About Me
After working in the fashion and advertising business for 20 years, I decided to devote all my time to my first love, art. My mediums are graphite, charcoal, pastel and oil.
I received my training taking selected classes from the following:
Louisville School of Art, Louisville, KY
Parsons School of Design, Paris, France
American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL
The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
Career History
Stewarts Department store - Layouts, Advertising Director, Illustrator
Stewart & Winner Design Firm - Mechanical paste up, Illustrator
Price Weber Advertising - Mechanical Paste up, Illustrator
Byck’s Women’s Clothing Store - Illustrator, Advertising Director
McCormick Tassug & Assoc. (Chicago IL) - Art Director, Illustrator
Saffer Advertising (Chicago IL) - Art director, Illustrator
Free Lance Illustrator for National Clients
Full Time Artist/Painter
Commercial Clients
Ameritech, AT&T, Amway, Bantam Doubleday Dell, Barnes & Noble, Coors, Lexmark,
The Hollywood Reporter, Java Report, Mellwood Art and Entertainment Center,
O’Charleys, Ortho Lawn & Garden, Proctor & Gamble, St. Thomas Hospitals, Schweppes, Scott-Foresman, Seattle’s Best Coffee, Steinway Piano, Unidial
Classes Taught
Basic Life Drawing
Advanced Life Drawing
Plaster Cast Drawing
Academic Drawing, Sight Size Drawing
Portrait Painting in Oil or Pastel
Figure Painting
General Painting