Résumé & Awards

Awards & Recognition

1991 · Society of Illustrators, New York
Farm Family was selected for the Society’s exhibition and featured in its annual publication, Illustrators 33. Approximately 500 works were selected from 10,000 entries.

1997 · San Francisco Society of Illustrators (SFSI)
Received four awards for outstanding illustration work at the Society’s 1997 show.

Professional Experience

1981–1983 · Bank of America

Graphic designer.

1983 · ArtWorks, San Francisco

Staff illustrator at the studio on Gold Street.

1983–2000 · Freelance storyboards

Storyboard artist for advertising campaigns.

1986 · California Raisins

Created early character concepts and presentation drawings for the original campaign, followed by storyboards for later commercials.

1990–1993 · San Francisco studio

Maintained an art studio at Pacific and Columbus.

1990s onward · Commercial illustration

Created Rockwell-inspired Americana and realist illustrations for advertising agencies and commercial clients, including print advertising and product campaigns.

2010 onward · Portraiture & fine art

Increasingly devoted his practice to commissioned portraiture and fine art, drawing on decades of experience in observation, composition, and visual storytelling.

Education

Stanford University · BA in Communication, 1980

Studied art history, filmmaking, and architecture. Created a five-minute comedy film and, during his senior year, produced the KSZU Quarter Comedy Hour. Contributed illustrations and three covers to Stanford’s Chaparral humor magazine.

Spent six months at Stanford’s overseas campus in Tours, France, becoming fluent in French. Traveled extensively throughout Europe, including Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, England, Austria, Germany, and Greece.

Academy of Art College, San Francisco · 1981–1983

Continued his art education at the Academy of Art College.