With over 25 years in the graphic design field, I considered myself a well established creative freelance artist. The most exciting part of being a one-person show is the freedom to take on a wide variety of projects and work with some major corporations, small businesses and some well respected Canadian musicians.

My goal with being creative for a client is to aim high, to create something that represents you, your image, that will attract customers, and make you and your company stand out above the competition. Your brand is the foundation of your business and my creativeness is my foundation, so I personally have to be 100% satisfied with the final design I end up creating for my clients. I always put in 110% effort into each and every project.

I welcome all design opportunities with a sense of excitement as if they were my own projects, whether it is a CD package, print ads to full tour advertisting, all the way to a wedding photoshoot. So, within this site you will find a wide range of projects that I have worked on throughout the years of being a graphic artists.

Sloane’s House Pediatric Respite Centre – Web Designer – 2014 – Present
Web Designer for a charitable organization working to build a respite care facility within Durham Region slated to open in 2021. Sloane’s House will provide a facility where medically-fragile children can stay for periods of up to one month while providing support to the parents, caregivers and siblings.

Forgotten Ones Cat Rescue – Web Designer – 2014 – Present
Web Designer. Forgotten Ones Cat Rescue is a growing group of volunteers who simply love cats. A not-for-profit registered charity dedicated to the rescue and adoption of homeless cats and kittens and providing support to keep cats in loving homes.

Prop Building
Having a obsession with constructing life size prop / mannequins to litter my office with has many people calling me crazy. It is some what of a pass time of mine that sure does take a lot of time to create a realistic version of a character from some of my favorite films. As soon as I start building one, I say to myself that this will be the final one I ever do, but then that soon becomes false and I’m onto another one to fill up space I actually don’t have. So far in my collection stands – Darth Maul / Boba Fett / Jawa / R2D2 (work in progress) / Tusken Raider / Jason Vorhees / Freddy Kreugar / Mike Myers. They tend to be art pieces in themselves and I have featured them along with step by step photos on the creation of each within my ‘prop’ section.

Photography
Rather then relying on my iPhone camera to take photos, I do enjoy grabbing my Nikon to shoot some interesting subjects with. Now a days everyone has access to some sort of camera on their smart phone and can consider themselves a photographer thanks to all the photo filters and photography apps, bu sadly, what these photos tend to be missing is being taken by someone with a creative eye. To me its not about the technology that is used to take the photo, it is the actual photos ability to show the emotion that the subject is giving off at that exact ‘moment’. Capturing ‘that’ exact moment is ‘key’. I’ve included a few photography examples of my favourite shots that I have taken over the years here on my site under the photography section.

Action Figure / Box Art
I’m a nerd at heart, and a collector of many things but for myself collecting vintage to new action figures that are heavily detailed is another obsession of mine. Nothing give me more of a creative boost then seeing incredible box art for each and every piece I own. I don’t collect for the money value of things, its just more of being a kid at heart and what has interested me over the years while I’m getting old.

Timepieces
Having a watch strapped around my wrist is like wearing a piece of ‘art’ more or less. Having something that brings attention to other watch enthusiast to ask questions about what I’m wearing is a great conversation piece. I’m a big fan of Nixon and Vestal brands to even a cool looking G-Shock are what usually catch my eye to purchase to add to my growing collection.

Gaming Consoles / Gaming
Ever since I was introduced to Pong on my childhood black and white TV I have been a fan for life of video game world. Being able to zone out even to this day playing solo, or online multiplayer games is where I can forget everyday life struggles and enjoy some quality time with some friends that are also into this leasure of life. My crawl space has quite the collection of all my old consoles that I just can’t part with.

Music
I’m a avid music listener and collector of all genres. Nothing helps me more with getting creative then a certain selection of music that totally puts me in the mood. From Hip-Hop / Electronic / Folk / Country / Rock / Metal / Disco / Classical, you can say I’m pretty much into everything

Radio Controlled Vehicles
I seemed to have always own some sort of remote controlled racing car or truck. First was a Radio Shack exclusive buggy that was called ‘Off Road’. Little did I know that ‘Off Road’ meant to drive it in the dirt because I never took it outside thinking ‘Off THE Road’ meant ‘carpet only’. So this buggy never left the protection of my house. Over the years I started to get more into the high performace hobby side of things. I now have a few vintage vehicles, one being a Tamiya Wild One that is now a shelf queen that I used while in my teen years. I’ve now moved up to brushless and lipo Traxxas Slash scene, but just have lost the time lately to get back into it as much as I would hope for.

Master Chef at Home
Being able to get creative in the kitchen is art in a round about way for me. Creating many differnet types of food dishes for family and friends to entertain with is a great way to leave the graphic world behind and design something that is eaten and enjoyed is a whole different world for me. If it is ever humanly possible to come back after we die, I will be back as a chef.