RESUME OVERVIEW

• Illustrator 2001 to current (my own company Wuffdawg Creative Services)
Specialites: wildlife and landscape paintings. Other: domestic animals, fantasy, abstract, cartoon-like characters

• Graphic Designer (my own company Wuffdawg Creative Services) 1984 through 2000
--20+ years of mixed design and production experiences for print and multmedia
--Specialties: digital imaging/photo montage, logo illustration, publications, advertisments, catalogues, brochures, newsletters, product labels, business cards, stationery, direct mail and web design/programming.

• Computer Graphics Instructor
I have taught computer graphics classes in Los Angeles, New York and Connecticut.

• Founder of Wuffdawg Creative Services

•Co-founder of Viper Communications Multimedia 1995 through 1996

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Illustration Resume:

Awards

• April 2003 Call to Arts Expo! Northridge CA
First Place Ribbon for "Aesthetics and Harmony" for Nap Time, 24 X 18,

• August 2003 Call to Arts Expo! Fullerton CA
First Place Ribbon in the "Whimsical and Fun" category for Dear Mom, 24 X18

• February 2004 Call to Arts Expo! Pasadena CA
Finalist: Always Sharing, 14X11; Bear's Catch, 30X18

• November 2004 Call to Arts Expo! North Hollywood CA
First Place Ribbon in the "Freedom and Adventure" category for Enlightenment, 18X24

• November 2004 Call to Arts Expo! North Hollywood CA
Third Place Ribbon in the "Spirit and Creative Force" category for Time of Completion, 18X24

Featured Publications

• March 2003-2004 "Living Artists,13th Edition"

• Winter 04/05 magazine "The Creative Line"

• December 2004 "Directory of Illustration" Book 21, Serbin Communications

• December 2005 "Directory of Illustration" Book 22, Serbin Communications

• December 2006 "Directory of Illustration" Book 23, Serbin Communications

• 2006, 2007, 2008 Wildlife Art Magazine, bi-monthly representation. Featured "new" artist November 2006

• December 2008 "Directory of Illustration" Book 25, Serbin Communications

Organizations

• Eaton Canyon Nature Center (www.ecnca.org)

• Artists Helping Artists (artistshelpingartists.org)

• Pasadena Arts Council (pasadenaartscouncil.org)

• Taos Land Trust (taoslandtrust.org)

• Back From the Brink Endangered Species (backfromthebrink.org)

• Environmental Defense (environmentaldefense.org)

• Audubon Society (www.audubon.org)

• The Nature Conservancy (www.nature.org)

• Smithsonian American Indian Museum

• Alaska Conservation Foundation (www.akcf.org)

• Natural Resources Defense Council (www.nrdc.org)

• National Parks Conservation Association (www.npca.org)

• Sierra Club (www.sierraclub.org)

• National Wildlife Federation (www.nwf.org)

Commissioned work:

• Studio Marz NY— project concluded August 2005: 2006 Calendar (12 interior illustrations plus cover design)

• Way of the Rose CA— July 2005 to Aug 2006: Fantasy Illustrations (Renaissance era villages) for group therapy work

Past Shows:

• April 2003 Call to Arts Expo! Northridge CA

• August 2003 Call to Arts Expo! Fullerton CA

• October 2003--Lankershim Art Gallery, No Hollywood, CA: Random Thoughts Exhibit

• January 2004--Lankershim Art Gallery, No Hollywood, CA: Spectrum Exhibit

• February 28, 2004--Artists Helping Artists Expo Pasadena Conference Center, Pasadena, CA
--Finalist in juried show (2 paintings)

• October 2-3, 2004 Avocado Festival, Carpenteria, CA

• November 7, 2004 Fall Call to Arts Summit and Conference, No Hollywood, CA

• January 1, 2005--January 1, 2006, 7th Annual All Media International Juried Online Art Exhibition (www.upstreampeoplegallery.com)

• June 17, 2005, Taos Annual Art and Adventures Auction
Taos Land Trust , Taos, New Mexico, www.taoslandtrust.org

• November 2005--Exhibition (multiple artists) Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

• March 12 thru 31 2006--LáFIA House Gallery, Brewery Artists Colony,
Los Angeles, CA "Reflections of 8 Natural Women" Exhibition

• June 2006--Taos Annual Art and Adventures Auction Taos Land Trust , Taos, New Mexico, www.taoslandtrust.org

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Graphic Design Resume:

East Coast Client List 1996 through 2000:

• The Balance Center CT— Brochure and stationery.

• Twin Painting, CT— Complete marketing package of printed materials, signage and website.

