Art + Design

“Trying to be aware of why I succeed one day and fail the next”

My background as an interactive editor in the news industry has given me a comprehensive editorial view of my projects. I typically take a strong team role in all aspects such as defining business goals, storyboarding, designing, editing, testing, animating, and often voicing as well. I strive for storytelling that is sharp, concise, and friendly.

Read a case study of my nonprofit, Jester Artspace »

Animation

Video explains a retirement plan
Join your plan: animation explains a retirement plan in 2 minutes
Video explains how to turn retirement savings into income
Retirement income: animation tells you how to turn your savings into income
Video explains stocks, bonds, and asset mix
Create your plan:
Stocks, bonds and your asset mix

Videos

Artplace America grant pitch video for Jester Artspace
Artplace America: Grant-application pitch video for nonprofit Jester Artspace.
Video teaches how to get good video with a smartphone
Smartphone video: Short instructional tutorial teaches non-professionals how to get good video with some simple equipment.
Video explains how to do linocut printing
Linocut lesson: Instructional art video for Jester Artspace gives a quick online tutorial in place of in-person instruction, due to COVID-19.

Delaware State Park Prints

Linocut print of a girl climbing a rock wall at Alapocas Run State Park
Alapocas Run State Park
Linocut print of a man canoeing at Trap Pond State Park
Trap Pond State Park
Linocut print of a storm cloud behind WWII concrete towers at Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware
Cape Henlopen State Park

Websites

Vanguard's Spanish language website
Spanish Portal: Spanish-language website instructs retirement plan participants how to join, save, invest, and retire.
Vanguard's 403(b) retirement plan webpage
403(b): Online financial information for educators with Vanguard retirement plans.
Screenshot of Jester Artspace website
Jester Artspace: Website for community art center in North Wilmington, DE

Sketchbook

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Third time sketching cowboy Will at the Buzz in Arden. Every time is different.

Third time sketching cowboy Will at the Buzz in Arden. Every time is different. See MoreSee Less

4 weeks ago

Maegan on the green couch at Buzz Ware Village Center

Maegan on the green couch at Buzz Ware Village Center See MoreSee Less

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Outtakes 2023: Postcard to my former coworker Julie Tilsner from my days at Businessweek Magazine in the 90s.

Outtakes 2023: Postcard to my former coworker Julie Tilsner from my days at Businessweek Magazine in the 90s. See MoreSee Less

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Comment on Facebook

Alan… I very much like this portrait. Your linework is stunning.

Very, very good.

Outstanding.

I found a lovely valley in the woods near our home, when my son was about 6. I would hike with him sometimes with our young golden retriever pup, Bick. On one stroll, we followed the little steam that ran through it, a little further than usual. We spotted a large deer skeleton on the far bank. Another less impressive skeleton also lay a little further down. We decided that we must have stumbled upon the deer burial grounds. We pondered the antlered skull of this impressive stag, and considered that it would be quite a gamble to remove such a powerful totem of the forest from this hallowed ground. Would it bring us great fortune? Or an eternal curse? Well it was cool, so we took our prize. On the walk back up from the valley, I realized I had had the boy out a little too long and he had a bit of an accident in his pants. Deer are quite stupid creatures so I decided this was probably the worst curse the deer spirits could come up with. We took the skull home and cleaned it in a bath of hydrogen peroxide. My son kept it mounted on the wall of his room for years, but left it behind when he grew up and moved to Houston. I keep it in a bag in the basement now, but it is an interesting object to take out and sketch from time to time. Fortunately I seem to have avoided the Embarrassing Shart Curse of the Deer Skull. So far.

I found a lovely valley in the woods near our home, when my son was about 6. I would hike with him sometimes with our young golden retriever pup, Bick. On one stroll, we followed the little steam that ran through it, a little further than usual. We spotted a large deer skeleton on the far bank. Another less impressive skeleton also lay a little further down. We decided that we must have stumbled upon the deer burial grounds. We pondered the antlered skull of this impressive stag, and considered that it would be quite a gamble to remove such a powerful totem of the forest from this hallowed ground. Would it bring us great fortune? Or an eternal curse? Well it was cool, so we took our prize. On the walk back up from the valley, I realized I had had the boy out a little too long and he had a bit of an accident in his pants. Deer are quite stupid creatures so I decided this was probably the worst curse the deer spirits could come up with. We took the skull home and cleaned it in a bath of hydrogen peroxide. My son kept it mounted on the wall of his room for years, but left it behind when he grew up and moved to Houston. I keep it in a bag in the basement now, but it is an interesting object to take out and sketch from time to time. Fortunately I seem to have avoided the Embarrassing Shart Curse of the Deer Skull. So far. See MoreSee Less

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