2021- Michelle Sharpe - Interior Design Portfolio by Michelle Sharpe

Michelle Sharpe M.A. Interior Design

Harrington College of Design, Chicago, Illinois | Dean’s List 2009-2012 MA Interior Design, May 2012, GPA 3.94 | Best Thesis Candidate University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Graduate Art Therapy Program. 1 year of coursework. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa BFA Drawing/Painting/Printmaking, Minor Spanish, Concentration Psychology

Design Experience:

Table of Contents Hospitality ...........................................

Residential Freelance............................

Office Space..........................................

Graduate School..................................

Charity...................................................

Artwork & Art Education.................

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Hospitality Interior Design I was hired as an Interior Designer at Aria Group Architects Inc. on May 1st, 2012. Aria specializes in restaurant design.

Projects: ID Assistant

These are projects that I have worked on while at Aria Group Architects, Inc.

PF Chang’s Ann Arbor, MI PF Chang’s Detroit Airport PF Chang’s Fashion Island, Newport Beach, CA PF Chang’s Kierland Commons, Scottsdale, AZ PF Chang’s Nanuet, New York PF Chang’s Smith Haven, New York PF Chang’s JK Center, San Paulo, Brazil PF Chang’s Sherway Gardens, Canada PF Chan’gs Newfoundland, Canada PF Chang’s Santiago, Chile PF Chang’s Las Catalinas, Costa Rica PF Chang’s San Jose, Costa Rica PF Chang’s Seoul, Korea PF Chang’s Antea, Mexico PF Chang’s Guadalajara, Mexico PF Chang’s Leon, Mexico PF Chang’s Merida, Mexico PF Chang’s Panama City, Panama BJ’s Brewhouse Towson, Richmond, VA Cooper’s Hawk, White Oaks Cooper’s Hawk, Orland Park, IL Cooper’s Hawk, Short Pump, Richmond, VA Empire Brewhouse, Naperville, IL Kona Grill El Paso, Texas Kona Grill Easton, Colubus, Ohio Kona Grill, Plano, TX Kona Grill, San Juan, Puerto Rico Kona Grill, Miami, FL Kona Grill, Las Vegas, NV Standard Market Grill, Lincoln Park- Chicago, IL East Conference Room, Aria Group Architects

Cooper’s Hawk Retail Study of new merchandising displays for wine tasting/retail area. Effort to combine current materials. Site measurements of merchandise were taken to account for spatial dimensions. Client asked for options to incorporate tasting options into the design.

Retail Study

(Aria Group Architects Inc. - Cooper’s Hawk Winery) Sketchup Model , Sketches, Renderings, Presentation Packet, Finishes

DAC ART CONSULTING ARTIST: GE TITLE: Near Harvest 2 TYPE: Giclee Print NOTE: Printed on Type II Wallcovering *This is one art piece that wraps the corner

DAC ART CONSULTING ARTIST: DT TITLE: Wine I TYPE: Giclee Print Note: 3/4” Thick Wrapped Canvas

DAC ART CONSULTING ARTIST: GE TITLE: Sunlit TYPE: Giclee Print Note: 3/4” Thick Wrapped Canvas

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DAC ART CONSULTING ARTIST: CP TITLE: Detail 2 TYPE: Giclee Print NOTE: 1” Bronze Metal Frame around stretched canvas print

DAC ART CONSULTING ARTIST: GE TITLE: Near Harvest TYPE: Giclee Print Note: 3/4” Thick Wrapped Canvas

DAC ART CONSULTING ARTIST: GE TITLE: Wine Grapes 5 TYPE: Giclee Print Note: 3/4” Thick Wrapped Canvas

DAC ART CONSULTING ARTIST: CP TITLE: Vineyard 8 TYPE: Giclee Print NOTE: 1” Bronze Metal Frame around stretched canvas print

Artwork Packet:

(Aria Group Architects Inc. - Cooper’s Hawk Artwork Package) Edits CAD, Photoshop Renderings, Packet Creation, Communication with Vendor

Photoshop Rendering: RCPs + FFPs

(Aria Group Architects Inc. - PF Chang’s)––

Photoshop Rendering: Exterior Elevations

(Aria Group Architects Inc. - BJ’s Brewhouse)

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INTERIOR ELEVATION

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@ Wall Corners TYP.

