OBJECTIVE
A creative challenge that offers an opportunity to grow and learn, while helping someone else with my skills.
SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience designing promotional materials for a variety of projects including logos, business cards, seasonal catalogs, and brochures
• Proficient with Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Excellent ability to communicate and work in a team setting as well as self-motivated to work alone
• Experienced illustrator with strong watercolor, pastel, charcoal, colored pencil, and pen and ink skills
• Excellent people skills and trained for strong communication and conflict resolution
• Reliable and able to meet deadlines
SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
• Proficient with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, Microsoft Word, and Excel
• Experienced with Flash, Dreamweaver, and Adobe Acrobat
EDUCATION
• Associate of Applied Science, Graphic Design
Western Technical College, La Crosse, Wisconsin
• American Academy of Art, Illustration and Life Drawing
Chicago, Illinois
• Drake University, College of Fine Art, Basic Drawing and Design
Des Moines, Iowa
WORK EXPERIENCE
Artist, Graphic Designer and Illustrator, freelance
Internship with Big River Magazine 2009 – 2010
• Designed print ads
• Organized computer files
• Designed Carp Logo
Watercolorist 1999–present
• Numerous shows in a variety of locations
• Originals, reproductions, calendars and cards for sale
Portraitist 1974–present
• Shows in a variety of locations
• Numerous private commissions
Published materials, 1978–present
• Illustrated Monastery Fables: Revels for the Lighthearted by Sr. Carole Sweeley
• Pen and ink illustrations in a cartoon style of nuns in a convent setting
• Illustrated Backyard Magic; Shade Loving Plants for the Backyard Gardener by Tony Brown
• Pen and Ink illustrations of native plants for shady places.
Cartoonist 1985–present
• Cartoons published in Countryside Magazine
• Cartoon strip and individual cartoons featuring a family of homesteaders
• Cartoons published in Wiscoy Watershed
• Individual cartoons illustrating the foibles of the neighborhood in a humourous light
Promotional materials, 1978–present
• Designed a variety of business cards, brochures, and brand identities
• Calendars & cartoons for various businesses
• Created maps
Inspection Coach
Benchmark Electronics, Inc. Winona, Minnesota 1997–present
• Trained new employees to exacting standards for critical medical circuit boards (over 100 to date)
• Extremely detail orientated
• Strong communication skills
• Leadership ability with trainees
• Reliability critical to success of position
Independent Contractor
Prairie Moon Nursery, Winona, Minnesota 1982–1997
• Designed and illustrated seasonal catalogs
• Designed embroidery logos for company hats and clothing
• Designed original company logo
• Designed seed packets
• Nursery worker, tending gardens, cleaning native seeds
AWARDS
• Second Place. 2007 Gutenberg Award, Graphic Communications, IGAEA
• Pagel Graphic Arts Scholarship Award, 2007
• Honorable Mention, 2004 WRAP (Wisconsin Regional Artists Program) Show, La Crosse, Wisconsin
• SEMAC Grant Award 2002, Five Rivers, Four Seasons; the Rivers of Southeast Minnesota
Twenty watercolor paintings of the 5 rivers of southeast Minnesota during the course of one year
Southeast Minnesota Art Council, Inc., Rochester, Minnesota
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Vice President, Graphic Design Club, 2006–2008
• Member, Phi Theta Kappa, Honor Society, 2006–2008
• Maintaining a 3.945 GPA as a full time student while working full time, 2005–2008
• Founder, editor, writer, reporter, & cartoonist of Wiscoy Watershed, 2002–2005,
a neighborhood newspaper, created to bring neighbors together
GALLERIES AND EXHIBITIONS, RECENT
• Culture and Agriculture Exhibition, August 10 – September 19,2009
New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, Wisconsin
• Solo Retrospective Exhibition, May 4 – June 1, 2009
Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
• Bluff Country Studio Artist Tour, April 23 – 25, 2009
The Village House Inn, Winona, Minnesota
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