When I’m sick I sketch mermaids. The COVID finally caught me. But not feeling too shabby thanks to vaccines. But didn’t show up until day 3 so if you’re feeling rough, keep testing and be careful. 😘 😷

Illustration from The Living Forest (1925), by the Canadian painter Arthur Heming who — having been diagnosed with colourblindness as a child — worked for most of his life in a distinctive palette of black, yellow, and white: buff.ly/2xDkmtL

Meooow! More sketches from the quarantine patio

Mischevious little pixies

There are such big beautiful trees at Gage Park #hamont. Still isolating but can’t wait to get out again. #sketchbook

Pop Ups at Pier 8 has some more summer fun coming your way this week including another outdoor movie night, Picnic at the Bay, BIPOC Showcase and Pop-Up Market and Sous Bay. For programming details: pier8popups.ca

Nautilus! One of my pieces shown this Thurs 11th Aug at B-Side Gallery (the back of Farside, 288 James St N, #hamont)! Drop by 6pm on. I’ll also be there for art crawl on Friday night.

This is what a volcano eruption looks like from space 🌋 x.com/ThespaceAcad/s…

BREAKING 🚨: NASA has released a new image of Jupiter from the James Webb telescope Featuring two moons, two rings, and distant galaxies

Desert Flowers

Who knew eels would be the highlight of my day?!

The struggle with depression is real. Lawyer Henna Choi @18hens is helping to stamp out the stigma of depression by documenting her experiences. Portrait for Precedent Magazine

Fyi here is the link to an excellent story about the poem Ken Babstock wrote for West End Phoenix about Borje. Art by Jacqui Oakley puckstruck.com/2020/05/12/tha…

I was honoured to draw the recently departed Canadian fiction writer, poet, and singer-songwriter Steven Heighton for Brick, A Literary Journal’s Winter Issue.

Happy holidays folks!

Congrats Jacqui Oakley! Jacquis illustration of Heather O'Neill ("Heather O’Neil") was published in @cangeo it's a finalist for the #NMA23 Illustration award! buff.ly/3NmSeQa