Videos for LCBO

I've just completed illustrations for 3 animated films for the LCBO.
I worked in conjunction with Blammo Advertising agency + Poster Boy editing.

You can view the videos here:

http://vimeo.com/41020308
http://vimeo.com/41031197
http://vimeo.com/41031105

The Hudson's Bay commissioned me along with Virginia Johnson + Bev Hisey to design a tea towel for their designer series. The tea towels will be available in stores + on line in mid April.
See my blog for photos!

I'm working on an animated project with Blammo Advertising agency.

Have been drawing lots of women + wine glasses for a project I can't tell you about yet!

My big orange scissor print appeared on the Herman Miller blog in the office of Uppercase magazine publisher Janine Vangool.

Three of my silk screen prints appear in the March Issue of Style at home magazine in the home office of Kara Reed.

I'm currently working on a new book cover for Penguin Books and a comp for an Off Broadway play.

I have a new silk screen print "Lacey Legs,".
It measures 6" X 9" and is 75.00

For details please visit the Silk screen print section of my website.

Collaboration

I've just completed a very fun collaboration with a Canadian company that I love... alas I can't reveal the details till 2012. Stay tuned!

Thanks to everyone who came to the sale! xo

Sat. December 3rd
2-6 pm

Framed + unframed prints, Artist proofs, Greeting cards + Hot cider!

Penguin Books Canada has purchased a triptych of my prints for their Head office in Toronto

I donated my Empty Belly print to an auction for Project Canoe - a great organization that sends youth to camp.
http://www.canoe.org/

October 17th 2011
My silk screen Alphabet cards are featured in the Winter Issue of Design Lines

In association with Culture days
I am holding a Studio Open House Friday Sept 30 5-8pm
38 Abell St
Apt 209

Please RSVP to
alanna(dot)cavanagh(at)gmail(dot)com

Where's Essential Guide to Toronto.

I'm included in an article on contemporary artists in Where's Essential Guide to Toronto.

Canadian House + Home

In the latest issue of Canadian House + Home my Bernard Shaw penguin print is included in Betty Ann Jordan's article "Book Club". The piece explores how the printed word currently plays muse for a host of Canadian artists.

Design Traveller.

Interviewed today by Oslo based interior designer Anna Smith for Design Traveller.

Print Giveaway

Emma Reddington of the marionhousebook is hosting a give away for my new print on her blog. Visit her blog to enter.

I just completed work on a poster campaign with the design firm Sali Tabacchi.
The posters will be revealed in September.

New Print

I have a new print available called An Empty Belly.
It includes quotations about food written in my quiggly writing and is the perfect gift for your favourite foodie!
It is 125.00.
Please see images in Silk screen print section.

Starting Aug 1st my shoe silk screen prints will be sold through the Bata Shoe Museum gift shop.
327 Bloor Street West, Toronto

I've completed an illustration for the cover of the novel I wished for you by Amy Huberman. It's published for Penguin Ireland.

My prints are now available through Oliver Yaphe's online shop.
International shipping available!

In Toronto my prints continue to be available at both locations of Telegramme prints.

Mural at Good Egg
I recently painted a 'Garden of Earthly Delights' mural on the window of Good Egg
in Kensington Market. It is my ode to Swedish textile designer Josef Frank.
Go check it out at 267 Augusta Ave.

I'm in New York.
You can reach me at alanna(dot)cavanagh(at)gmail(dot)com

I'm planning a trip to NYC in May

While there I'll be delivering a custom silk screen print to Paul Buckley of Penguin Books, attending a Creative morning with Tina Roth Eisenberg (aka swiss miss) + and interviewing surface designer Lourdes Sanchez for uppercase magazine.
(plus eating lots of bagels)

I'm currently working on a piece for Elle magazine on the subject of Androgyny.

I was commissioned by Target to do illustrations for their website for Earth month.
They will appear on line for the month of April.

I'm working on some new designs for wallpaper.

I've created a whimsical mural for Style at Home's booth at The Interior Design show. The show runs from January 27-31 at the Metro Convention Centre.

I've just completed a third edition of my Alphabet legs print.
Please see the silk screen section of my website for pics and pricing.

I've been commissioned to illustrate The 2011 Earth Day bag for Target.

My Brooks Brothers print is featured in The National Post's Christmas Gift Guide
today. It is available at Telegramme prints.

I've just completed a 2nd edition of my small dress judy print.
It measures 8" X 10" and is 95.00
Beginning December 4th it will available through Telegramme prints and The Workroom in Toronto.

Beginning Dec 1st my prints will be available framed and unframed at the two locations of Telegramme Prints in Toronto. The shop addresses are:
1103 Queen St East in Leslieville and
194 Ossington Avenue in the West End.

For my customers in Quebec...
Some of my prints are now available at
Royer Objets & Trouvailles
207 Avenue Laurier Ouest
in Montréal

I've received a special commission to create a custom silk screen print for Paul Buckley, Creative Director of Penguin Books USA.

My Bernard Shaw print appears in the latest edition of the new online magazine Covet Garden

Please Note: While I am in the middle of studio renovations email is the preferred way to contact me: alanna(dot)cavanagh(at)gmail.com
Thank you.

Please note I have a new telephone number:
Please Ring 416. 535. 2635

MY STUDIO IS CLOSED from Sept 22 - 30th.
Thanks for your patience.

