I have done so many covers over the years that deal with Canada as subject matter. It runs the gamut and covers issues such as federalism, f...

Karma Lochrie

This is a modern day Romance for immigrants, for frequent travelers, and for restless and rootless spirits. (from the brief). The title refe...

12th installment in the series.

I was talking to someone recently about designing book covers. The easy part for me is getting the cover concept down. You launch these cove...

This is novel that features a talking crow. In an earlier sketch I had showed a mink diving under water but there was just something so inco...

After all these years with probably 30 catalogue covers under my belt I figured it was time to discover my inner scot. Yes that is the McGil...

Illustration work.

The author suggested using an old map of Canada in this way - highlighting specific regions. I was almost convinced that there was no way to...

New poetry cover. From the brief: "a cartographer's log of an inner landscape"

Maybe a little on the obvious side but when I found the image it seemed like a perfect fit with the title.

New packaging project I am working on. There will be a selection of different oils available. It will use a system of two stickers per bottl...

The book deals with the execution of a Chinese sugar smuggler in the 1930's.

Approval pending

My hugely talented wife, Gail McGowan, has started a blog to show off her wire scuptures. This is a recent one she did. There are a bunch o...

approval pending I had a really long list of authors to include on this one and wanted to find an unusual way of doing it.

This is a photo illustration I just did for the New York Times Magazine . It is part of their "key" series where they ask designer...

Approval pending Suggestion was made to show an apple pie with more flys than I had on the cupcake

approval pending First sketch was rejected. Once I got my hands on the actual recipes I knew there was a way to use them on the cover.

Michael Harris Just before going into production the poet decided he wanted a more minimalist approach for his cover so I did a redesign an...

Approval Pending

This is for a cover I am working on now. The book deals with junk DNA. From the brief: "...that most of culture and nature, including h...

After 10 years I figured it was time to buy a new camera. The old one certainly paid for itself. I picked up these bugs in a store and just ...

Sometimes you totally luck out with a Royalty Free image. When I downloaded the low res image for the sketch I didn't realize that there...

Approval pending A life story in recipes. This is just the sketch. The final cover will have actual recipes handed down from the author'...

Approval pending This was an earlier image I developed which I thought could be perfect for this cover. The book peels the truth off the pol...

I have started doing some editorial illustration work recently. This one was for a feature about pet statistics.

An unpublished illustration I did for a cover about the secessionist movement in the United States.

The Road to Airstrip One Ian Slater

This is a three volume biography of the life of Samuel de Champlain from his early years in France to all of his voyages to the new world. F...

A new YA fantasy series I am working on. This is one of 5.

Approval pending Another one colour cover.

Two more for the Salon des refusés . Not the right approaches for the book but fun to work on nonetheless.