Bev Oda: Keepin' It Real

 

Here's a little sketch I completed on my iPad.  It's a portrait of Canada's former minister of international co-operation, Bev Oda.  It has recently come to light that she expensed a $250 smoking fine to Canadian taxpayers before she resigned.  Good times.

She paid the fine back eventually, along with others that were deemed inappropriate.  Shortly after, she resigned.

Jack Layton

The Man Who Would Be Prime Minister
oil and acrylic on panel
30" x 30"
2011
(private collection)

Stephen Harper

"Fearless Leader"

oil stick, oil and acrylic paint on board
18" x 24"

2011

And it's election time... again.

Rob Ford

"Ford 5cents"
16" x 20"
oil stick, oil and acrylic paint on board
2011

Mini Sketchbook Series

Spring Cleaning...

untitled
9" x 12"
acrylic paint, gesso transfer on board
2007

In honour of spring cleaning, I'm posting a couple of older pieces as a clean out my studio. This is from a few years ago, but I really enjoyed the process and am thinking of re-visiting it...

Tiger
(detail) 7" x 6.5"
marker, gouache on paper
2010

"F"
7" x 7"
marker on found paper
2010