I had the opportunity to paint the Weal cover for the Mar 18 issue. The article that accompanies the cover was written by Seamus Smyth, and it can be read here. The photo is by the excellent Jessica Burtnick.

The great debate?

(Illustration by Sarah Pynoo.)

Right now, Americans are gearing up for Nov. 6, when they will elect their next president and vice president. The forerunners, current POTUS, Barack Obama of the Democratic Party, who is running with his vice-president Joe Biden, is up against Mitt Romney of the Republican Party, with vice-presidential hopeful Paul Ryan.

The candidates have been duking it out over debates – and many Canadians have been following each step and misstep very closely. Canada and America are so closely tied, that whatever choice is made at the polls this November is sure to affect us.

As former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau once said, America is, “in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.” 

Read more at The Weal.

I did a few quick art submissions for Papergirl Calgary. Only two weeks until the opening exhibit at the Epcor Centre!