Carolyn Gowdy’s Wish for 2021

Carolyn’s latest commission in The Spectator Magazine for “I Live Here Now” a short story by Ian Rankin, is currently on newsstands in the UK and across the world, USA, Canada and the Euro Zone.
You can see it here.
December 22, 2020Happy Birthday from everyone at Reactor!
This week, in Print Magazine Steven Heller wrote a nice memory piece.
Here’s a link to an earlier article on Bob.
Commissioned by Richard O’Connor of Ace & Son Moving Picture Co., a Brooklyn, New York animation studio, Maurice developed master illustrations for a short film for the American non-profit public radio initiative, StoryCorps.
“My Aunties” is written by Stefan Lynch and Beth Teper. Stefan Lynch was raised by gay parents in the early eighties. He was cared for and loved by a group of adults, largely gay men, who he called his “aunties.†Stefan remembers the succession of AIDS-related illnesses in his family, including the death of his father in ‘91. Even in the face of terrible sickness and loss, his aunties showed him how to survive and care for one another.
Listen to Stefan and Beth’s original StoryCorps interview.
The animation is available on YouTube.
Last month, Rike was part of a team hosting “How to Help the Planet” week on Instagram. Rike’s art from that week is included here
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Black Bellows opening afternoon and night January 15, 2020.
Bill Russell always carries a small postcard-sized watercolour pad on his vacations. Bill Grigsby suggested putting a postage stamp on each and mail them to himself. So far none have gone missing. Here are a few from Bill’s recent trip to Vancouver Island.
Summer is slowly on its way and so here is this illustration by Alëna Skarina.
Fiona was commissioned by Anomaly Inc. to illustrate four panel posters for Hershey’s Jolly Rancher Misfits Launch. You can see the posters on outdoor wild postings and at convenience stores around Toronto.
May 24, 2019