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WD-3 CS-1

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RENDERED INTERIOR ELEVATIONS

TOWSON, MD APRIL 25, 2014

Selected Interior Elevations FA-1

BJ’s Brewhouse:

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INTERIOR ELEVATION WD-4

INTERIOR ELEVATION

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(Aria Group Architects Inc.) Interior Sketchup Model , Renderings, Presentation Packet, Digital Finish Sheets, Finish Schedule for Permit TOWSON, MD APRIL 25, 2014

RENDERED INTERIOR ELEVATIONS

Selected Perspectives

INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE

RENDERED INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE

TOWSON, MD APRIL 25, 2014

INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE

BJ’s Brewhouse: TOWSON, MD APRIL 25, 2014

RENDERED INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE

(Aria Group Architects Inc.) Interior Sketchup Model , Renderings, Presentation Packet, Digital Finish Sheets, Finish Schedule for Permit

INDUSTRIAL BAR STOOL

BAR DIE: RUSTIC WOOD IN CHEVRON PATTERN

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POLISHED FINISH ON EXISTING CONCRETE FLOOR

WALL - CHARRED WOOD PLANKING

Empire Brewhouse:

BAR PENDANTS

BAR TOP-CONCRETE

BAR BACK STRUTURE BLACKENED STEEL

STAGE SCREEN RUSTIC WOOD PLANKING

EMPIRE

BAR

STAGE PLATFORM

CONCRETE FLOOR

WHITE WASH FINISH ON EXISTING STONE & NEW BRICK

STAGE PENDANT

STAGE STRUCTURE BLACKENED STEEL

(Aria Group Architects Inc. - Empire Brewhouse) SketchUp Model, Presentation Packet Template

CEILING-EXISTING GALVANIZEDD DECKING & STEEL JOISTS

CONCRETE FLOOR

DINING TABLES RECLAIMED OAK WOOD

U BOOTH FABRIC DISTRESSED LEATHER VINYL

DINING PENDANT

WALL ARM SCONCE ABOVE U-BOOTHS

DINING

Empire Brewhouse:

(Aria Group Architects Inc. - Empire Brewhouse) SketchUp Model, Presentation Packet Template

Custom Light Fixture:

(Aria Group Architects Inc. - PF Chang’s Scottsdale, AZ) 3D CAD, SketchUp

Custom Furniture:

(Aria Group Architects Inc. - PF Chang’s Monterrey, Mexico) Sketched Design & worked with Arch Intern to finalize idea.

Custom Closet

(Aria Group Architects Inc. - Dave & Buster’s Prototype Captain’s Closet) Sketches, SketchUp, InDesign Presentation

Prototype Modeling:

(Aria Group Architects Inc. - Dave & Buster’s Prototype Exterior): Clean up of CAD lines, SketchUp Model

Office Space

Lobby Remodel Options -Reception

Lobby Remodel Options -Waiting

Client was a Construction company. Client had an extensive art collection and wished for it to be incorporated throughout remodel. Goal was to modernize office yet key into raw aesthetic of construction and client’s taste. New carpet was to be installed throughout space.

Corporate Office Remodel

(Aria Group Architects Inc. - Novak Construction) Sketchup Model, Renderings, Presentation Packet, Finish & Furniture Selection, Palette Coordination

Boardroom Remodel Options

CEO’s Offfice Remodel Options

Corporate Office Remodel

Charity

DIFFA Chicago 2013

DIFFA 2013 -Chicago Myself, along with 5 other designers from Aria and our sponsor Imola, created this dining space. One of the goals this year at DIFFA was to create a zero waste space. We decided to tap into the materials that were utilized in the transportation of tile. Typically these shipping materials are reused until end of life, but some do end up in landfills. Aesthetically, our goal was to design the space to be a juxtaposition between luxury and industry. We wanted to evoke a feeling of comfort and warmth through the lighting, textures, and use of materials. Ultimately, we wanted to push viewers & designers to rethink materials, and experience a “cradle to cradle” approach to design. The walls, bench and the ceiling were created from shipping pallets. The feathery-like portion of the ceiling was created from threading packing strips through a metal mesh that was attached to the ceiling pallet structure. The words stenciled on the walls of the space - Bella & Risorsa (Beautiful Resource) and Bella & Vida (Beautiful Life) - key into how our resources are beautiful, but ultimately limited. The phrases served to pull the viewer’s eye around the space.

Conceptualizing through sketches, PS, and found objects

Various companies loaned furniture and accessories to us. The table, from Architectural Artifacts, was an old Industrial metal table weighing 250 lbs that appeared to be from the late 1800’s or early 1900’s. The Donnie high back chairs and the Tori chandelier were loaned to us by Bradley showroom. The Giac Chairs came from the Atelier Gary Lee showroom. West Elm generously loaned us the entire table scape and the fake fur pillows. Fabric was donated to us by Carnegie and Romo Group. Tiles were painted by John Gordon, our IMOLA rep. Many Aria Group staff members helped to construct the walls, ceiling and benches. The pillows, walls, ceiling structure, and pallet bench were donated to DIFFA and back to a pallet supplier. IMOLA donated the tile to Designs for Dignity. Leftover pallet materials at Aria Group were donated to Root Riot, a local urban garden organization. Ultimately, we achieved zero waste through loans and donations.

