Above is the final cover for this novel. Max Lakeman cuts lawns for a living and has ongoing rendezvous with a mysterious magical goddess figure. His Dog tries to save him from himself. Below is the first sketch I presented and then all the component parts that make up the final image. The dog is my dog Beau - the beautiful stranger who came into my life 6 years ago.

Beau photographed from above in my living room.

Final on this one.

So that it could be photographed I ordered what I thought was one vintage Karter scientific reagent bottle for a total of $28.32. I misread the item information which was for twelve bottles not one.

Another one for the Salon des refusés. Didn’t work out in the end but fun to work on.

These are preliminary sketches for a recent project that didn’t work out in the end – but still fun to work on.

An account of the sensational trial of Robert Notman, brother of the famous Montreal portrait photographer William Notman.

Concept for a cover I am working on. The right wing’s opposition to the Obama presidency.

Magazine illustration - owning vs. renting.

Final on this one. The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas - narrated by a dead protagonist from beyond the grave.

Illustrations for an article on brain research and the science of happiness.

Illustration for an article on the power of verbal conversation in a digital age.

This is a cover I am working on for a history of a beloved Montreal hospital. They wanted to avoid the usual clichéd images associated with hospitals and caregivers. The t-shirt, with the sign pointing to the wearer’s heart, would be part of their existing fundraising activities.

The second cover for this new imprint.

This is one of the first covers for this new imprint. There is a flight on a “montgolfière” (hot air balloon) near the end of the novel and the editor thought it would be cool to show this somehow on the cover. I went through pages of images of hot air balloons and couldn’t find the right one. They sort of fall into the same category as flowers and sunsets – very hard to not have them look hackneyed. The editor wanted the cover to convey “douceur et de violence, de poésie et d’esprit de vengeance”

This is the cover for the Turkish translation of the Brazilian novel The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas first published in 1881. It is narrated by a dead protagonist who tells his life story from beyond the grave.