News Archive!
08/10/07- I have a small but happy solo show up at
Hulberts Cafe - 7601
115 Street, themed 'When you were five'. I did the pieces in
celebration of Woodward Design
turning five years old. Check it out if it suits you!
07/10/07- Visit me at the 2007
Whyte Avenue Art Walk! I will be located in front of the Varscona
Theatre.
05/22/07- Two arty events that I'm participating in
this Month. Doctors
& Derriers and The
Royal Bison Craft Fair. I encourage you to check out the linkys
and attend! I'm also working on a new
scholastic project. Annnnd I finally did a folio
update.
04/25/07- I'm illustrating for various folk festival
promotions right now, which is really my cup of tea. Daydreaming about
laying in summer grass and listening to music. Just returned from my
first trip to NYC. Buds on the trees. Life is good.
03/14/07- Latitude
53 is having a fundraiser called 'Love Bytes', and I illustrated
and designed the print. A fun art auction with dj's, cocktails, etc....hope
to see you. You can go ahead and be trendy by visiting Latitude's myspace.
Make them your 'friend' or whatever the kids do these days.
02/20/07- New site design is up!
I can't help myself, every year I have to do it. Have a peek around.
02/01/07- I will be having
a solo show at Ultra Violet Floral
Studio, featuring a selection of new Paris drawings. I hope you
might come by for a peek! The show is up from February 8 - March 6th.
The reception will be held February 10th, 10 am - 3 pm and we'll be
serving café delights.
Ultra Violet - 12234 - 107 Avenue, check uvfloral.ca
for store hours.
01/07/07- Knit for Charity
is finished. I was able to collect over 320 scarves, hats, mittens,
etc. Thank you, Edmonton knitters. See a little press over here.
Also, three cheers to 2007! Happy New Year. I recently completed for
a line of shirts for Limebaby.
09/28/06
- Knit for Charity has begun! Read more
by clicking here.
09/01/06
- Redkite.ca - a new collaborative
project with my pal, Anders. Absolute fun.
07/20/06 - We drove 1500 km North of Edmonton to visit
family in Yellowknife. A vacation with buffalo + bugs (photos
here)! It never gets dark at night during the summer. No, they do
not live in igloos. Also, I just did a ridiculously large update to
my portfolio.
06/16/06
- Whoops. 2 months since an update. Things are well, internet. Finishing
the two huge book projects. Plans for music festivals, drawing trips
and camping in the woods this summer. Poplar fluff everywhere. NCF is
this weekend and Edmonton Chante is the following weekend! Also, happy
pride week, Edmonton.
04/16/06 - Starting a new personal painting series,
a second book for Scholastic and another book for Paige Hemmis (Extreme
Makeover). Also, get your tickets for the North
Country Fair!
03/26/06
- Lots of new work in the portfolio,
and my Scholastic book is nearly
complete. Seriously contemplating a vacation.
02/13/06
- Happy pre-lover day. In celebration, I am launching a new site design!
In the next couple of days, the bugs will be worked out. If it suits
your fancy, download a pretty desktop picture.
02/02/06 - Still no snow to report in Alberta. New work for
SEE and University Affairs,...but I am holding out on an update because
I plan to redesign (!). In between drawing rabbits and turtles.
03/01/06 - Happy New Year folks! I am cheerily ringing
in 06' with a children's book contract for Scholastic, as well as my
first full year in a business partnership. Oh? Did I forget to report
some news, officially? Mr. Dana Woodward joined me full-time managing
Woodward Design. We are going to kick some serious 2006 ass.
25/10/05 - The 2005 Christmas Scarf Drive has begun! If you
are a knitter, I encourage you to donate a scarf to the Edmonton Women's
Shelter. Click here for details on how
to participate.
21/10/05 - Back from Italy. All rested up. Drank lots of red
wine & espresso,...totally refilled my well! I have so much updated
work in the folio section, I invite you to take a peeky-poo. My big
fall project for the Edmonton
Journal has been going smashingly. Click here
or the drawing above to see a special feature on it.
15/08/05 - Work for Westworld Alberta, Mungbeing, and
other bits. Watch in the fall for a fun new section on my site featuring
100 illustrations in 100 days! A novel project for the Edmonton
Journal. Summer is flying by and I am counting down the days for
my trip to Italy!
29/06/05 - Delighted to be working for Ed
Magazine, Girls Guide to
LA, among other fun jazz (hint, click portfolio for samples). Dana
built me box gardens and I have watched the little beans poke up, which
is really quite pretty. Happy July, cheers to poplar fluff and bonfires.
02/05/05
- Organized folio section now up! With oodles of new works for Northern
Light Theatre. Also, I am delighted to announce that I will be doing
some work for the lovely Alex Beauchamp.
06/04/05 - New client, DDB
Canada, had me draw the trials & tribulations of our local garbage
men for the Urban Recycler.
06/04/05 - Art|Craft section back up, info on the Stitch
& Bitch group I run available, and
the tulips are officially poking through the dirt in the yard. Oh yes,
and I am now contributing doodle work to the online mag, Mungbeing.
23/03/05 - New site design launched! Rock on. Be patient,
I have yet to update everything & work out bugs. Insane busy with
new projects, make sure to check out the ol' portfolio
for new work.
24/01/05 - I will be having a booth at the Woman's
Business Blaster Conference in Feb. I encourage all gals in business
to attend. If you visit my booth, I will babble to you about illustration.
Or perhaps teach you how to knit.
29/12/04 - Click here to contribute to the relief effort
for Tsunami. How devastating. Thoughts & prayers go out to everyone,
especially Suneth's family.
09/12/04 - Whoo! The cover I recently did for SEE
was a #3 pick up rate of all time. Which means lots & lots of people
liked it.
08/12/04 - Peace & love this holiday season (and always)
from Amanda, Dana & Isis Woodward.
04/11/04 - I am going to launch a shop to sell some crafty
items. Check out the beginnings and watch for more developments.
01/11/04 - Busy busy. Illustration work for Fortis AB, See
Magazine & a new local Woman's
Business Conference. Check out the ol' portfolio for new work.
16/09/04 - Now you can see my doodles in an online
sketchbook.
31/08/04 - I have moved my home office! See contact for update.
Now my daytime view will be filled with chittering birds in my very
own back yard. Gardening plans already have begun.
30/07/04 - 5 New works including illustrations for
a cookie company (how fun is that), a funny monkey & also a personal
commission for a special friend & her pup.
16/05/04
- Illustration
& promo designs completed for Edmonton Woman's Shelter Pink Tea
fundraiser. The Pink Tea is a performance about the famous five, the
gals who enabled Canadian Women to vote.
13/05/04 - My little illustration site is finally launched!
Let's clink the pint glasses. Thanks Anders! for writerings. I also
appreciate the designer/art pals who provided encouragement & crits.