Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport Project Photos

smile (via The Art of Inspired Living)

I am testing this reblog thing….

Did Jesus smile? For years the image I have had in my head of the Lord was the one seen in most paintings; dark-haired, bearded, beautiful eyes, but always serious. Except when they painted Him with children, and even then He was painted to look only semi-serious. I know that the accounts in the Bible are about the events and encounters He had with people, and these are serious matters. But today as I was reading in John 15 (I do know there are o … Read More

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new project

I have been working on a huge project over the last few months for the International Airport in Panama City Beach, Florida. The Interior Designer, Lori Bates, used to live here in Huntsville, and we have worked on several projects together. I always enjoy working with her because she is creative and discerning and seems to “get” her clients.

This project has several challenges. One is the odd shapes to the walls, and their sizes. The files are enormous-and there are eight of them.  The approval process has been more difficult than normal, only because so many people have to approve it. But Lori has done a great job of keeping everyone on track, and the project moving. Right now we have two in production, four that I am cleaning up and getting ready to send to production today, and two we are in the approval stage.

I will post the designs after the project is completed. Which hopefully will be within the next two weeks. This will be a nice piece to show potential mural clients, as all the murals have different looks. They are all photograph images, one in a blended collage, the others arranged more methodically. It’s been fun, I love working on murals!

Ballet Girls Wins Silver at District ADDY Level

Ballet Girl wins Silver Award in Regional ADDY competition, moving on to National Competition.

This week I learned that my Ballet Girl, created for the Community Ballet Association won a Silver Award at the regional level of the American Advertising Federation (AAF).This area, District 7,  includes all the AAF chapters in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia and Louisiana.

She will be forwarded on to the National ADDY competition, which will be held at the beginning of May, in Washington DC.  There are a total of five pieces from Huntsville eligible to compete at the National level, and I wish all of us the best of luck!

Gold Winner – Campaign for Arts and Sciences

This weekend our ADDY award winners were

announced, and I am pleased to say that the campaign I designed for Community Ballet’s 43rd Season won a Gold ADDY. The entire campaign includes posters, print ads, web ads, brochure, programs and t-shirts. This was an amazing project to work on. I love working with the Huntsville Ballet Company and School which are under the Community Ballet Association. and I am grateful for the creative freedom I was given to work with.

Season Poster

Nutcracker Poster

Gold Winner – ADDY Award

This weekend our ADDY winners were announced, and I am very pleased to say my illustration for Community Ballet’s Season campaign won a Gold ADDY for Elements of Design – Illustration, and a Special Recognition Award.

The whole campaign won a Gold ADDY for Campaign for Arts and Sciences. (you can see that on my Design page at this blog).

This meant a lot to me personally because this is my “signature” style of illustration, and I love working with the ballet. Working with Huntsville Ballet Artistic Director, Phillip Otto is fantastic, and Rachel Butler, the Huntsville Ballet School Director, is the perfect inspiration for me. I will often take my sketch book down to the studio and draw while my daughter takes class.

I am grateful I was given creative license to design the graphics for them, and hope that the award shines light on the talent at Huntsville Ballet Company, Huntsville Ballet School which operate under Community Ballet Association.

Daily Design

Pen on paper. Trees can be found in most of my notepads. Drawing branches while listening to a teacher drone on or a staff meeting actually helped me listen to what was being said. I have read in several sources that occupying the right (creative) side of the brain while the left brain (logical) is engaged helps you understand things better, or be more creative. I know that for me, repetitive strokes on the paper, like sweeping or mowing the lawn is almost therapeutic!