Work Experience
Freelance Illustrator/Designer
June 1996–Present
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Top selling bow tie designer
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Children’s book illustrator
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Graphic designer
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Small business identity systems and logos
Northern Vermont University – Lyndon
2001 - present
Professor, Visual Arts: September 2001–Present
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Advise students and supervise interns.
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Developed Animation/Illustration BFA.
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Assisted in instituting and transitioning into the new Visual Arts Department.
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Manage Visual Arts Department Social Media sites.
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Organize and host Annual High School Design Competition.
Department Chair, Visual Arts.
Fall 2002 –Spring 2005, Fall 2008–Spring 2011,
Fall 2016 –Spring 2019
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Organized full and part-time faculty class schedules.
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Hired and reviewed part-time instructors.
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Chaired search committees for full-time tenure track positions.
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Developed and reviewed department outcomes and assessments.
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Prepared information for program reviews and accreditation visits.
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Maintained department budget.
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Designed and implemented illustration concentration.
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Oversaw creation of BFA in Design and other curricular changes.
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Managed department doubling in size.
Skills
Illustrator
Illustrations with a subtle quirky humor for a wide range of clients, including children’s picture books.
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Onsite sketching.
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Drawing.
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Digital painting.
Graphic Designer
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Adobe Creative Suite.
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Branding
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Page Layout
Clients
Vermont Animation Festival
Beau Ties LTD. of Vermont
Hebert and Sons
Clyde River Outfitters
Good Sound Publishing
Vermont Children’s Theater
4-H Curriculum
Mobile Medical
Lyndon Holiday Festival Of Choirs
CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense
Franklin Covey
Shipley Associates
HEC Reading Horizons
2010 - present
2010 - present
Education
MFA, Illustration
University of Hartford, Hartford Art School
2017
MA, Illustration
Syracuse University, ISDP Program
August 2001
BFA, Painting Drawing Emphasis
University of Utah
June 1997