In ten seconds, the ticker tape of a woman’s mind can go from, “I need a snack,” “When do I pick up the kids?” to “What’s the root cause of misogyny?” Most gals who pay attention to the way the world works are only two or three thoughts away from dystopian spirals. Afternoon cheese and […]
Art Helps
Originally published in September 2019 in Blog, Cartoons, Comic, Illustration, Toronto Illustrators
Meeting my customers
Originally published in August 2019 in Blog, Custom Portraits, Enamel Pins, Jane Jacobs Enamel Pin, Pen Jar Productions, Profile,, Toronto Illustrators
The best part of owning and operating Pen Jar Productions, my online store, is creating the product and meeting my customers. Here is my interview with Fernanda van der Laan, proud owner of my Jane Jacobs enamel pin. This summer my Jane Jacobs pin (circled in blue) entered a special collection of over 300 pins, […]
Hi Tomato
Originally published in July 2019 in Blog, Comic, Doodling, Graphic Facilitator, Graphic Recorder, Graphic Visualizer, Illustration, Toronto Illustrators
A cure for homesickness
Originally published in July 2019 in Blog, Illustration, Pen Jar Productions, Toronto Illustrators
Pool People
Originally published in July 2019 in Blog, Comic, Graphic Recorder, Illustration, Toronto Illustrators
Live illustration in Toronto
Originally published in July 2019 in Blog, Graphic Facilitator, Graphic Recorder, Graphic Visualizer, Toronto Illustrators, Visual Storytelling
It’s always my goal to work with good people. Teaching provides me with that in spades thanks to the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies where I teach the ever-morphing topic of Digital Communications Strategy and Social Media. In essence, this course is about storytelling and the best way to digitally distribute your stories, […]
Multicultural Day on The Esplanade
Originally published in June 2019 in Blog, Custom Portraits, Graphic Facilitator, Graphic Recorder, Graphic Visualizer, Illustration, Toronto Illustrators, Visual Storytelling
If you are near Crombie Park this Thursday, June 27, please come and say hi. I’ll be working as one of the artists at Jamii Esplanade’s Multicultural Day, along with Andrew Patterson and Alicia Herbert. There will be live performances by dancers, musicians and poets from around the world. Stroll by Jarvis and Esplanade between […]
#NotHere🍁
Originally published in May 2019 in Blog, Graphic Recorder, Toronto Illustrators, Visual Storytelling
I’m fundraising because it’s time to do more than just shake my head at the news. Women’s reproductive freedoms are eroding around the world, wiping out decadesof hard-won human rights gains. I designed this T-shirt* to say that the female body should never be subject to government control. #NotHere stands for Canada, the […]
