you wascally wabbit!
BUGS BUNNY: What's up doc?

The box is supposed to depict an explosion or a gun fire. In the end, out comes Bugs from his rabbit hole and always unharmed.

GREENWOOD & YORKE

SOFTLY OPEN OUR MOUTHS IN THE COLD
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This is a drawing I did of Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke from Radiohead. I usually like too keep color more low key but I thought a light blue with some magnolia flowers would contrast well with their stern faces.

13.5 x 19.5
Pencil, charcoal and pastel on mayfair

INSPIRATION OF THE WEEK

SOPHIE JODOIN
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I discovered Sophie's work last year in my illustration class. I quickly fell under the spell of her magnificent work. She is inspired by gas masks, the wounded, the innocent and the original.

My illustration teacher organized an outing to her studio on Tuesday. I couldn't be more happy than to step into one of my most favored artists studio. I was not surprised at how much more magnificent her work looked in person.

Sophie Jodoin

SUSAN SCOTT

HONORING AN EXEMPLARY TEACHER
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In 2008 I was approached by Dawson College to put together a book for Susan Scotts teaching excellence award. Susan was an outstanding teacher who always did her best to help students achieve the most out of graphic design. I felt very honored indeed to have collaborated in this project. I was very happy with the result and so was she.

ELEVEN O'CLOCK TEA

THEY ALL CAME SO QUICKLY
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This piece started out as a test for an upcoming series on the Greek Gods and Goddesses that will be done in April. I couldn't waste a perfectly good piece of wood, so my test became a drawing. Purely on a whim: a parrot coming in for his afternoon tea.

INSPIRATION OF THE WEEK

JEAN-MAX | L'AMI DES ANIMAUX
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Jean-Max is always looking for new forms of inspiration when he is drawing. He finds it in original situations and places and turns them into masterpieces. I love him.

CHAIRS

THE DARK HOUR SERIES
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Here's a piece that appears in my book "The Dark Hour".

Gouache on mayfair
9" x 12"