Monsters with Chika!

These are some collaborative paintings I did with my friend Chika for a group show at The Untitled Arts Society called Ampersand 3. All the pieces in the show were done collaboratively. 

I've shown here the paintings, but also some of the sketches that the paintings were based off of. The drawings themselves were done by both of us, with each of us beginning a sketch, and then switching books after random amounts of time until we agreed that they were done. We sketched 20 or so monsters and then chose our favourite six to actually use for the paintings. Which we have even sold already! Neat!

A large collaboration with Chika!

This is a collaborative painting I did with my dear friend Chika!! We painted the address on her neighbor's garage door. And now they are the envy of the block! 

NEW SHIRTS NEW SHIRTS NEW SHIRTS!!!

Oh boy and I am so excited!!! These are a few of the new designs I've just finished printing for a sale me and Mumble Tease will be at this weekend. 

The top one is a collaboration I've been working on with another local designer, Stellar Hoods, who make these neat hood/scarf things. The project is for the Canadian Cancer Society with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the organization. 

And the other designs are just silly Mumble Tease goodness!! And I've got a few more designs printed and ready to go as well and other colour combinations, but I'll be posting pictures of them later. If you want to see them sooner, come out to Make It at the Chinese Cultural Centre in Calgary this weekend. Woohoo!!

Sketchy Collab with Chika!

Sometimes Chika and I meet up at a bar and do collaborative sketches where we each start something in our own sketchbooks, and then at random intervals trade and continue where the other person has left off. It's fun to see what someone else decides to do with your drawing! 

Alphabet at Ampersand; A Collaboration with CHIKA!!!

My dear friend Miss Chika Ando and I just finished a collaborative piece that will be in the show Ampersand 2, at the Untitled Art Society Main Gallery (4th Floor, 319 - 10 Ave SW, Back Alley Entrance, Calgary).

We created an alphabet of adjectives that can be used to describe people. For each letter we chose a word that Chika was unfamiliar with and then made up a sentence and drew a picture illustrating the sentence. This is one of our favourites!

The show is on for three days. Today and Friday from 12-4, and on Saturday there's a reception party with the artists in attendance from 7-11pm. Come on out and see our lovely alphabet! And all the other neat collaborations!

Collaboration with Chika!

Chika and I were part of the group show "Ampersand" at the Art Life Gallery in Calgary in August. The show featured 14 different pieces, all of which were done collaboratively. It was a blast! What you are seeing here was actually our second attempt at it. The other side of the board, which is about 2 by 4 feet, has our first attempt on it, which we abandoned after deciding we didn't really like the direction it was going... The piece was done without any planning, and I must admit partly under the influnece of delicious rum. Good times!!!