Category Archives: drawings

The Legend of Le Rocher Panet

Posted on October 22, 2020 by julian peters comics

The south shore of the St. Lawrence River around Montmagny and l’Islet is in places lacking in topographical variety. There are no cliffs nor steep slopes, but rather grassy beaches burgeoning with wild rice and sedges, murky from the fine … Continue reading →

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Song from the Highest Tower

Posted on September 6, 2018 by julian peters comics

 

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Graphic Note Taking at YAS! 2017

Posted on November 14, 2017 by julian peters comics

This past weekend I participated in YAS! (SYMPO! in French), the Youth Art Symposium organized by the Ottawa Art Gallery. Spearheaded by the brilliant and indefatigable OAG Youth and Educational Programs Coordinator Alexis Boyle, YAS! 2017 was aimed at bringing … Continue reading →

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“The Personal City” by Dino Buzzati (A Translation)

Posted on June 12, 2017 by julian peters comics

(Here is my translation of a short story –or is it a kind of prose poem?– by the Italian author Dino Buzzati (1906-1972). It is a piece I find very poignant, and not just because I also used to have … Continue reading →

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Kamakhya, The Goddess of Desire

Posted on February 21, 2017 by julian peters comics

On the Western outskirts of the city of Guwahati in Assam, India stands the temple of Kamakhya, dedicated to the Tantric goddess of desire. Its origins are associated with the story of Sati, the first consort of the great god … Continue reading →

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Tagore in Delhi Airport

Posted on February 20, 2017 by julian peters comics

On my way back from Silchar, India, where I participated in the Anuvad Arts Festival (more on that to follow), I had an 8-hour layover at Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi, where I read the poems of Rabindranath Tagore … Continue reading →

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White on Black Sketch #2 “Thinking of You” (Shuidiao Getou) – a poem by Su Shi

Posted on December 14, 2016 by julian peters comics

In honour of tonight’s full moon, a white-gouache-on-black-paper sketch inspired by a poem by the 11th-century Chinese poet Su Shi (also known as Su Tungpo). The poem is set to the traditional Chinese melody “Shuidiao Getou” (“thinking of you”). You … Continue reading →

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Rambo Illustration in Aklasu Magazine

Posted on November 10, 2015 by julian peters comics

Here is an image I produced to illustrate an article for Aklasu Online Magazine, on the subject of the “new Golden Age of action hero TV.” You can read the excellent article by Dylan Moses Griffin here https://aklasu.co/mag/good-bad-badass-golden-age-action-hero-television/ The image … Continue reading →

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Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn for Aklasu Magazine

Posted on August 17, 2015 by julian peters comics

Here’s my illustration for an article appearing today on Aklasu Online Men’s Magazine. The article looks at the influence of classic “screwball comedies” on contemporary cinema. You can read it here: https://aklasu.co/great-screwballs-fire-emergence-neo-screwball-comedy/ My drawing is based on a scene from … Continue reading →

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Lake Orta Sketchbook

Posted on July 22, 2015 by julian peters comics

I just got back from a holiday on Lake Orta, in Northern Italy. As has been demonstrated in a number of scientific studies, Lake Orta is the most beautiful spot on earth. It also happens to be where I spent … Continue reading →

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