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I am a native of Baltimore, a BFA grad of the School of Visual Arts in NYC, and I call the south coast of Delaware “home”. I have over 20 years of experience helping clients achieve their marketing and communication goals. I’m an accomplished Creative Director, Brand Strategist, Copywriter, and Mentor. Before founding my own company, I was the Creative Director for Marsh - the world's leading risk management and insurance services firm. Since then I’ve been a CD for several firms in the northeast. Currently, I’m managing creative for the folks at Moody’s. I’m drawn to the water so I’m often walking the beach at sunrise, I’m a sucker for a beautiful photograph, and I find great happiness in haunting book stores and art museums.

THE RABBIT HOLE I AM USUALLY TUMBLING DOWN (AKA INSTAGRAM) 

View fullsize The Hopper show at the Whitney is wonderful. So much beauty on the walls that it’s almost overwhelming. If you get to New York city in the next few months by all means see this exhibition. #EdwardHopper #Hopper #americanpainter #paintingsofny
View fullsize It’s been one of those days. #art #paristrip2019 #statue #tuileriesgarden #paris #sculpture #despair #oneofthosedays #isittheweekendyet? #diditurnofftheoven? #thedeadlinewastoday? thedogdidwhat? hasanyoneseenmywallet? didigothewholedaywithasoc
View fullsize Interim extranet design for Polaris Library Systems that I put together very quickly to fulfill an immediate need until a more robust site could be built. I used a subway theme to convey the ease and speed by which the portal would connect end users
View fullsize One of my favorites, taken during my European vacation in 2019, a few months before Covid emerged and the world went into lockdown. #paris #sculpture #angel #horse #horn #art #wings #vacation #beauty #sky #heralding #flight

How I Got To Memphis

 

In Aaron Sorkin's vastly underrated television show The Newsroom, "That's How I Got to Memphis" is a favorite song of a lead character's grandson who explains, "Memphis is just a stand in for wherever you happen to be at the time". The lyrics go, "If you love somebody enough, you'll follow wherever they go. That's how I got to Memphis." What originally seems to be a song about a road trip turns out in fact to be a love story. 

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about geography, the passage of time and the question of how I got to where I am today. The answer it turns out is also a love story. A love of art and design. A love of problem-solving. And a love of being able to share those passions with others. 

I've been lucky to have forged a career out of helping make brands better - the direct result of working with some very talented people. From directors of corporate marketing departments, to NYC ad men, art and design teachers, entrepreneurs, fine artists, and graphic designers from every manner of industry and region, everything I know about marketing, brand and design is due to their collective talent, wisdom and knowledge. I would follow each and every one of them to Memphis.