Toronto was fun, and I met some nice folks. Shortly before I left, I whipped up a large diagram for The Studio Review about some of Disney’s currently held world records. It should come out later on this month, and when it does, I’ll show you the full sha-bang.
The National Portrait Gallery show opening, June 11th, 7pm at Latitude 53, a highly anticipated art show here in Edmonton. In it you will find many great art pieces in many great mediums from the minds of many great artists. My submitted piece, seen above, sits in at a crude and hefty 22″ x 30″ on juicy 300lb watercolour paper (mmm). I’d say it definitely looks best in “real life” – as most non-digital work do – as there are subtle textures that cannot be seen here. It’s a quasi-portrait of a retired Canadian senator with a sprinkling of a few Canadian killers…
Other notable artists in the show include one of my good pals, and a definite personal fave, Brandon J. Blommaert, the great Canadian Douglas Coupland, my old neighbour in Calgary Terrance Houle, and local cool dude Nickelas Johnson.
Tomorrow I’m off to Toronto for the National Magazine Awards, as Genevieve, as well as my good pal Byron, have both been nominated as best new visual creators. Sounds like a good excuse to get down!
You can find this image on last week’s cover of FFWD Weekly. It would be the second cover I’ve made for their annual Summer Guide — and quite frankly, I feel I handled this one better than last year’s edition — a bit more graphic, a bit more rough around the edges, etc. Something I’ve been working on as of late.
What’s keeping me busy: just finished a batch of images for the upcoming issue of Maisonneuve (hands down one of my fave magazines in Canada), working on a piece for the National Portrait Gallery show here in Edmonton, as well as a commission for the Art Gallery of Alberta. More info coming soon.
Just a little doodad about vinyl fairs / hardcore collectors for FFWD out in Calgary. Keep your eye’s peeled for this week’s upcoming issue as well, as I’ll have illustrated the cover for that one – Summer Guide!
…would be sweet to have. This was made for Göoo #9 out of Argentina. Just a friendly zine / mag. The issue was based around the idea of Utopia, and that made me think of giant pets…
My Endless Transformations print, made for the Fifteen show in France, is now available for purchase online at chezdelko.com. Only 10 were made. So, get it while they’re hot!
The Royal Bison is over and the latest installment of We Hate This Place Here; It’s Our Home is available for purchase online. Also, keep a look out for its availability at Nokomis and Eden Lily (here in Edmonton) in the coming days. It’s just a matter of walking through our recent snow storm to deliver them…
Anyway: BUY IT HERE!
Besides that, you can also expect to see a re-print of Chapter One by the end of this week, or early next, as it’s hard to sell part two of something when part one is all gone…
Will keep you posted, of course.
I’ve just received an e-mail from the fine frenchmen running Delkographik out in Rennes, France. Turns out about 300 people or so showed up for the Fifteen opening. Great!
above: a group of frenchmen and women enjoying my print with Grolsch in hand (sponsored Grolsch, that is). Success!
edit: Wow. 100th post. Sweet.
