Maybe my favourite.
-Christie
The Artist Project
January 12th, 2012 § 3,962 comments § permalink
Hi Guys, I am thrilled to be exhibiting at The Artist Project this March!
click for detail
Ignore the “Christine Lau” in the header, it’s really me! The Artist Project is organised by the same group as the One of a Kind Show and the Toronto International Art Fair. I went last year and thoroughly enjoyed the show. The artists were young, and if not young they were hip :). More details to follow, going back to work now!
-Christie
Wolf kiss
January 8th, 2012 § 16,726 comments § permalink
Beautiful arctic wolf. She has really yellow eyes.
two years old
-Christie
Holidays!
January 2nd, 2012 § 11,847 comments § permalink
Happy Holidays!
Presents that make little fireworks when opened.
Craft paper, spray adhesive, and glitter! And then ribbons, yarn, or yarn and twine braided for the strings…and then painted on tags and polka dots!
Happy new year everyone!
-Christie
Neptune’s Balloon
December 15th, 2011 § 9,377 comments § permalink
An indian star and an argonaut sail for your undersea travel.
The female argonaut is the only octopus that makes a shell. I first saw her paper- thin shell displayed in Deyrolle and thought it resembled the shape of a wing. For years naturalists wondered why this modest octopus keeps a shell while everyone else is naked. I absolutely love the drawings that arise from Aristotle’s hypothesis- that the argonaut’s shell was her boat, her tentacles were to help with the rowing and her large dorsal tentacles were her sail that she used to travel across the surface. Well, while she is indeed usually found near the surface of the sea, it’s been published that she controls her buoyancy by trapping air bubbles in her shell.
And isn’t the shell of the indian star tortoise beautiful? I saw it at Toronto Zoo this summer and thought it was quite perfect! Anyway, I’ve been working on this side project/series which I plan to start screen printing. I like looking at illustrations of hot air balloons, and of course, I know going up and down isn’t so hard for sea creatures like it is for us on land, but I kind of like that absurdity. It’s so completely luxurious and recreational and if Neptune is god of the sea then he should have all kinds of toys embellished with the most beautiful underwater things. I also like imagining passing a pod of dolphins going over and under you while you’re in a hot water balloon!
-Christie
Cheetah III
December 10th, 2011 § 967 comments § permalink
Run run run…
King of Speed III
detail of dee tail! (detail of the tail!)
After drawing the kitty with nib and ink, I took a photo of him and printed it out with a laser printer. I used a blender pen to transfer the image until the photocopy was exhausted. The images here are a little small, as always you can click on them to get a better look!
This is my third cheetah in the Kings series. This one is not on the website yet, but you can have a look-see of my other cheetah pieces and read about why I’m making these if you click HEREEEEEEE
-Christie
P.S. I’ll be updating more regularly now! I made a lot of stuff!
So Attractive
September 28th, 2011 § 1,502 comments § permalink
What makes a doe feel sexy?
roar roar roar roar
A stag has to fight for her (and all her friends). He has to roar the most often and the loudest!
If he is victorious he will have a harem of doe and he will still roar all the time because…
It’s an aphrodisiac for females, they come into heat faster when they hear his roars.
And it lets other males know who is dominant.
At dawn and evening, Stag roars and roars. It’s not uncommon for him to get too exhausted to lead a harem.
Soon another stag will take over. 🙁
-Christie
Cerberus
August 30th, 2011 § 1,975 comments § permalink
Guardian
detail, click to see larger!
detail, clickity click to see bigger
-Christie
Aviary
August 22nd, 2011 § 1,123 comments § permalink
Hi hi! I went to Pittsburgh’s National Aviary last week. I was around the penguins when it was feeding time. They were all waiting by the glass for some fish and followed my hands longingly when I moved them. I could even direct them to look the right angle by moving my pen! Quite fun, was able to observe a lot of detail in real life, even more than while I was in Antarctica.
-Christie
