I’ve been professionally working in the art field for over a decade as an art director and senior graphic designer. Creating in the advertising world trains me to think new and quick ideas then execute them graphically. Independently illustrating with private ownerships, magazines, children’s books, prints, and group gallery show is my true calling and love. Sometimes I do marry them together.
After graduating as an illustrator from The University of Arts in Philadelphia, my appreciation for art didn’t end with painting or sketching, it leaked over to design and photography. Art… creating, without them, life just doesn’t seem as sweet.
EDUCATION
University of The Arts Bachelors of Fine Arts, Illustration
Abington Art Center Class Course, Fine Art Painting
Academy of Fine Arts Class Course, Anatomy Drawing
WORK HISTORY
Freelance Graphic Designer/Illustrator
Senior Designer/Art Director, Allebach Communications
Senior Designer/Art Director, Thomas J Paul Inc.
Graphic Designer, Nicelines Direct
Illustrator and Production Artist, The Franklin Mint
CLIENTS
Alouette
Amorosos Bread
Aveeno
Centocor, Inc.
Cricket Magazine
Dr. Weil’s, Ito En
Good Health Snacks
Icon Pharmaceutical
Johnson & Johnson’s
MARS (m&m’s • skittles • snickers • twix • dove)
MTV
OneTouch
Oprah Winfrey Magazine
Paramount Pictures
Rachel Ray’s Magazine
Spider Magazine
Target
Tylenol
Zao Water
EXHIBITIONS
Nissho Iwai Exhibition, Rockefeller Center, NY
Rosenwald-Wolf Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Hamilton Hall Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Creep Records, Philadelphia, PA
320 Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
AWARDS
Gold, silver and bronze, Addy Awards, Lehigh Valley, PA (2009-2012)
Nominated for Mary Margavitch Hankin Award, Philadelphia, PA for Illustration
Great Performance as a Technician, set theatre designer, NJ
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