Roumieu's Love Letter

Releasing this month, Graham Roumieu has a 'love letter' included in a collection of fiction titled Four Letter Word published by Chatto and Windus (UK) and edited by Joshua Knelman and Rosalind Porter. The book is a unique collection of new fiction written by 35 celebrated contemporary writers including Margaret Atwood, Miriam Toews, David Bezmozgis, Douglas Coupland, Michel Faber, A.L. Kennedy, Audrey Niffenegger, Lionel Shriver, Jan Morris, Jeanette Winterson, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Joseph Boyden, Panos Karnezis, Jonathan Lethem, M.G. Vassanji and Neil Gaiman.

Each writer explores the distinctive form of the love letter to remind us how enticing words can be and perhaps even to resurrect a dying custom. Graham's letter 'From Bigfoot to Santa' is classic Roumieu and an unexpected treat between last year's Me Write Book and next year's I Not Dead.

The Canadian edition debuts January 8, 2008 from Knopf Canada (Random House) and the US edition will be published by Simon & Schuster.

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Pilar Featured In DPI - Taiwan

DPI Magazine (Taiwan) loves Bella Pilar! She has been featured in a four-page article in the current issue. Bella was last seen in their special issue Women in Illustration.

Bella Pilar for LCX Stores in Hong Kong

Bella Pilar was recently commissioned by LCX stores of Hong Kong to do a series of illustrations for a beauty campaign. LCX, which stands for Lifestyle Concept X, represents a revolutionary retail store concept, combining the best of boutique and department store shopping experiences into one world. The photos below show what some of the in-store signage looked like.

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Bella Pilar Featured in XFuns Magazine

Bella Pilar has been featured in the current issue of XFUNS, a Taiwanese magazine that discusses international trends in creativity and design. Her work appears in a special themed issue dedicated to fashion illustration. Other artists featured include David Downton, Stina Persson and Ali Douglas. XFuns Magazine

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Roumieu Reads on CBC Radio

Graham Roumieu has been asked to read an excerpt from his 2006 book Me Write Book - It Bigfoot Memoir (Plume Books). The reading will be broadcast on As It Happens at 5:30pm EST this Friday, October 19th 2007. You can listen to a podcast recording of the broadcast at the following link. 2007-10-19 As It Happens Podcast

101 Ways to Kill Your Boss by Roumieu

Graham Roumieu's newest book 101 Ways to Kill Your Boss, published by Headline UK, released this Thursday, October 4th, 2007 and is sure to keep us all laughing. The title being self-explanatory, everyone will find humor in Graham's priceless recipe of a quart of off-beat wit, a pound of absurdity, and in this case, more than a healthy dose of macabre. The 112-page hardcover book is currently available only in the UK or through online sites such as Amazon.

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Bella Pilar's Notecards for Breast Cancer Research

October is Breast Cancer Month and the latest Bella Pilar illustrated cards to be found at PAPYRUS include a box set of notecards to help benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The illustrated pink box contains 20 blank notecards, 5 cards each of 4 designs and matching pink lined envelopes. The current issue of Self magazine featured the cards in the article 'Pink Power' which raises awareness about breast cancer and breast cancer research. The cards are available at Papyrus stores nationwide.

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Walrus Sells Roumieu Prints

The Walrus Magazine is now selling prints of Graham Roumieu's 'Nice to Meet You' June 2007 cover (without the bar code and coverlines). http://store.walrusmagazine.com/products/cover-print-nice-to-meet-you

Pilar in 'Age of Feminine Drawing'

Bella Pilar appears in Gingko Press' "The Age of Feminine Drawing." The book highlights the prevalence and importance of the female hand in our modern culture and showcases the works of some of the most talented male and female artists in the world. The Age of Feminine Drawing

Pilar in Bloomie's

Bella Pilar has now completed a third illustration for Bloomingdale's department stores. The fashionable  illustrations for the shoe and bag departments were used for print ads in New York newspapers as well as direct mail campaigns and in-store signage.

