De Pere, Wisconsin, United States
Career shift to my dream job: graduating May 2022 with high honors from Madison College’s Medical Coding Specialist Program and finally going to be part of the healthcare industry! Focused, dedicated, ethical and motivated. Formerly engaged in Fine Art, surface design, textile design and illustration. Hallmarks of my work include strong draftsmanship; Bold, confident color, interesting light effects, texture and movement. Work is available for licensing and I also accept freelance commissions for portraiture, fine art and design.
I'm a "contemporary representational" painter, illustrator and textile/surface designer. I've been a professional artist for over 20 years and had the opportunity to study with some of the truly great artists in the US. Illustration was a happy accident of fate when I was asked by an editor friend to take on one of her clients' children's book. To date, I've illustrated five children's books. Surface and textile design has been a passion forever and I've just recently begun addressing it more seriously. My art resume includes having been Founding Director of the Richeson School of Art & Gallery, as well as the Richeson75 International Art Competitions from late 2003 to 2015 when I "retired" to concentrate on art and design. I have fine art and commissioned art in government, corporate and private collections throughout the US and in Great Britain. I hold a degree in Industrial Model Design and Construction. My paintings can be described as "contemporary representational" an are hallmarked by confident use of color, motion and texture. I also enjoy forays into abstraction and abstracted realism. I truly enjoy working with clients on design and illustration jobs, home and corporate art commissions/sales that will enhance the corporate aesthetic environment and contribute to the atmosphere of the firm's corporate culture; I have licensed artwork for reproduction and use in decor and other industries. Specialties: Illustration, surface/textile design and fine contemporary representational art - portrait, figurative (much with ethnic / multicultural themes), still life: Abstract and abstracted realism as well.