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Personal Profile
Artist and Designer with over 20 years of experience in the design field. Background includes corporate, educational, and retail design. Skilled in digital and illustrative arts. Embracing of creative web approaches.
Professional Experience Includes
- Graphic & Web Designer, Blue Ridge Solutions
- Illustrator and Publisher, Honeyseed Greetings
- Graphic Design & Production Manager at The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa,
- Senior Graphic Designer at The Billy Graham Training Center,
- Art Manager/Web Design Manager at Columbia Southern University
Objective
Strive to direct design and production in a consummate manner that will engage and reward end users artistically and profitably, while supporting brand consistency. Endeavor to complete projects on time and within budget.
Technical Tools and Skills
Graphics/Layout: Adobe CS Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign; Quark X Press
Web Development: Site design and management; HTML, FTP, CSS, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash and Fireworks
Photography: Photography, photo manipulation and art direction
Formal Education
South Puget Sound Community College, Graphic & Communication Arts/Associate of Arts Degree; Evergreen State College, (120 credit hours completed toward degree– emphasis on Communication & Fine Arts); Flash Certification |
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In my free time I enjoy . . .
Drawing, reading, hiking, running, biking, interior decorating, going to the beach and spending time with my family.
My (spare time) hobbies . . .
Gardening, painting, visiting new places or trying new foods.
What I would most like to do . . .
Travel to Ireland and Great Britian with my family, then on to the French countryside, Italy and Greece. |
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Contact
sunsetswans@comcast.net |
Personal Profile
- Essayist & freelance writer with focus on expository, interpretive, narrative, & inspirational composition & articles.
- Copywriter for businesses, website, & commercial/promotional advertisements
Formal Education
- Attended John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas
- Graduated from the Los Angeles College of Dental & Medical Assistants in California as valedictorian of class in 1968.
Work History
- Silk-screen printing technician for Emerson Ward Silk-screen Company in Warsaw, Indiana
- Darkroom photography technician involved with commercial design layout, script, & printing press operation at Park Avenue Photography & Printing Studio in Winona Lake, Indiana
- Feature writer for “Winona Weekly” in Winona Lake, Indiana
- Practical nurse: private homecare for cancer patient in Wyoming, Michigan
- Medical assistant at a rehabilitation hospital in Warsaw, Indiana
- Dental assistant for an oral surgeon in San Bernardino, California
Family
Compatibly married for 41 years. My husband is an alumnus of the University of Southern California and has been in retail grocery management for thirty eight years. We raised a daughter & son and now are blessed with six grandchildren. We have lived up and down the West Coast all our married life but have found the western northernmost corner of Washington where we now reside the most soul satisfying.
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Perspective
Growing up as a minister’s daughter in the Midwest chiseled my moral scruples and influenced my spiritual compass. However, being innately analytical & equitable has attuned my sense of balance, insight, compassion, and objectivity toward mankind augmenting my introspection and perception as a freelance writer.
Pastime
I enjoy gardening, hiking, birding, and exploring the Olympic Peninsula, North Cascades, & the San Juan Islands in nearby proximity with my husband. We also periodically attend events at The Paramount Theater & Key Arena in Seattle.
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“I am still far from being what I want to be, with God’s help I shall succeed.”
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch Expressionist artist; 1853-1890)
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