Conceptualizing through sketches, PS, and found objects

DIFFA 2013 -Chicago

My role in this design process: textile selection, table setting, furniture selection, lighting fixture, coordination with showrooms & vendors to secure objects for event, forms, assistance in wall construction, and installation at event. Published in Modern Luxury Interiors and BizBash.com

Residential Interior Design

MARINA DEL REY RESIDENCE

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MARINA DEL REY RESIDENCE

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BEVERLY HILLS RESIDENCE - OPT 2

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BEVERLY HILLS RESIDENCE - OPT 2

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SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO RESIDENCE

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SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO RESIDENCE

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO RESIDENCE - MASTER BEDROOM

Master Bedroom

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VENICE BEACH RESIDENCE

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**.If you did change countertops, backsplash and hood would change as well.

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eakfast Room | Playlist Sofa, Basket Tables, Maison Lacroix Sideboard MANHATTAN BEACH RESIDENCE - UPSTAIRS LIVING ROOM

Breakfast Room | Playlist Sofa, Basket Tables, Maison Lacroix Sideboard

MANHATTAN BEACH RESIDENCE - UPSTAIRS LIVING ROOM

March 23, 2017

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MANHATTAN BEACH RESIDENCE - FAMILY ROOM & PATIO

March 2, 2017

Open door at 36”

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MANHATTAN BEACH RESIDENCE - FAMILY ROOM & PATIO Family Room

March 2, 2017

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ENCINO MasterRESIDENCE Bedroom

November 15, 2017

– Profile

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ENCINO RESIDENCE

Master Bedroom – Profile

November 15, 2017

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REBBL OFFICE

Mah Jong

September 20, 2017

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REBBL OFFICE

Mah Jong

September 20, 2017

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LOS ANGELES RESIDENCE

Living Room – Voyage Immobile

January 11, 2018

LOS ANGELES RESIDENCE

Living Room – Voyage Immobile

January 11, 2018

NEW YORK CITY RESIDENCE - OPT 1

NEW YORK CITY RESIDENCE - OPT 2

HERMOSA BEACH RESIDENCE Living Room– Scenario Sofa

July 28, 2017

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Living Room– Scenario Sofa

HERMOSA BEACH RESIDENCE

July 28, 2017

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MALIBU RESIDENCE

ento, Cute Cut & Iride, Icare Multi Rug, Morgiou & Buonanotte Lamps

Office– Bubble, Edito, Cento, Cute Cut, Morgiou Lamps, Buonanotte Lamps

January 11, 2017

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MALIBU RESIDENCE - Install

PALOS VERDES RESIDENCE

Patio – Escapade, Traveler

January 23, 2018 We don’t sell outdoor rugs, but I think a rug on your patio with a pattern would be beautiful.

PALOS VERDES RESIDENCE

SANTA MONICA RESIDENCE

Lower Level

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Lower Level: Voyage Immobile 2, Iron Trees, Touch Me Shag Rug

SANTA MONICA RESIDENCE

December 20, 2016

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Freelance Interior Design I have been working on Freelance projects since my graduation from Harrington in 2012.

CHICAGO -UPTOWN CONDO STAGING Client: Couple with (1) toddler and another baby on the way, wanted help staging condo for sale or rental. Wishes: Make space look contemporary and reduce clutter. Materials Budget: $500 Design: Advised on items to remove. Purchased pillows, lamps, bedding & accessories to tie current palatte together. Guest Bedroom

Living Room

Kitchen

Dining Room

Master Bedroom

Master Bath Living Room, Kitchen, Entry

Bedroom/Office

NORWOOD PARK RESIDENCE Client:

Single male who purchased first home. Needed assistance editing out pieces from 2-bedroom apartment, space planning for new home with existing pieces, purchasing new items, and pulling home together per desired aesthetic. Client requested Designer to source furniture items on Craigslist and accessories at budget minded retail sources. He considers this Stage 1 Design for his home and has requested future help with lighting, color, window coverings, kitchen design, and accessories.

