Experience

• Freelance Artist at Leon Barrett Illustration

  Deforest

  January 2002 - Present

  - pet portrait and family portrait commissions
  
  - Tattoo designs
  
  - Logo & business card design for Elements of Change Martial Arts Academy
  
  - Exhibited for University of Wisconsin-Madison 2023 and 2024 Student Art Showcases
  
  - Member of Madison Art Guild in Madison Wisconsin
  
  - Exhibited at the 2024 January Showcase for the Madison Art Guild
  
  - Published and honorarium recipient for 2023 and 2024 University of Wisconsin-Madison Illumination Journal
  
  - Published in December 2023 issue of Artstonish Magazine
  
  - Exhibited in 42nd Rock Island Art Guild Regional Exhibition at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa
  
  - First place juried recipient for KBM Gallery 2024 "No Fools, Just Art" exhibition
  
  - Howard Lyons Award of Awesomeness recipient.

• Graphic Designer, Cover Artist at The Local Pages, Inc

  Salt Lake CIty

  March 2014 - September 2017

  - Design advertisements & menus
  
  - Create customized covers for each phone book designed around attractions and unique aspects of each city
  
  - Create Layout designs for the entire out cover of each phone book
  
  - Design flyers & posters for use by various departments & sales teams