It's easy to say I have been in love with art, photography and design for more than 35 years. I am laid back and easy to get along with. I'm good at solving problems and my friends say I am reliable, trustworthy, creative and smart.
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It all began in elementary school, when I charged a quarter per letter to hand-letter an 8.5"x11" Old-English-style initial cap of my friend's biggest crush's name. Penny loved Bobby Thompsen? "BT" would only cost fifty cents and she could tape it to her wall or Pee-Chee for everyone to see!
Do you remember Wacky Packages from Topps Chewing Gum? They included funny/gross stickers that parodied common household products and I wrote what I'm sure are award-winning poems to go along with each one and left them anonymously for my favorite teachers.
I was the geeky little kid with the 110-camera always on a lanyard around her neck. Before that I actually used a Kodak Brownie! Later, I developed rolls of film in my parent's bathroom that I turned into a darkroom by shoving towels against the door cracks. The bathtub did double-duty because it was also where I taped and stretched watercolor paper to maple boards for painting.
My first camera. Also, my first horse. And my only horse.
I built on that wide and varied creative passion with experience and combined it with my love for fresh, artistic style and have never looked back. In 1990 I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design and Photography and have since worked full time at both. I've laid out newspapers and advertising, done hand-lettering for VPOTUS events, art directed magazines, designed counted cross-stitch patterns for embroidery companies and scrapbook products for the craft industry. I consider myself a jack-of-all-trades, but master of none because I think you're never too good, or too old, to learn something new. I take pride in keeping everything I do real, modern and meaningful and use my tools to capture a little slice of life that, if you're listening, will tell you an amazing story.
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