EXPERIENCE
1985-present Professor of Illustration
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
Duties and responsibilities include teaching assignment of four courses per quarter ranging from first year to graduate level; service to the college in three areas: admissions, fundraising and publicity; student advisement; office hours; college committee and departmental duties.
1993-1998 Chair, Illustration Department
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
Duties and responsibilities include but not limited to teaching three courses per quarter ranging from second year to graduate level:
- implementation of the college’s mission statement and department’s philosophy in all academic and extra academic areas
- communicates official information to and from the department
- student advisement
- answers to Dean of Communication and Electronic Media
- works with Dean of Student on retention, student services and academic counselors during student’s enrollment and career services to assist in placing graduates
- undergraduate and graduate curriculum development
- schedule classes for each quarter; assigns advisement times
- observes one class session taught by each faculty member; writes evaluation about each faculty member
- ensures that quality student work is documented and displayed each quarter
- communicates equipment and maintenance needs and
- writes each year’s budget proposal and capitol expenditures request and compiles and writes yearly report to the Board of Trustees.
1982-present Freelance Illustrator
Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia
Illustrations for advertising and publishing nationally; represented by Will Sumpter in the southeast during 1984-1987. Represented by Whistlin Dixie, Inc. in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Atlanta during 1983-1984.
Partial client list: United Airlines, Peachtree Software, Ballantine Books, Wendy’s, Boston Globe, McDonald’s Restaurants, Coca-Cola, Eucalyptus Tree Studios, Pittsburgh/Savannah Ballet, Strachen Shipping Company, British Airways, Exxon Petroleum Products, Cabbage patch, Anheuser-Bush, Moody Press, Sylvania, Peachtree Publishers, 7-Up, Southern Baptist Convention, Six Flags, Proctor and Gamble, GTE.
1979-1982 Staff Illustrator
Graphicsgroup/Whistlin Dixie, Atlanta, Georgia
Produced high quality finished illustrations for advertising, brochures, direct mail, point-or-purchase and corporate in a variety of styles, mediums and techniques.
1978-1979 Layout Artist
Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia
Created rough to presentation quality marker layouts for advertisers and black and white product illustrations.
1978 Freelance Designer/Illustrator
Paul Benjamin Publishers, Atlanta, Georgia
Designed products, produced comps, for a diverse projects from gift books to full color ads which included illustrations for book covers
1977-1978 Board Artist
Graphics of Columbus, Columbus, Ohio
Responsible for production of various printing jobs and local Cable TV Guide.
WORKSHOPS
1989,91,92,93 Colored Pencil Technique Workshop
94, 95,96,98,99
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
Conducted intensive week long workshops for the Art Educators Forum designed for high school art teachers.
1986,88,89 Airbrush Workshop
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
Conducted intensive week long workshops for the Art Educators Forum designed for high school art teachers.
EDUCATION
1992 Savannah College of Art and Design
MFA in Illustration.
1976-1977 Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
Studied illustration and graphic design.
1972-1976 Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina
BA program in painting and minor in psychology.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1982 Illustrators Seminar, Columbus, Ohio
1977 Illustrator Workshop and Seminar, Tarrytown, New York
COMPUTER SKILLS
ClarisWorks/MacWrite II, PhotoShop 7.0, QuarkXPress 3.31, Adobe Streamline 4.0, Pagemaker, Adobe GoLive, Microsoft Word 98, Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Scanwizard 5.0, Blackboard and Painter 5.0.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
2002 Begun MFA in Graphic Design, enrolled GRDS 358 Production Design.
2002 Online Course Design Workshop, six - 4 hour sessions on Dreamweaver and the online design principles.
2001 Training session for Powerpoint, Summer session: SeqArt 304, Advanced Drawing for Sequential Art, Grade A and once a week tutorial sessions with AIM center director Sandip Sherestha.
2001 Training session for Microsoft Word 98, training session for Adobe GoLive and LiveMotion.
2000 Barnstone Studios, 9 week summer session, instructor Myron Barnstone. 5 courses: Figure Drawing I & II, Drawing I, Oil Painting & Portrait.
2000 3 day Self Promotion workshop presented by Lisa Cyr.
2000 10 week training for on-line distance learning environments.
1999 Painter 5.0 training, day long session conducted by Fractal Design representative.
AWARDS
2002 Illustrations accepted in the Blue Cubed Illustration and Applied Arts Illustration Annual competitions.
2001 Illustrations accepted
2001 Applied Arts Illustration Annual, SILA - Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles
2000 Special Prize - International Illustration Cybernet Competition 2000, Organized by the Society of Korean Illustrators.
1998 1st Place Mixed-media, 2nd Place Acrylics,Grass Roots Art Show, Guyton, GA
1998 Purchase Award, 1998-1999 Faculty Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design.
1994 Graphis Publication call trade publication-for entries, New York Illustration accepted into Graphis Publication “Counting Sheep”
Advertising Club of Savannah Addys
1990 Gold for visual illustration for poster
1989 Silver for poster illustration
1988 Silver for poster illustration
1987 Silver for advertising client-Strachen Shippping
1987 Silver for B&W visuals for Lazerline, Inc.
1986 Silver for poster illustration
1986 Bronze for poster illustration
EXHIBITS
2002 New York Society of Illustrators Educational Conference exhibit.
2001 Reflections of Jane Fonda Exhibit
2000 Annual Visual Arts Exhibit, Springfield, GA
1985 - 2002 Annual Faculty Exhibit, Savannah College of Art and Design
1998 Grass Roots Art Show, Guyton, GA
1997, 1998 Low Country Landscape Exhibit
1994, 1995 “Our Own Show”, New York Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
1994 Illustrators Seven, North Greenville College, Greenville, South Carolina
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
New York Society of Illustrators, Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, National Network of Caricaturists, The American Society of Classical Realism.