Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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Coming up with subjects for Admiration of Benefit (as well as illustrating them) has been an interesting challenge. I look up to a great many people and I've drawn many of them already. What makes this series different, at least for me, has been my attempt to do draw people the general public may not immediately connect with me, or Siteway. Fred Dretske, for example, was a huge influence on my academic development, my writing style, my brain. I'm not too sure he's a household name, though. My third grade teacher was probably an influence on a great many students who attended Springvale Elementary during that era. I'm not saying these are idiosyncratic choices but they are, I think, just a little bit different. ¶ Mort Drucker, legendary illustrator and caricaturist, is my subject this week. His work is unparalleled, as David Apatoff points out, and lately it has become apparent to me just how many hundreds of hours I spent as a kid studying Drucker's work in MAD. I read the words too, it's true, but the real magic was happening in the pictures. The closest I came to Mr. Drucker was a few years back when the ad agency I was working for hired him to do a Mr. Clean poster. I remembered thinking: "So he still works as an illustrator. Hmm. Maybe this illustration-as-a-career idea isn't so crazy." It's not that I thought you'd get rich doing it but it was something you do for a long time and in many different veins, developing your craft over a lifetime. While Al Hirschfeld's line work inspired me to think big, Drucker's work was so awesome it simply could not be ignored. It's deep in my brain. I recommend picking up old MAD magazines for Drucker's beautiful drawings alone. ¶ Did you know that Monet used to draw caricatures? ¶ You still have some time to see four of my framed prints at April Maloney Salon (178 Avenue Road). They'll be up for the rest of the month and they're for sale. The Katharine Hepburn is $900, the Alfred Hitchcock is $600, and the Tom Wolfe is $100 (the Audrey Hepburn has been sold).
Sunday, October 01, 2006
The place is really coming together now. I've enjoyed the process a great deal, even if it is sometimes very difficult to figure out where things should go, you know the deal. I'm looking around the room and I'm liking what I see. I think I'll have a Redbreast before bed. Enjoy the Emily Haines portrait. ¶ I illustrate Michael C. Hall in tomorrow's National Post. AL2. ¶ Here's my piece on display at the Beaver, Uncle Paully wants a Sausage.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Although I'm not able to attend, I have a piece in Midnight Snack, an art show curated by Sarah Lazarovic, at the Beaver (1192 Queen Street West). The show opening is this Saturday, September 30, 2006, at 7pm. My piece is entitled Uncle Paully wants a Sausage. It's an unframed photographic print that measures 16"x20". ¶ Recently I've been spending hours a day designing the new Siteway sites (Siteway and the family of art brands therein: Tonicville, Phelts, and a surprise...) for an all-encompassing launch in 2007. I'm obviously excited about the new sites for a number of reasons: what they mean to me, how they're designed, where they're going, and everything in between. ¶ In other Siteway news, I'm now a proud member of Alternative Pick and today I'm actually member of the day.
Monday, August 07, 2006
In eary 1989 most of my family went to Australia (we lived in this suburb of Sydney) in an around-the-world trip that radically altered my life. I remember during the Christmas holidays of 1988 it dawned on me, for real, that this was going to happen. And soon. That feeling was overwhelmingly euphoric. I'd stay awake at night thinking of all the people we'd meet, things we'd see. I remember thinking that seeing what packaged goods look like in other countries would be very cool (this was pre-WWW). ¶ This past weekend, when it finally dawned on me all that our next chapter will bring, I had a very similar feeling. It's a feeling related to endless opportunities and the anticipation of discovering new worlds. ¶ Last month I had the opportunity to sketch David Cronenberg during a blogger Q&A session (lead by Rocketboom's Andrew Baron) at the AGO. Photojunkie took some pictures and today I complete a finished portrait of David Cronenberg. ¶ Huge thanks to Glen and Chris from The Movers out of Toronto for helping out with our move in a massive way and another shoutout to The Nortons who saved the day in London. A special note of thanks to Al, from Payless For Everything Furniture who moved our Steelcase desk from the street to our awesome new apartment. Thank you thank you thank you!
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Had the pleasure of attending a Q&A session at the AGO with Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg yesterday evening. There were about a dozen bloggers who were there to take photos, write notes, ask questions, and, in my case, sketch. He was at the AGO to celebrate the launch of the Andy Warhol exhibit he guest-curated subtitled Supernova: Stars, Deaths, and Disasters, 1962-1964. Much thanks to Matthew Ross over at the AGO who was good enough to make this happen. ¶ With all that in mind, may I present my portrait of Andy Warhol.
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Antony Hare is a freelance illustrator whose work has appeared in publications including Esquire UK, Maisonneuve, Forbes, Annabelle Mann, The Improper Bostonian, Bon Appétit, the Globe and Mail, and National Post (for which he won a Silver Medal from the Society of News Design). His work is at the meeting point between portraiture and caricature. Antony is a member of the Society of Illustrators and works from his office in downtown Toronto. ¶ Learn more about Antony.
Siteway was launched in 1996. It is Antony Hare's personal web site and is affiliated only with him. It contains his gallery of illustrations and blog since 2000. His illustrations are available for sale and for licensing in film and advertising. Siteway World is Siteway, Phelts, Tonicville, and Coastalmatic. Siteway is updated every week, usually Tuesday, with a new feature illustration.
