Employment Experience

2003-Present

Self Employed

      ·    Original Art

      ·    Murals

      ·    Faux Finishes

      ·    Lettering & Graphics

      ·    Stressing and Antiquing

      ·    Art Restoration

2001-2003

Employed with McCarthy and Sons Painting Contractors.

• This was a part-time position during school and later became a full-time position.

Some jobs include:

• Wall murals

• Freestyle lettering and logos - walls, vehicles, etc.

• Hand stenciling

• Mural restoration

• Faux wood graining 

2002

Employed at Pristine Glass Company

      ·    This was a full time position

Responsibilities included:

      ·    Custom designing stained glass and leaded glass windows

      ·    Working with clients to create a design, color scheme, and price that fit the client’s needs

      ·    Preparing full size blueprints and patterns of the final selection

      ·    Hand painting on glass

      ·   Organizing the art department

      ·    Take onsite photographs to better help in the design process

2000

Employed at D&W Foods as a cashier.

• This was a full-time summer position.

1999

Employed as a hostess at Bentham’s in the Amway Grand Plaza

• This was a part-time position during school and full-time position in the summer

Education

1998-2002

Kendall College of Art and Design

• Graduated with honors with a 3.57 GPA

• Major in Illustration

1994-1998

Kingsford High School

• Graduated with a 3.02 GPA

1994-1996

Art Instruction Schools – Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Graduated with a 3.44 GPA

• This was a correspondence art course

Honors

1998-2001

• Maintained an honor roll student while attending Kendall

• One of two artists that received a $3,000 renewable scholarship ($12,000) from Kendall College of Art and Design in the Association of Student Artists competition.

• Received a $2,000 renewable scholarship ($8,000) from Kendall College of Art and Design for submitting 15 slides of my work.

• Received one of two $1000 scholarships offered by the Association of Student Artists to the college of my choice.

Art Accomplishments

2000

• Accepted into the Society of Illustrators – Los Angeles (SILA), 39^th Edition Education. 

1999

• Selected as the Outstanding Graduate of the Year - Art Instruction Schools - Minneapolis, Minnesota. This competition was open to all past graduates of the school, and is awarded to one entrant.

1998

• Won Best of Show at the Festival of the Arts in Iron Mountain, Michigan.

• Won Best of Show at the Association of Student Artists annual art show and banquet.

• My artwork selected to be put into the Kingsford High School Permanent Collection. Each year the faculty selects the most outstanding piece of artwork done that year. This piece is placed into the school gallery as an icon of the accomplishments made in art that year.

• Won Artist of the Month  (Only four students are awarded this honor each year.)

1997

• Won 1^st place in the Michigan State Safety Poster Contest and the National Safety Poster Contest with a poster about drinking and driving.

• Won 1^st and 2^nd places at the Association of Student Artists annual art show and banquet.

• Won Artist of the Month (Only four students are awarded this honor each year.)