THE ARTIST SPEAKS: I studied economics. However, I actually doodled my way through Queen's University. So, inevitably, after graduating more doodling ensued including writing gags for a cartoonist at The New Yorker Magazine. My desire to create ideas led me to a job as a Toronto advertising copywriter and illustrator. It quickly became clear that all my best ads were cartoons as many went on to win awards in Canada, The U.S., Austria and Germany.
Since 1992, I've been a full time cartoonist and along the way have discovered that different kinds of ideas demand varying visual approaches. So, click through these pages and you will see all sorts of concepts with their own visual styles.
I have recently added a new page of conceptual work which reflects my profound interest in optical illusions. They are endlessly fascinating to create. Indeed, they are an ongoing set of visual experiments in both line and colour. I ultimately envision some of these works of visual play being rendered very large. I delight in their creation and I think you will see why when you take a look.
You can also peruse cartoon greeting cards that I've created at Bellartisan.com. There, you'll also see cards by several other inspired artists.
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