A little over 6 weeks ago I received an e-newsletter from the Olio co-operative telling me about upcoming art events, including an oil painting class with Noah Layne. Without much (any) hesitation, I signed up. Excited to flex my brain around oil painting. The following 6 Wednesday nights were spent watching Noah paint, squinting, staring, [...]

Excited for this beer! Scheduled to hit stores later this week. A strong Golden Ale with ‘Black Magic’ as one of the ingredients. I had fun illustrating this one, actually sort of scared myself at one point when I stepped back for a different angle.

What fun! I was asked to do the design for 2012′s Tweed Ride in Victoria. I designed the logo, posters (etc) and website last year and it was a huge success. This year I’ve designed a linocut illustration featuring two lovely folks in a flipped playing card style. The linocut will be stamped in the [...]

Really excited to share this sneak peek at my latest approved logo. Cask and Keg Brewmasters are on the verge of doing amazing things in the craft beer and wine industry, as applied to brew-your-own shops. When I was designing the logo, at the forefront of my mind was to not alienate either side of [...]

The past few months I’ve been working with Driftwood Brewery and Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse to get their products into the US market. The rules and regulations regarding label specifications are, at times, tedious. But it was a process I didn’t mind going through because I love these two companies and am thrilled to [...]

I’ve been working hard on a number of new branding projects, and am ready to share two of them here. Gaia’s Wild Foods is an exciting Wild Foods company in British Columbia. They harvest wild foods (think mushrooms) from all around British Columbia and will package them to sell to restaurants and the public. It’s [...]

Half way through January, and 2012 is a really great year already. I’m *brimming* with excitement for all my projects and usually keep them under wraps till they hit stores, or the client starts handing out business cards on their own. BUT I’m going to bend my rules today and share some of the projects [...]

A photo post of the things I did and saw during and leading up to Christmas 2011. My boyfriend and I celebrated ‘xpressmas’ on December 18th because he was going home to Toronto, and I was planning a trip up island with the dog to see my family. Here I am having a delicious beer [...]

What do I love more than a break from the computer and the chance to help an important cause by making art? My buddy, Alison, and I are teaming up to create 2012 calendars featuring our illustrations. We each took 6 months of the year and have chosen a corresponding seasonal fruit or vegetable to [...]

My name came up in conversation when Kogi Natural founders mentioned to a colleague they were looking to refresh their package designs with a new designer. Very grateful for these sorts of referrals, I set to work, intent on living up to the positive reputation that I see making it’s way around. Our first area [...]