I've just completed a cover for United Airline's in flight magazine "Hemispheres".

My Reading for Profit print is featured in this month's Canadian House + Home. It's found on the Trend Watch page which focuses on Ivy League style.

I am hosting a moving sale this Sat Aug 28 and Sun Aug 29 12-5.
Framed prints, Unframed prints, Artist proofs and Note card sets available.

I've just completed a third edition of my s is for swing silk screen prints.
Each print is signed and numbered.
They measure 15" X 22" and are 450.00.
Please contact me if you'd like to purchase a print.

Hello Heartbreak
I completed the cover illustration + hand lettering for the novel "Hello Heartbreak" by Amy Huberman. It's published by Penguin and available through Amazon.

My design for Good Egg's bookmark is in the shop now.

I'm working on a new book cover for St. Martin's Press in New York

July 5th 2010

Uppercase Magazine Issue 6 is in shops now.
It contains my interview with the wonderful UK based illustrator Debbie Powell.

I've completed a new edition of my Room of One's Own Print.
It measures 26" X 40".
Please contact me if you are interested in this print.

I've completed a second edition of my Reading for Profit print.
It measures 26" X 40" and is printed on 100% archival Maidstone paper.
It is then coffee + tea stained by hand.

Please contact me if you are interested in this print.

I've begun a second edition of my Reading for Profit Penguin Book print. Please email me to be put on the waiting list for this print.

Three of my prints appear in the current issue of Canadian House and Home. A Room of One's Own, Alphabet legs and Ochre Mannequin are featured in the home of Chef, TV Host, and cookbook author Trish Magwood.

The book Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design published by Gestalten is hot off the press. Some of my silk screens have been featured in the book.

I've just completed a new silk screen print entitled
Big Brogue shoe.
It is for sale in the Silk screen section of my website.

I've posted lots more work in the Illustration section of my website.

New Work
I've posted 6 new illustration pieces to my website.

I will be interviewing UK based illustrator Debbie Powell for the next issue of uppercase magazine.
http://www.uppercasegallery.ca/uppercasemagazine/
http://www.debbiepowell.net/

I'm working on some tote bags for the kitchen and design shop Good Egg in Kensington Market.

Uppercase magazine

The latest issue of Uppercase magazine is hot off the press and in stores now!
It contains my interview with the wonderful German illustrator Martin Haake.
In Toronto you can purchase the magazine at Good Egg, Type Books and the Workroom. (three of my favorite places)

I'm working on a series of hand lettered postcards called Quotes for Creative people.

I'm donating a silk screen print to the Heartbeats for Africa benefit. The auction takes places on Sat Feb 13th with all proceeds going to the Stephen Lewis foundation.

I'm working on a new book cover with Penguin Books Canada.

Canadian House and Home
The February issue of Canadian House and Home features my Reading for Profit print and small scissor print in the home of Tanya Linton.

Style at Home Magazine
The February issue of Style at Home magazine features a piece on the mural I created for Hollace Cluny. See the Press section for some pics.

November 28/09.

Gestalten Publishing in Germany has asked me to submit some of my prints for a book entitled Printmaking Rediscovered. Release date is Spring 2010.

November 23/09.
Samantha Pynn (host of Pure Design on HGTV and contributor to Style at Home magazine) will be featuring some of my prints on Breakfast Television this Friday.
(Tune in: City TV. 6-9 am)

November 21/09.
My Brooks Brothers suit prints are now completed and available framed through Hollace Cluny at 1070 Yonge St. in Toronto.
They make an excellent Christmas gift for the stylish man in your life. hint hint.

November 14/09.
Press
Today's Globe and Mail features an article on the mural I created for Hollace Cluny.
It's in the Style section written by Danny Sinopoli.

I've begun work on a 2nd edition of my large Brooks Brothers Suit print.
Please see my blog for pics of the whole inky process!
They measure 26" X 40' and will be for sale in November.

October 7/09.
The wall mural which I created for Hollace Cluny is now up!
My illustrations can also be seen in red vinyl on the shop window.
Please see my blog for pics or take a peek in person at 1070 Yonge St. in Toronto.

October 6/09.
Uppercase magazine Issue 3 is hot off the press. It contains my interview with German illustrator Olaf Hajek.

September 1/09

I completed a book cover for Opportunity Rings by Sheryl Steinberg published by Key Porter Books. The book is in stores now.

August 5/09.
I've been commissioned to create a large wall mural for Hollace Cluny. Installation will take place the first week of October.

I've just returned from Berlin where I interviewed the German illustrators Martin Haake, Olaf Hajek, and Monika Aichele for Uppercase magazine. The interviews will appear in Fall 2009 and early 2010.

June 11/09
Just completed a book cover for Penguin UK.
Worked with the lovely and talented designer Ami Smithson.

June 8/09
Have just completed a third edition of my oversized Penguin book prints.
Virginia Woolf and George Bernard Shaw titles are available.
Please contact me for prices and availability.

June 6/09
My large silk screen scissor print will be reproduced in uppercase magazine.
www.uppercasegallery.ca It will accompany an article on the history of Fiskers scissors (those famous orange scissors from Finland).

June 1/09
Currently working on illustrations for a book entitled “What to Wear for the Rest of your Life” written by Kim Johnson Gross (writer of the Chic Simple series of books).