History

Fine Art Painter History

Studio painting daily. 2014-

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Painting Workshops Taken:

Scott Christenson, Driggs, Idaho / Phil Stark, New York City / Terry Miura, California /Kathleen Dunphy, California

Kevin Macpherson, Sedona, Arizona / Kathryn Stats, Sedona, Arizona / Scott Burdick, Scottsdale, Arizona 

Matt Smith, Scottsdale, Arizona / Daniel Keys, Scottsdale, Arizona / Calvin Liang, Carmel, California /
Randall Sexton, Carmel, California / Brian Blood, Monterey, California

Graphic Design and Art Direction History
 

Robert Half International
Creative Director
Management of creative team. Develop large scale projects announcing or promoting new divisions including creative identity, ad campaigns, film, video, promotional materials, marketing and websites. Responsible for branding and investor relations materials, annual reports and websites. Began as an Art Director at the small headquarters with 3 divisions and was instrumental as Creative Director in expanding the corporation to more than 20 divisions internationally. These divisions included: Accountemps, OfficeTeam, Robert Half, RHI Consulting, Management Resources, The Creative Group, The Affiliates and all their international versions. For each of these divisions we developed the brand, campaigns (print, net, website, social, billboard, radio, TV) for each for for employee and employer. 
Menlo Park, CA
1994-2014 

UniForum
Director of Creative & Production
Management of all design and production for tech association including monthly magazine, marketing materials and indexes.
Santa Clara, CA
1990-1994 

The Washington Post
Art Director, Creative Services
Concept development of ad campaigns, corporate literature, brochures, kits and special projects for the newspaper, magazines and client departments.
Washington DC
1988-1990

TravelAd
Art Director, Manager Graphics
Director of advertising, brochures and presentations. Development of “look and feel" for each client including Olson Travel, Travelworld and Jet Trek Tours. Resource and contact appropriate photographers, artists and printers. Oversee quality control. 
Los Angeles
1980-1988 

McGraw-Hill
Associate Art Director
Design and coordinate Housing Magazine.
New York City
1979-1980

RAB Marketing
Art Director
Director of design, photography and production for
an ad agency specializing in travel and hotels in the Caribbean.
New York City
1975-1979 

Brecker & Merryman
Designer
Produce comps for ad agency specializing in corporate recruitment. These included Bank of America, the Chemical Society and Boise Cascade.
New York City
1974-1975

William Morrow Publishers
Assistant Art Director
Art director and designer for books.
New York City
1972-1974

Education
 

Pratt Institute, Master of Science
Communication Design
New York City

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Bachelor of Arts
Design
Richmond, VA

Additional Education
 

Stanford University
Photoshop Workshop
Stanford, CA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Media Lab, Computers as Tools
Boston, MA

New School of the Visual Arts
Portfolio Class: Milton Glaser

New York City

Instructor:
San Jose University, Design Department
Computer As Tools
San Jose, CA