St. John's Regatta

The latest doodle for NL Press.

Strike averted

The latest for NLPress.

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Not a lot of creative action these past few weeks. I'm settling into a new job, my rotten house is being deconstructed/reconstructed and our short Newfoundland gardening season has just kicked off so my hands have been full with various things... but not with art implements unfortunately. Soon though.

Budget bandaid

My latest cartoon for NLPress.ca

Eastern Health cartoon

This is my latest for NLPress.ca. 

For those of you not from Newfoundland, the province has been rocked in recent years by a scandal within out government health services. Improper breast cancer screening over the course of several years caused some people to needlessly have mastectomies while others who needed them, didn't get them resulting in numerous unnecessary deaths. This week, the Cameron Report was released and assigns blame to all levels of Eastern Health. The government seems content to have the same people who contributed to the problem, fix the problem. I think (and I think others would agree) that heads should roll: clean house and give them a budget that will help keep people safe. I'm normally a big fan of our premier but when poor government services and budget cutbacks result in multiple deaths, then maybe it's time to reconsider who's in charge.

The cartoon is digital, largely completed in Illustrator with some Photoshop work to finish it off.

Cupid revisited

This is the same cupid cartoon I posted last month but I spent a little more time stylizing it before submitting it to NL Press. It started as a rough pencil sketch then outlined with pen and ink. Everything else (colour, etc) was completed in Photoshop.

Budget blast

This is my latest contribution to NL Press. I'm quite pleased with it. So pleased I entered it in the Applied Arts annual Photo/Illustration contest "Editorial Cartoon" category. I never win these things but you can't win if you don't buy a ticket as they say.