SPICY CAT'S GALLERY
The complete visual works.
The Hub's "Stuttgart Mural"
In 2017, The Hub Youth Centre in Stuttgart began painting a mural in their "High School Room," a popular vector drawing of the Stuttgart skyline.
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I was brought on board and made the piece more unique, freehand-drawing other memorable Stuttgart buildings, such as the Mercedes Museum, the Hauptbahnhof, the Hub building itself, and the U-Bahn trains roaring through the tunnels.
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The mural spans 32 ' by 6 ' high (9.7 m x 1.8 m).
Marley Mosaic
I grew up listening to Bob Marley, he was my father's favourite artist. I used to belt out such lyrics as "Pixie dust!" instead of "Exodus" and "Cer-e-al!" for "Stir-it-up!"
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For the Christmas of 2016, I decided to make a mosaic of Marley for my dad. Using a reference drawing (original by Amando Aquino), and my mother's help, we hid the project in their studio, under threats of dire consequences should he peak.
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On Christmas Eve, 2 1/2 weeks into production, I was still not finished--with one night left, my nose was to the grindstone. I had even brought my sleeping bag down to the studio, in case I needed to spend the night.
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I finished the mosaic around 1 or 2 in the morning, and carefully set it under the Christmas tree with a sheet draped over for wrapping. He loved it.
Kelley Child Development Centre - Fairytale Mural
Mid November of 2018, I was helping one of the teachers paint her room at the Kelley CDC in Stuttgart. Whimsically, she thought aloud how cool it would be to put a mural up on the wall...
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"I can paint you a mural," I said.
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The next week, the centre's director had bought me an array of paints, and thus it began. The project was completed, and I was then invited to paint a mural for the infant room, which I completed just before I moved to Budapest, Hungary.
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Bowie Mosaic
Following the Marley Mosaic, my appetite was whet for more.
David Bowie had just died, and he seemed like an interesting subject to try next. This time I selected the colours myself, and drew the design completely by hand.
The piece measures 2'5" x 2'10" (74cm x 86cm).
Lips Red As Blood - Graphic Novel
A re-telling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves...but with zombies.
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More photos to come soon....thanks for your interest!
The Wandering Yarn Project
In 2016, after relearning how to knit, I began something I called "The Wandering Yarn Project."
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The Project was inspired after I traveled to Germany, and ended up in the basement of a some little yarn shop holding the most beautiful yarn I’d ever seen. “Wouldn’t it be cool,” I thought, “if I bought yarn everywhere I traveled, knitted it into scarves, sold the scarves so I could afford to go on more trips, buy more yarn, and knit MORE scarves!?” So, that’s exactly what I did.
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You can read more about it, and see the scarves I've made, at the Wandering Yarn Project's website.
Alice in Bibleland
In 2015 I was approached to illustrate a re-publishing of Alice Joyce Davidson's iconic 1980s book series, "Alice in Bibleland." Ultimately the publisher insisted on an in-house illustrator, but it was a great experience in digital painting and the following are some of my favourite pages, and character design.
