Essays and Papers

Illustration, Post-Illustration, and Those Who Draw (.doc download)

Delivered Nov. 2, 2006 at the University Art Association of Canada's annual conference, Waterloo, Ont, in the Canadian Drawing panel chaired by Christine Lalonde of the National Gallery of Canada. This is a working paper, polemic in tone, arguing that the evaluation of contemporary art drawing is compromised by general ignorance and historical dismissal of artistic values traditional to the draughtsmanly applied, popular and commercial arts. Please send me feedback! jaleen@gmail.com.

 

Towards Illustration Theory: Robert Weaver, Harold Rosenberg, and the Action Illustrator? 7MB pdf

Published in the Journal of Art Criticism, May 2009. This paper retroactively constructs a debate between illustrator Robert Weaver and the art critic Harold Rosenberg (who coined the term "action painting" and launched the careers of the Abstract Expressionists). Both men largely agree, except Rosenberg couldn't get over his prejudice against commercial art, despite his 30 year career with the Advertising Council.....!

 

The Model Book 1.3 MB pdf

An etiquette guide I wrote in 1998, based on my own experiences and on interviews with numerous other models in Victoria and Vancouver BC.