• Cory Advertising, Trumbull, CT— Collateral materials for community clients. Webmaster for GE intranet projects.

• Close To The Edge, Milford, CT— Label Illustration, advertisements and flyers.

• WeddingHair.com, Milford, CT— Logo Design and product sheets. Web logo and navigational buttons.

• Trinity Spice Corp., Midland, TX— Spice and BBQ labels.

• Marketing Corp. of America, Westport, CT— Varied media--print and web.

• CD Squared, Fairfield, CT— Catalog production for Scholastic Books.

• Copper Development, Manhattan, NY— Web master for intranet site.

• Riss Design, Norwalk, CT— Web storyboarding, direct mail production and graphic elements. HTML programming.

• U. S. Games Systems, Stamford, CT— Proto-type board game design, and the 1999 Tarot Calendar.

• International Masters Publishing, Stamford, CT— Cooking cards for recipe clubs.

• Reach Marketing, Westport, CT— Coupons for circulars.

• Mirbach and Associates, Westport, CT— Direct mail. photomontage, photo touch-ups.

• Barry Blau, Wilton, CT— Direct mail, packaging and photo touch up.

• Sierra Club, Fairfield CT— Special event flyers.

• Clarion Marketing and Communications, Greenwich, CT— Product promotions; labels, point of purchase displays.

• Micro Warehouse, Norwalk, CT— Page make-up, color catalogues.

West Coast Client List 1984 through 1994:

• Pasadena Weekly—Pasadena; 80% of their display ads, design and layout

• Seiniger Advertising—Los Angeles; redrew graphics from ‘The Simpsons’ for digital use

• Sierra Madre Graphics and Printing—Sierra Madre; logo designs and collateral material

• Investigative Group Inc.—Los Angeles; corporate brochure design and collateral materials

• Page Group Magazines—West Los Angeles; publication layout

• Wilson Scott Associates—Los Angeles; advertising design and layout

• City of Pasadena—Pasadena; illustration of Police badge for foil decals

• Russ Reid Company—Pasadena; World Vision, direct mail layout

Tutoring, Clients Included:

• Bank of America; Adobe Illustrator tutoring, one on one

• ReGain; QuarkXpress tutoring, one on one

• Guerro and Associates; QuarkXpress tutoring, one on one

Related Employment History:

• 7-1995 to 12-1996 MicroTraining Plus, Norwalk, CT—

Corporate Trainer, Computer Graphics-Mac platform. Software programs taught were Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Director, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXpress, Adobe Pagemaker, Pagemill and basic HTML. Included Macintosh Essentials classes, curriculum development, reference manual content development, and phone support.

Clients Included: ViaCom (MTV, Simon and Schuster, MacMillan Publishing, VH1), Golf Digest, Newsday, Lennox, Ames Department Store, Sikorsky, ITT Hartford, North Castle, Time Warner, New York Times, SNET

• 5-1994 to 5-1995 Viper Communications, Pasadena, CA—

General partner (merger with Wuffdawg Creative Services). Provided creative services such as interface design, 2D, 3D, and animation graphics and authoring to people involved in multimedia productions. Personally responsible for project contributions in Photoshop, Director, Illustrator, and Quark. Project coordination, cost estimates, proposals and collections were active management roles.

Clients Included: 3rd Rail Entertainment, Danlot Productions, AMCI, TMM and SBC Digital

• 2-1993 to 7-1994 Platt College, Eagle Rock, CA—

Instructor and teacher’s assistant, Computer Graphics Division. Required extensive knowledge in QuarkXpress, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Aldus Freehand, and Aldus Pagemaker. Prepared and presented lectures and demonstrations for students, provided project critiquing and final grading of finished projects.

• 10-1985 to 6-1986 Badger Paper Company, Los Angeles, CA—

Press Department Supervisor. Planning and scheduling for plate making and printing of food labels (frozen and butter wraps), plus gross inventory and purchasing of major production materials from paper rolls to inks, alcohol and petroleum products. Required understanding of Web Presses (5 running for 2 shifts), waxing vats and cutters. Included meeting with new clientele to establish artwork needs for production and PR work with outside vendors.

Education:

• Platt College, Los Angeles, CA—
Computer Graphics Certificate of Completion, Mac Platform 9-1991
Graphic Design Certificate of Completion 10-1990
Updated courses in typography, design, layout and paste-up for print production

• Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA— AA Degrees 6-1975
Commercial Art
Medical Assistant

• Blair High School, Pasadena, CA— Graduated 6-1971
Participated in the Commercial Art shared college credit program with Pasadena City College in Junior and Senior years.

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