My name is Jacqui Oakley and I’ve been illustrating for over ten years now. I specialize in hand-lettering and portraiture and love unexpectedly blending patterns and textures. I typically ink my work and paint with good old-fashioned oil or acrylic and elbow grease. Occasionally, I render colour digitally, when a modern mood strikes.

I was born in Canada, but spent my formative years watching BBC reruns and animé in Bahrain, Zambia and Libya, while my parents traveled for work. In 1989, I returned to Canada and graduated from the Illustration program at Sheridan College’s School of Art and Design in 2001. I teach at OCAD University (Ontario College of Art and Design) in Toronto and live in Hamilton with my husband, designer Jamie Lawson. My paintings have been exhibited in Toronto, L.A., San Francisco, Philadelphia, San Diego and Shanghai.

If you’d like to stay in touch I’m on Twitter @JacquiOakley

Thanks for visiting.

SOME FEATURES & INTERVIEWS:
Dribbble Time Out Interview
Abduzeedo Interview
My Owl Barn Interview
The Dieline – Two Crown King Lion Album Feature
Lovely Package - ” “
Applied Arts – ” ”
Pitch Design Union – ” ”

AWARDS:
Applied Arts
Communication Arts
Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles
American Illustration

PARTIAL CLIENT LIST:
Rolling Stone
Spin Magazine
Nylon Guys Magazine
New York Magazine
ESPN
Hemispheres Magazine (United Air)
The Boston Globe
LA Weekly
Financial Times (UK)
Billboard Magazine
Domino Records
Dallas Morning News
Palgrave Macmillan Publishers
Time Out Chicago
Gyro Worldwide
PEN Canada
Soapbox Design
Columbia Journalism Review
The Progressive
Atlantic Monthly
Harvard Business Review
Explore Magazine
Ink Publishing (en Viva Magazine)
Canadian Lawyer
Point 5 Design
University of Toronto
InRe – South Texas University
Baltimore Bride
Jamie Magazine (UK)
DBusiness
Hour Detroit
Westchester Magazine
up! Magazine (West Jet’s Inflight)
Money Sense Magazine
Delaware Today
Honolulu Magazine
Toronto Life Magazine
Runners World
Canadian Wildlife Magazine
Philadelphia Magazine
National Parks Magazine