Current Living R

Ninos Gewargis First Floor Furniture Placement Plan

Wishes: “soft-masculine, Ralph-Lauren/adventure/world traveler feel” Materials Budget: $1400 Design: Created new palette through existing pieces and color in new home. Took inventory

& measurements of existing pieces. Space-planned new home as seen through drawings below. Utilized existing furniture throughout new home. Living Room: Purchased end tables, coffee table, drapery/hardware, lamps, pillows, & artwork. Dining Room: Puchased light fixture, floating shelves, rug, lamps, artwork/accesories and wall was painted grey. Office: Purchased file cabinet, art frames, printed client’s artwork, and wall was painted grey. Master Bedroom: Purchased bedding, artwork, drapery/hardware, desk, bedside tables, & lamps. Guest Bedroom: Purchased chair and staged existing furniture/accessories. Bathroom: Purchased accesories and rugs.

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Current Bed

Ninos Gewargis Second Floor Furniture Placement Plan

NORWOOD PARK RESIDENCE

Seattle Residence Kitchen Consultant This project is still in progress. Client: couple with (1) middleschool child. Wishes: Couple shares mid-century modern taste, but can’t agree on color. They have a Kitchen Designer in Seattle, but wanted someone who knew them both personally to consult per taste, detailing, and needs due to familiarity with space. Client is my sister. Husband wanted light cabinets, and wife wanted dark. Compromise was a 2-tone modern look with modern accents. Cabinet Hardware -mounted horizontal for clean, modern lines Design: Advised on details per installations, measurements, materials, fixtures, & hardware. Husband prefers bright colors. Palette may expand to include pops of green that will carry eye to exterior views, as well as into adjoining spaces. Modern furniture & fixtures with minimal lines are being considered so that it won’t impede on views of Puget Sound.

Dining Table Fixture: Modern lines, materials & color

Barstool: Modern lines & finishes to compliment design. Full back style per client request

Seattle Residence

Cabinet Refacing, New Hardware/Sink/Faucet, Countertop, Backsplash Layout & Selection

Hardware scale on Vertical Doors, Back dooor will be stained to match cabinets

MALIBU RESIDENCE

ROOF DECK

FIRST FLOOR BALCONY

SECOND FLOOR BALCONY

DANA POINTE RESIDENCE

11’-0 Azul Sofa

Layout

MALIBU RESIDENCE

OPTION 1

OPTION 2

SOLVANG RESIDENCE

HIDDEN HILLS RESIDENCE

KITCHEN

DINING ROOM

HIDDEN HILLS RESIDENCE

TEENAGER’S BEDROOM

MASTER BEDROOM

Harvest Room

2.5 day project. Brainstormed with designer and owners through my conceptual sketches on how best to reinforce restaurant brand on these two blank walls. Both walls are meant to be interactive and evolve with the restaurant. They were handpainted and drawn in (1) 12-hour day.

Drink wall: Glasses are drawn in chalk so that staff has the ability to draw new glasses as the drink menu evolves. Staff can also edit drink names.

Conceptualizing

Designer’s Brand Icons

Image that I photographed

Sketches

Rooster/Map Wall: This restuarant sources food locally. They visually want their patrons to know where their food comes from and how far it travels. The road and rooster are painted in acrylic. The road is anticipated to grow with the names and distances of the farms, which the restaurant staff can draw with chalk or paint in. Harvest Room Interior Designer: Neelu McGibbon

GRADUATE SCHOOL M.A. Interior Design May 2012 , Harrington College of Design, GPA 3.94 Focus: Hospitality Design and Sustainability I worked full-time in a Marketing position while attending Harrington’s 3-year program.

1925

Patio

Cafe/Lounge

Permanent Exhibit Space

A-1

Classroom Lecture Space

History Museum and Restaurant

1925 was the year that construction began on the Helen Brach Primate House. It opened 2 years later in 1927. The Roaring Twenties, als known as the Jazz Age was a decade in which the world saw a growth of individualism. It ws the time of prohibition, flappers, gangsters, Art Deco, and speakeasies. The era in which this building was erected was my stepping off point and inspiration for th Licoln Park History Museum. Art Deco strongly influenced my ideas for the restuarant and bar, as well as, the main entrance. Doors becoame a central theme as they are an entrance and exit into history and our daily lives. I wanted visitors to feel the decade as part of their experience and feel like they were literally walking on history. I developed terraces on both levels to take advantage of the views and warmer seasons in Chicago.

Sinbad Cage

Bushman’s Cage

Rotating Exhibit Space

Main Entrance B-1 History Hallway

A-1 Classroom

Offices

1st Floor Museum Terrace

B-2

A-2

C-2

Kitchen A-2

B-2

Terrace A-1

B-1 History Hallway

Concept: Marrying Era of Structure with Interior Technology: AutoCAD, Photoshop (1st Semester)

2nd Floor Restaurant

C-2

RE IVIFY

Floor 4-17 Hotel Suites : Approx. 9,300 sq. feet per floor

...IS TO BREATHE NEW LIFE.

