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Since early childhood, my first passion is art. I have spent many years juggling my love for painting with the demands of a full-time career as a graphic designer. I have spent the past 27 years as owner, art director/designer and manager of Graphic Design Group in Conroe, Texas. Many of my logo designs have become icons for local government and private industries, such as; Montgomery County, Conroe Chamber of Commerce, City of Conroe, Lake Conroe Chamber of Commerce, Conroe Beautification Committee, Montgomery County Performing Arts Society, M.C. Literary Arts Council, Conroe Regional Medical Center, Tomball Chamber of Commerce, as well as logo designs for numerous Surgery Centers around the country. Awards include: Award of Merit from International Design Conference (Aspen, Colorado), Texas Fine Art Association: Juried Texas Realism Competition. Prismacolor still life London Flat was selected by Tom Livesay (Director Dallas Museum of Art) for the T.F.A.A. State of Texas Tour. Education: Commercial Art at Meremac College (St. Louis), Fine Art & Literature at Metropolitan State College (Denver), a degree in Advertising Design from the Art Institute of Houston. Workshops: Carol Marine, Coppini, San Antonio, TX Rene' Wiley, Galveston TX Carlos Landa, Lone Star College- Montgomery Center Perry House, Glassell Museum of Fine Arts School (Houston) Private collections of my paintings may be found in Texas and St. Croix, VI
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