COMMISSIONS: BLACK AND WHITE ART
CUSTOM WALL ART & INK DRAWINGS
CUSTOM DESIGN BLACK AND WHITE ART! Choose from a variety of themes, drawing styles and presentations to get the perfect comic book artwork for your home or office. Although my artistic practice has shifted from creating original artworks to focusing more on animation and comic books I continually receive inquiries about purchasing wall art. In response to the demand I decided to do a limited number of commissioned and or custom artworks each year. These artworks can be made at various sizes using techniques based on any of the past “HEY APATHY!” styles and themes . Creative input is always welcomed. Drawings available on paper, canvas, custom objects, and as wall murals.
The three examples (left) show some of the black and white art I've created specifically for clients.
The first image is from a large ink on paper work commissioned by Adam Iver’s for his TV production office. The image features a battle between giant New Media Robots with video Camera faces and the old media buildings in Toronto’s skyline. This 4 x 12 foot drawing was scaled to fit Adam’s wall and included a custom film strip border representative of the company’s practice. This drawing also directly continued as an extended panoramic view of the Toronto landscape as seen from the office’s south window.
The Third sample was simply a request for one of my earlier hieroglyphic cityscapes to be done with a winter theme. The original drawing was an 18 x 24” ink on paper work and the design was also used for a unique limited edition screen printed Holiday Gift Card.
SEE MORE BLACK AND WHITE ART STYLES HAND PAINTED OBJECTS AND INSTRUMENTS
Hand Painted Instruments and objects have also been popular as personalized commissioned pieces. I do a lot of custom artwork on guitars, drum skins, furniture, clothing, vehicles and unusual accessories. Some of the more interesting projects have included a limited edition female t-shirt design for the A.G.O., a one of a kind hand painted sitting chair for the Robert Kananj gallery and a set of designer high heels for a private client.
The images here show some samples of interesting objects decorated with “HEY APATHY!” black and white art. “Eyeball City” This Steele guitar was a private commission from a local musician. The instrument features the metropolis eye surrounded by strange gear shaped buildings and crowds of unusually intermingled denizens. The idea being that the city is like a giant machine but it’s up to all the crazy people to make it spin. The drawings were done directly on the steel guitar with metal primer and acrylic inks.
“Inside the Music” Black and white art on an electric guitar (Below Bottom). A series of receeding eyeballs become the gateway into a new dimension of musical unconsciousness. This drawing was done with archival graffiti markers directly on the plastic pick guard. 
GRAFFITI AND WALL MURALS
MURAL IDEAS! As an accomplished muralist I’ve done countless commissioned projects on the walls of private homes, public spaces and corporate offices. Large works can be done either directly on primed drywall or on canvas/paneling depending on the longevity requirements.
The image shown here (left) was made for the Forrest Hills Real Estate office located in Yorkville, downtown Toronto. This black and white art mural features the city skyline as seen from this classic neighborhood.
MUSIC PROMOTION AND ALBUM ARTWORK
HEY APATHY! ALBUM ARTWORK As an obsessive music lover and amateur player I always get excited to do drawings to support musical creations. I've made a lot of black and white art for independent and professional albums from various genre's including jazz, classical, techno, industrial and pop.
The two samples here show CD artwork I did based on themes the musicians asked for. The first image (left) is an album cover for the infamous Toronto DJ JELO who requested a comic book likeness of himself and provided me with photos. The second image (below) is a gate fold cover from Lucas Fowles latest released. Lucas wanted to see a twisted business man enveloped by wires attacking a female fairy and a guitar. This is what I came up with… 
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The Dragon Drawing was based on the tale of St. George. This 30 x 40” ink on paper drawing was commissioned as a wedding present and combined the traditional fable with contemporary cartooning.
“The Return of Superhero” is one of several skateboard designs that have been commissioned by Ryan Rubin for his company Longboard Living. This drawing features a surreal rendering of the city of Toronto. Beneath the watchful eye of the all SEEING TOWER the metropolis is under attack by rampaging monstrous mechanizations. In the middle of the madness a tiny hero arises wearing an eye-balled cape, but can this super-heroic denizen save the city or is it too late? The image was originally painted with acrylics directly on a custom skateboard deck and has since been produced in a limited screen printed edition.
“Nature and Technology” (Left & Below)Custom artwork for Laptop Cover. This drawing was commissioned by a private patron who was interested in having an entirely original image for her computer. The drawing depicts the city of Toronto as viewed from a mystical forest. The surrealist foreground is filled with imaginative birds, flowers, animals and creatures organically connected in a playfully art-deco style. In the distance the city is shown as if it were made of gears busily encompassed by spiraling metropolitan routines. The image is intent on reminding us of both our escapist fantasies and the benefits of our daily computerized work.
