My beloved brother: Shawn Cavanagh

My beloved brother Shawn Cavanagh

Sept 28th 1965 - August 26 2012

On Sunday, August 26, 2012 at the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital in his 47th year.
Shawn, beloved husband of Elizabeth Dalzell. Devoted father of Graeme. Cherished brother of Danny, Alanna, Kelly, Lisa and Lori. Beloved son of the late Lenore and Leo Cavanagh and dear uncle to his nieces and nephews.

An avid long-distance runner and a dedicated elementary school teacher, Shawn touched the lives of his colleagues, students and friends with his humour, commitment and compassion.  
He will be in our hearts forever. 

For those who wish - memorial contributions may be made to CAMH, Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Foundation, or Knox Presbyterian Church, Oakville.

Visitation

Wed August 29th 

3-5 and 7-9 pm

Kopriva Taylor Community Funeral Home
64 Lakeshore Road West
Oakville 

905-844-2600

Funeral service
Thursday August 30, 2012
11am
Knox Presbyterian Church
89 Dunn St., Oakville

Condolences can be left at www.koprivataylor.com

SAVE THE DATE

 

In conjunction with The Queen West Art Crawl I, along with my Artscape neighbours

will be hosting a Studio Sale Saturday Sept 15th 12-6.

The Trinity Bellwoods Art Show is the same day so after you've left the park just continue west!

(Hey I'm all for shopping efficiency. :-)

There will be great deals on Prints, Artist Proofs, Greeting cards - and possibly tshirts if I can get them together in time!

Added Bonus: You get to snoop through my studio. 

** Please RSVP to receive 10% off all prints including sale items. Ooh Ahh. **

Byzantium wallpaper

Just LOVE this wallpaper.
It's called Byzantium (from the painting of Sydney Albertini) by Studio Printworks in New York.
I think it would give a very Moroccan tile-ish vibe to a bathroom. Have ordered a sample and
ofcourse immediately pinned to my Pinterest board!

David Rakoff 1964 - 2012

Unbearably sad. One of my favourite writers.

Empty Belly print back in stock

I hit the studio with squeegee + ink this weekend and printed more Empty Belly prints.
It's now available for purchase again in my shop.
Below is an in process shot plus several in situ photos of it hanging in various homes.

My Empty Belly silk screen print
(Makes a great conversation piece in the dining room or kitchen!) :-)
22" x 30"
125.00

A shot of the silk screen process.

In my friend Emily's dining room.

 In Emma Reddington's kitchen.

 Framed in white in Kim's kitchen.

 An arty Instagram shot by Colleen Nicholson in her loft.

Yep.
via swiss miss.

Cat Woman Sketch

My tea towels back in stock in Toronto

My limited edition tea towel is back in stock in the Bay's Toronto stores.

New work: Book cover for Penguin

Recently I created a second cover for Amy Huberman's novel I wished for you.

The art director Justinia Baird-Murray requested "a young woman kicking up her heels".
Above is the approved sketch.

After completing the drawing Justinia asked for a 'midnight romance vibe' so in Photoshop I reversed out the line in white and added a midnight blue background. Final cover above.

Vintage telephone

Copyright Alanna Cavanagh 2012

Design Exchange party

An incredible party last night at the Design Exchange for the opening of their new show 6o Years of Designing the Ballet + The Tutu Project.
The party took place on the Historic Trading floor of the Former Stock Exchange. What a space.
Check out those windows!

The new President of Design Exchange Shauna Levy making Opening Remarks.

 Kimberley Brown of House and Home.
 
Sasha Suda and me.

 Artists Bruno Billio and writer Alison Garwood Jones.

Writer Doug Wallace

 Architect + Bon Vivant Ricky Mugford and guest.

Another shot of the space with a view of many of the tutus from the Tutu project.
Photo by jenny Francis.

Amazing crowd, live orchestra and.... unlimited bar. Oooh ahh.
Thank you DX for an incredible fete!!

ps! An DX Membership is only 85.00... Highly recommended.

This is tonight...

Looking forward....

Manhattan Bound....

Today I packed up my Green Brooks brothers suit + Big Brogue shoe prints for a stylish fella in NYC.
I love the thought of them hanging in a home on Lexington Ave. :-)
FYI I also love Fed Ex for always delivering my prints safely! Their big tubes shaped like giant Toblerone bars are perfect for shipping art worldwide.

Tommy Smythe includes Tea towels in Top Canadian design Faves

Tommy Smythe promoting Canadian design on the Marilyn Dennis show July 2 2012.
(Aren't his tortoise shell glasses + windowpane jacket sharp?)

Close up of the Tea Towels

Arren Williams just let me know that Tommy Smythe did a special feature promoting Canadian Design on the Marilyn Dennis show this past Tuesday.. and in it he included the Hudson's Bay designer series tea towels. (!!)

As many of my friends - (and fellow Pinteresters!) know I've been an admirer of Tommy's style - both in interior design + fashion - for a long time so must admit this was a thrill. (Yes I'm corny)
Thanks so much Arren + Tommy. 

Full version of my tea towel.

ps. Thrilled to report there will be more Hudson Bay products coming down the pipe!! 
Stay tuned.

Creative Morning with Paddy Harrington was great

Am rushing off to silk screen!

The quote I scribbled above is:

"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.

We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift" 

- Albert Einstein 

YEP.

Here are my notes from Paddy's Harrington's talk complete with sketches of Colleen Nicholson's legs and great Chanelish flats!
One of his main messages was Trust that your Intuitive brain is churning away at the problem all the time!
More later. Very inspirational.

New Sketch: Jack of Spades

I went to see Snow White and the Huntsman a couple weeks ago and it's put me in a medieval mindset - full of knights, + queens + suits of armour.