The Old Colony Building is an 118 year old office structure within the Chicago Loop. Most of the building is unoccupied and in need of new life.

Floor 3 PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

30'

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

10'

This building will become a boutique hotel with two bars. A microbrew bar will be at street level and a lounge will be at ‘L’ level. The materials and colors will reflect an urban industrial environment. Spaces will be balanced with textures, materials, colors, and lighting that pay homage to the grittiness of the city, while also maintaining environments to unwind.

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

‘L’ Level Lounge: 4.010 sq. feet

50'

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

Mezzanine

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

Floor 1

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

Square Feet: 133, 000 Concept: Blending the city into the interior Technology: AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, Photoshop 2nd Semester

Hotel Lobby & Offices/ Microbrew Bar 9,088 sq. feet

activating Urban onsciousness

ycled

Bar 2710 sq. feet

This hospitality project serves to capture waste and repurpose it through commercial, educational, and workshop spaces. The workshops are areas for the community to build new products from waste with the assistance of designers. Both structures incorporate furniture and materials that have been repurposed. The space between the structures is a method of circulation and activation. Garden rooftop spaces have been incorporated to highlight the importance of gardening within an urban environment to serve the needs of building tenants.

6935 sq ft

Bar Patio 1492 sq. feet

6935 sq ft Garden Roof Music Venue Bar/Patio/Cafe

REcycled Retail REcycled Workshop REcycled Education

6935 sq ft

2710 sq ft 450 sq ft

6935 sq ft

2710 sq ft 714 sq ft

6935 sq ft 2710 sq ft 1492 sq ft

Square Feet: 62,041 Concept: Blending the city into the interior Technology: AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, Photoshop 3rd Semester

Cafe 6935 sq. feet

Electric Alley

A Collaborative Studio Project: Michelle Sharpe, Stephanie Geurkink, Jessica Holub, Lauren Stewart

Roof: Open air performance space with 2 bars and skyline views

We are proposing a structure at 1601 W Division, in the vibrant Polish Triangle area that will revitalize this important gateway to Wicker Park. Over 6,000 people pass through this site daily via public transit.

Floor 2 & 3: Artist Live/Work Lofts and work studios for musicians, artists, actors, improvisors, etc.

Square Feet: 69,000 Concept: Activation & Revitalization through systems thinking. Technology: AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, Rhino, SketchUp, Photoshop 4th Semester

Ground Floor: Restaurant/Bar

Master’s Thesis

West Entrance-Paulina

A Case for Non-Petroleum Based Design

North Entrance-Blackhawk

Oil Makes Design Possible

South Entrance-Milwaukee

Local systems are contained within a much larger system. This system is oil. Oil makes design possible. It feeds each of the phases of design, and is also found in many products that are used to create interiors.

East Entrance-Ashland

Given that most theorists believe that we have hit peak oil with only a finite number of years left with this fossil fuel, how do we design without oil? Even in our most idealistic attempts to design in harmony with our environment with programs like LEED and Green Globes, if we don’t account for the energy source that makes it all possible, then what are we left with? I have explored this issue by redesigning an existing petroleum dependent structure and site to meet with the expected shortages in our near future. As part of my thesis, I also developed a set of principles of post-pertroleum practice.

West Entrance-Paulina

East Entrance-Ashland

Square Feet: 308,000 Concept: Thesis. Oil Independent Design. Converting Big Box Retail. Technology: AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, Photoshop, InDesign Final Year

Restaurant/Bar

Educational Gallery: Peak Oil

Artwork, Art Education, Marketing B.F.A. Drawing, Painting, Printmaking Iowa State University Continuing Education at: Univrsity of CA Long Beach, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Kirkwood Community College I have been showing my work professionally since 2002. I have been an Art Educator in MN, CA, & IA. I have been self-marketing, managing retail items, and developing marketing for group shows since 2004.

Cityscape Series

Collage and Oil on Masonite or Paper. Images are various sizes. Painted over 60 cityscapes to date. Have sold & shown professionally.

Taxi Series

| Collage and Oil on Masonite | Images are 36”x36” unframed.

Open Bar Series

Collage and Oil on Masonite or Paper. Images are various sizes.

City Life Series

| Collage and Oil on Masonite or Paper | Images are 16”x30” unframed.

Social Media Management, Merchandising

Art Education

MLK - Oil Pastels on Paper. Traced image on 8-10 sheets of paper. Students given line drawing and asked to color in shapes. Pieced image together to form faces. Dimensions were approximately 4-5” in either direction. Ages 7-17.