Valentine's Day!

Oh my goodness, I have been M.I.A since November! How shameful of me! But I come bearing good - and productive- news.

I will slowly leak the details and draw out the suspense of what I've been working on these past couple of months from now until the end of February.

BUT the most exciting news I have at the moment is the dawning of a new beginning... Alex Davey in her first Illustration Show!

I will be showing some Valentine's Day themed illustrations this Tuesday, February 9th at Sadie's Diner, (504 Adelaide West). The show is fittingly titled "It Had to do with Love".

Come check out my stuff along with other cool artists between 7:00 -10:00 for the opening reception Tuesday.

The above picture will be apart of the show: The Valentine Ginger Sweethearts!

Stay warm,

Alex

Time for an update!

Hey everybody! I am so happy to be posting some new sketchbook work. It's been a while, I know!

Enjoy and always feel free to leave some comments :)

xox Alex

This is a bit of an old one. Man I love bon-bons and men in glasses.

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She looks a bit Molly Ringwald, no?

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Scandalous!!!!

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March to the beat of your own drum. In your underwear and cute booties, too.

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Bums

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She's on a boat

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Studio aka my bedroom

My ceramic cute-things in my bathroom.

Hi everybody, I have been living in Toronto for five years in the same place. It is a three-story townhouse in the St. Lawrence Market area (gorgeous, quaint, close to transit and still relatively 'downtown') and I have lived in every room of this three-bedroom, three-story townhouse. I am now living on the top floor, where I have a private bathroom and entrance to the upstairs terrace. This is where I will be living for the next 2+ years (rent is cheap... and I owe lots!) so I decided to make this my home as much as possible. I've been trying to paint pieces to put on my walls (I really don't like to decorate with my own artwork.... but I am trying to live with it) and also to keep drawing... like a fiend!

Anyblabberingaboutnothing..... here are some photos for me to share of my room...

Edel Rodriguez. He. Is. Hot.

Wood courtesy of the OCAD Wood Shop Trash Pile.


EDDIE! Also, an octowl, given to me by a friend.


I got these little frames in Kensington Market for very cheap. I filled them with models from Vogue.



Two portraits obviously done by myself (looks down in shame) and my Russian nesting dolls.
I am trying to trade one painting for one of Ginette Lapalmes...

My inspiration board. Lots of pink, white, and blue.


My Michael DeForge print! Hanging in my bathroom where it matches my towels.



And lastly, my Patrick Kyle print. We went to school together and he is going to be famous.

new sketchbook items

Hi everybods,

This summer has been pretty bleak: I've been working two jobs trying to pay off my student loan but I still have drawing lust .... I managed to pump out a few little coloured drawings and decided to share. I am in the process of uploading my website, working on a few promo pieces, and planning a wicked NYC trip in November to attend the American Illustration:28 party.

VICELAND!

I have some new work up on VICE. Check it out!

They were really rough sketches that the editor liked from the get-go. My sister wrote the piece and together we make quite the team. The story is basically about her client, a businessman, that required my sister to do some research on Strip Clubs that went far beyond her services as a temporary personal assistant.

Her blog is www.skipraid.com if you are in to that sort of thing.

Have a good summer!

xox A

Sketchbook

Since school has let out I have been pretty pre-occupied with everything but drawing. 

I've devoted the most of today to my sketchbook and came up with a few things that aren't too haggard for the internet.

Enjoy!

End of an Era!

I want to address http://www.penguinandfish.blogspot.com/. They added my illustrations under April 28th. I didn't even know about it until today since my Flickr account has been sort of a mess to figure out. I think what I like most about Penguin and Fish is that everything is really fresh and creative. Also, adorable. Cools!

In completely different news:

The OCAD Grad Show is coming to an end; it ends tomorrow at 6pm, last day to see everything from 08/09!!! The work is really strong, but in particular, the Illustration section. We did amazing!!! If you can't make it to the show, check out the OCAD Illustration Website to see all of our stuff. I helped create it! Oh yes I did.

I am almost officially done with OCAD! Sad and happy times.