Bigfoot Sighting on Metro

Tell me who else you'd assign an illustration to with a cover story titled Bigfoot Inc.? None other than Graham Roumieu fits the bill. Never predicable, a business-like Bigfoot with no pants glares at the slightly grungy hed and dek of a story about a local Meno Park, CA man who is a one-man sasquatch industry. Nice choice Metro, I'll bet your paper boxes emptied quick that week.

Bigfoot Seen in 'Arts & Life'

An 'in-character' portrait of Bigfoot illustrated by Graham Roumieu in the style of Me Write Book - It Bigfoot Memoir (Plume) was on the cover of the Arts & Life section of the National Post this Monday, June 25, 2007. The illustration accompanied an article titled 'The Fur in Furtive' that covers a filmmaker in Alberta who says he has found a colony of Bigfeet in the Rockies.

We're always glad to see art directors go for 'the real thing' when it comes to representing our furry friend.

Roumieu for Pilsner

Ever wanted to watch Graham Roumieu at work? Well now you can, Graham illustrated the new "Old Style Pilsner" website for Molson Canada. The 'hands on' multimedia website features his sketches on the home page and includes spots and 'live action' drawn elements throughout the site. Canadians will chuckle at his take on the iconic pilsner label and yes folks, those are his hands. Pilsner

Bella Pilar Limited Edition Vintage Tees for TARGET

Four limited editions vintage style T-shirts featuring Bella Pilar's illustrations are now available in-store and online. Target left her artist signature intact on the artwork, added a custom 'Bella Pilar' logo to the outside of each T, and featured an extensive 'tagless' artist bio on the inside collar of the T's. TARGET

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ROUMIEU In American Illustration 26

Graham Roumieu was selected to appear in American Illustration 26. Congratulations!

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Pilar for Tiffany & Co.

Bella Pilar has recently completed illustrations for Tiffany & Co. to be used on 'By Invitation Only' special collection and events. The illustrations featured below were fora special best customer ladies shopping event, a cocktail ring event, and a blue and green gemstone event.

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Pilar's Mighty Pen

In the March 14th, 2007 article 'Is the Pen Mightier Than the Photo?' printed in New York's The L Magazine, Bella Pilar is referenced along with a few other fashion illustrators as an example of "fashion's movement ... into the realm of the fantastical". An illustration of Bella's is featured as a lead image in both the print and web editions of the magazine. www.thelmagazine.com

Roumieu Follows Kerouac

On the first leg of a trip around the world for Conde Nast Traveler Magazine, Graham Roumieu illo blogs it on a roadtrip from New York to Los Angeles with food and travel writer Mark Schatzker. On this first leg of the '80 Days or Bust: One man's attempt to circumnavigate the globe the old-fashioned way' journey the pair are off traveling no faster than 100 mph and taking the time to see, eat, drink, and blog about their experiences. Leaving from Red Hook, Brooklyn in a loaner Mercedes E320 CDI, Graham will accompany Mark to Los Angeles on a one-week deadline where Mark will travel westward to the Far East by ocean liner. They plan to retrace Jack Kerouac's classic On the Road route as closely as possible and to eat in the very diners he did back in the day, or as close a match to them as can be had. (As you read the blog you will see that this becomes difficult and unappetizing.)

First stop Chicago . . . Check out the blog at http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/blogs/80days/

Bella Pilar Featured in Domino

Bella Pilar is featured in the February issue of trendy Domino Magazine - The Guide to Living in Style. The article, a recurring series on buying art, guides readers in buying fashion illustration to hang in their homes and showcases the work of eight highly regarded international illustrators including Mats Gustafson and Izak Zenou. The Domino website also displays additional work by the artists including Bella's.

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Roumieu cover The Liberal Convention for The Globe & Mail

The Globe & Mail, Canada's national newspaper, sent Graham Roumieu to Montreal to cover the Liberal Leadership Convention Nov. 28 - Dec. 2. Resulting editorials were published in the Nov. 30 - Dec. 2, 2006 papers. Their humorous take on the convention is also available in an online Globe & Mail article.

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