Grapevine magazine 2011 - 2013

With a population of 4000 people, Prince Edward County, Ontario (Canada) is not exactly a metropolis. And yet, in terms of putting itself on the map for art, culture and wine – it does quite well for itself!

I’ve had the great opportunity over the last few months to provide a small, often humorous illustration for Grapevine, a quarterly Ontario Wine/Lifestyle magazine.

Check out the latest edition (Summer 2013), here: http://issuu.com/grapevinemag/docs/spring_2013web/1?e=3864589/2096562

SUMMER 2013

The Well-Intended Garden - Summer 2013

The Last Bite - Summer 2013

HOLIDAY 2012

Did You Know? - Holiday 2012

The Santa Claus Conspiracy - Holiday 2012

SUMMER 2012

War of 1812 Bicentennial Wine Tours - Summer 2012

Playing with Fire - Summer 2012

My Love Affair with Chardonnay - Summer 2012

SPRING 2012  

Message on a Bottle - Spring 2012

  

HOLIDAY 2011

Decanting Ontario Wine for the Holidays - Holiday 2011

FALL 2011  

Flying Dry - Fall 2011

SPRING 2011 

Did You Know? - Spring 2011

The time has come...Etsy shop!

I've been working towards opening an Etsy shop for a while, and though I've started out small, there is always more to come.

If nothing else, it puts me in a creative community to keep those creative juices flowing!

Check it out here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/AprilSage


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Cottage on the Pond

I recently spent a lazy, seaside week on the Massachusetts coast. We bunked down in a cozy little cottage, filled to the brim with knick knacks and interesting things to draw - I couldn't resist!

Movember

This month's Threadless submission was to support the Threadless Movember cause - may the best moustache win!

Submission #1: 'Ol' Jellystache'















Submission #2: Bootstache

Never Too Much of a Good Bean

I've made another submission to Threadless Tees - this time for the 'pattern' category. 

Submitting designs on a semi-regular basis has proved to be not only fun, but good for keeping me 'in shape' in my creative ideation process as well as keeping myself active in a design community.

Now, here's to having one of my designs printed one day!

Coat of Arms

Digging through some old art from grade school/high school I stumbled across this personal coat of arms. I'm dating it back to 1999 at least...

It was interesting to see which of the things I depicted still represent 'me' and what things have changed!

This would be an interesting self-motivated project to do every few years - don't you think?

Summer Happenstance

Filled with plans yet always open to happenstance, another summer is coming to a close. It's been a great one, filled with more visual fodder than I could keep up with!

Below are a few travel sketches, a few from a busy two week Habitat for Humanity Build in Nicaragua (www.cmadfa.com/build), one from the famous (or infamous..) Jersey shore, and a couple more from sunny and summery Richmond, VA.

More work to come including current projects - enjoy!

*Click images to enlarge*

Hostal Real, Masachapa, Nicaragua  *Click images to enlarge*

     Beach, Masachapa, Nicaragua

     Zapatera Island, Lake Nicaragua   *Click images to enlarge*

     Jersey Shore, NJ

                                                            Roseneath, Richmond, VA

      Roseneath 2, Richmond, VA