When Ricky Gene Powell asked if I could design his new CD cover, I jumped at the chance! I’ve been itching to design an album cover for a while now, and this was my first opportunity. With my experience as a DJ for KBCS 91.3 FM, I’ve been able to note firsthand what...

SEEDArts sponsored this Cinema Series to be held in Columbia City, featuring four local documentary filmmakers. They provided some compelling images, albeit from a variety of sources and of varying degrees of quality. Luckily there were some quite striking visuals...

“With heart beating against heart, hand clasped in hand, and eyes looking burning words which lips dare not speak, the waltz becomes one long, sweet and purely sensual pleasure.”  — T. A. Faulkner (1892) When Richard Powers — associate professor of dance at Stanford...

A most delightful project, yet strangely one of the more challenging I’ve had in a while. Many ideas came about as I worked long and hard on this holiday greeting card for lawyer Barbara West, yet none quite resolved. That is, until I espied, while breaking for lunch,...

The official Irish Week poster for 2012, incorporating client Ralph Kosche’s concept, for the Irish Heritage Club of Seattle. The idea was to render the Pacific Science Center arches, encircled by the Monorail, and oh yes, must include the Century 21 logo. Well! I...

Branching suddenly out on his own, Buffalo McGillvray needed new business cards pronto. With a single afternoon to pull it all together, we focused on communicating his landscaping expertise and experience, as well as highlighting his practical and artistic aspects,...

The challenge: Logo/Identity Design or, more precisely, “Capture who Pattie is on a business card with a symbol/design.” Easier said than done when one considers this magnificently wise and wondrous woman of myriad talents. Notably, categorized under “Other...

Owner Tim Divine of Divine Electric had just run out of business cards and was hoping for a quick, no frills turnaround. It had been some years since Tim had his original cards done (see “Old card,” below) and I recommended we upgrade a bit to take advantage of...

These postcards, utilizing the ceramic art and poetry of Spanish artist Alicia Cayuela, were designed for sale in her Barcelona gallery, where tourists and locals alike perused. I developed a specific and flexible color palette to complement the diverse artwork she...

Craig Brooke-Weiss is indeed a man of his word, with a “straightforward and heartfelt approach.” It was a pleasure collaborating with him to create this tri-fold brochure detailing the attitude and philosophy he brings to his work and life. Craig supplied some...

I’ve been a music DJ at KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio since 2003, and have gotten involved in a few graphics projects as well over the years. The 2006 “On the Road” fundraiser and live broadcast from the Tractor Tavern, an event which I led and helped organize, was a...

Sloshing about in muddy bogs and wielding a machete to hack a path through wicked thick undergrowth is all in a days work for Ken Sargent. Looking to brand his Northwest company with a fresh identity, Ken asked me to design him a new logo and business card. Especially...

Yoga is an essential part of my quest to stay flexible, so when I got the opportunity to work with Stacy Lawson at Red Square Yoga I fairly leapt at it. She already had a wonderfully strong logo and several good images, so creating a striking flyer which relayed her...