Happy New Year

Happy New Year! My New Year's Resolution is to finally get a new website up. I've finally just about reached that point where an artist actually feels the need to hire out someone else to do it instead of myself...but I will manage for now. I have done a lot of book covers this fall, including ones by Tim Gautreaux, plus some website graphics for Net-A-Porter.

And for the record...

I am on facebook and twitter!

Here's to a happy, healthy and successful 2010.

Illusive by Gestalten

My illustrations will be in Illusive Vol. 3 a book published by the cutting edge design agency and publisher Gestalten, out of Germany. It will be released in September!


Illusive. Contemporary Illustration Part 3 follows in the footsteps of the bestselling Illusive and Illusive 2 books and continues to document the flourishing discipline of contemporary illustration. This definitive reference and veritable guide to the best in illustration today, presents and unparalleled collection of work showcasing nearly 200 world-class illustrators and new emerging talents scouted from around the globe. The book addresses the inexhaustible possibilities of styles and techniques that are practiced today through the broad range of examples featured that span from fashion illustration to the current flirtation with figurative painting, material application as well as deconstruction and collage.

Le Book

Have I really only updated this blog a few times in the past year? That's pathetic. I really need to address that...I'm guessing it's because I get so caught up and involved in my work, that when I finish a project, usually that involves a mental break, so the last thing I normally want to do is blog about it.

I have some work that I'm advertising in Le Book (New York/Illustration edition), I actually didn't know a lot about it prior to this year (I've been known to have those "I just fell off the turnip truck" moments from time to time) but I just got it in the mail and WOW! What a beautiful compilation of eye candy to be inspired by!

It's a great big series of visual reference books, the London edition is designed by Vivienne Westwood this year, I'm in the New York edition that features art by the late Stephen Sprouse.

My artwork will be in Curvy 2009!

I am happy to announce that my artwork will be in Yen Magazine's Curvy book for 2009. This is a tremendous honor as they received close to 1600 submissions from 40 countries. Every year the magazine publishes a book featuring 100 female artists from around the world.

Work updates

I've updated my portfolio with a few works done in the last year. I'm really in desperate need of a new website for myself, something with a bit of a better portfolio format. But I guess this is better than no updates at all! Enjoy.

Prints available through CIA shop!

My London agent, Central Illustration Agency, now has a shop open online where you can buy prints, including one of mine, titled "Tigerlily."

I have quite a bit of new work that I will be adding to the site soon. As is, the last few months have been pretty stressful with my September wedding. Following the wedding, I was so exhausted I just wanted to sit and stare at the ceiling, and basically not think for about six weeks. But as is, I've managed to keep the work going as it keeps on coming, and for this I am very grateful.



Lately I've been continuing work through an exciting poster series with Kübler Absinthe. That's right, for those not in the know, absinthe is now legal once again in the U.S. Let the madness begin again!

Quite a weekend

Last weekend was very involved for me. I had some artwork as part of Loveart University of the Arts London's exhibition at Lovebox, one of London's biggest summer music festivals featuring musicians like Groove Armada, Goldfrapp, and Flaming Lips.

Last Friday I also had artwork on display as part of a visual show and backdrop for close friend and talented songstress extraordinaire, Katy Carr, who put on a wonderful show at the Royal Opera House. I have done the artwork for her upcoming album, Coquette.



Later on this fall I will have some work as part of an exhibition being put on by my agent, CIA (Central Illustration Agency). They recently moved and now are located right next to Piccadilly Circus right off of Regent Street in just about the coolest area ever. Literally. Just a floor or two above the famous Absolute Ice Bar. Where you can hang out in a bar that is completely housed in and made of Swedish ice. And it's right down the street from Liberty! Mmmmm. Liberty.

Here's some more information about LoveBox:

LoveArt will be a visualization of LoveBox itself. It will connect the performance element of the festival to the arts element. For its first year, LoveArt have commissioned 21 of the very best emerging artists to create works inspired by the festival. This could be a particular song, a lyric, an artist's performance or indeed, the overall Lovebox experience. The artworks will be completely individual but unified by their shared subject matter, the medium upon which they are printed and their size, which will be A2. Each piece will be available for purchase in a strictly limited edition
print run of 25 and will be sold for £195.00, unframed, each.

LoveArt has been put together by three key curators; Alex Watt, a media lawyer who works regularly with fine artists. Over the past year has been working with MurderMe (Damian Hirst's company). Before working as a lawyer he set up UrbanScrawl a company to create and promote graffiti art within advertising and media. Justin Hammond, Director of My Life In Art www.mylifeinart.com, a contemporary art gallery in Broadway Market, East London. The gallery is devoted to exhibiting emerging artists and hosts The Catlin Art Prize, an annual event showcasing the pick of recent art school graduates. Medeia Cohan-Petrolino is Assistant Curator for the University of the ArtsLondon where she collaborates on exhibitions in the University's Mayfair gallery space, manages the University's 600 plus piece collection and advises for many of the UK's top collectors.

The works will be mounted, framed and hung within the LoveArt Arena and will form the exhibition itself. This will be the perfect opportunity for all budding art collectors and Lovebox fans to be able to buy works by some of the UK's finest up and coming artists and in doing so take a bit of Lovebox home with them. This is set to be an annual event, to support and highlight some of the art world's top emerging talents.

Featured Artists: Ben Backhouse, Mike Ballard, Adam Brigland, Susan Burghart, Chu, Chuck Elliot, Stevie Gee, Angelique Houtkamp, Helen Ingham, Nathan James, Alex Latsis, Ben Long, Kate Marshall, Ashley Miller, James Musgrave, Christian Newton, Edd Pearman, Rai Royal, Christian Statham, Shok1, Snug.