Cherries on the Beach

Decided to sit on the beach with a friend, and pull out some new markers and thin line felts. This was the outcome. Her name is relative to the illustration. she loved it, and now wants it as her Tattoo. I think i will have to modify it a bit and then pass it on:) As and after sort of action, i was then handed over 20lbs of Cherries in a box, freshly picked from trees only three days earlier to take home. I of course couldn't do such a thing with out sharing with friends and strangers so after i arrived at home, showered and cleaned my self off form the Tofino/ Uclulet trip, i found only about two small containers of cherries worth keeping. turns out my guest on the way back ate more then they most likely could deal with, and i am sure were very sick due to eating so many. so, cherries, all around, through art and tongue;)

It's been awhile since I was able to do any artwork, and now with a new place to live in, and lots of balcony space for a studio like setting, this blog will be taking on more and more actual artwork and dimensional pieces.

Be well. Eat Cherries

Peg Cards

this collection is a variety, from years gone by. Pencil, Ink, Waterpaint, Marker- it's all there somewhere.

Bikes everywhere!

One of the most challenging positions I have follow up on, by either a staff member of as Peg DEsign, as been that of designing and painting for the bike industry. To this date, i still see a constant flow of my designs at any given day throughout the week. Now, i also designed a fair amount of snowboards for some of the same companies and have never seen a single board with my designs on them, well maybe a few...

The North Shore News had this on the front cover this past summer, and it blew me away that that particular bike was being raced, and that she did rather well with it. It was a price point of $259.00 back in 2002- 2004 and i think i was changed (frame wise) after then, so the bike basically was a low cost casual mountain bike, intended for weekend campgrounds, not a triathlon! I was very proud of this woman when i read this.

The above are some of the designs that made it out. The Cove bike was ridden by Trevor Porter, now currently with Kona for the 2003 World Cup in Scotland. The Graphics has incorporated sponsor logos and Rider names to flow along the frames curved design. The back end was a prototype at the time and so it was left with me to play around with while it was unfinished. The job was simple and i was never really paid for it, but Trevor did rebuild my front forks:) The Antelope was a fun set of graphics that was never used. The base bikes came in with an exist paint scheme that had two tone splits the client liked
and so i had to design 6 bikes all with blockers. Not many companies save Specialized, Giant and Trek use this technique, even with the newer printing methods available.

This is still an industry i would like to be more involved with and will be setting up my own dirt machine with new paint and matching graphics, which of course will be presented later on this blog.