WORK EXPERIENCE

Freelance Artist
Austin, TX (Mar 2007 – Present)
• Concept art, character design, and illustration in digital and traditional media.
• Branding and identity design. (logos, business cards, and stationary)
• Portrait painting (Oil and pastel) and digital portraiture.
• Mural design and painting.

Muralist
Friends For Life
Waco, TX (Sept 2007)
• Design and paint a ten-foot by four-foot mural commemorating the life of Allison Ann Bucy. Features a larger-than-life size portrait and handpainted lettering by Alicia Hart Sacco.

Muralist
South Austin Music
Austin, TX (Oct 2006 – Mar 2007)
• Design and paint a ten-foot by forty-foot mural depicting thirty local Austin musicians.
• Create publicity in the Austin-American Statesman, Austin Monthly, Channel 8, Illustrator Techniques Magazine (National Publication), 107.1 KGSR, Nu Magazine and ME Television.
• Plan and promote the mural dedication. Including T-shirt and event poster sales, and other special promotional games.

Event coordinator / Curator
“Beyond Scanner: The Animator’s Exhibit”
Austin Visual Arts Association
Austin, TX (Mar 2006 – Aug 2006)
• Plan and execute promotion schedule. through press packets, direct-mail, event posters and web promotions. Create publicity in The Daily Texan, ME Television and 90.5 KUT.
• Act as a spokesman and middleman to the artists and AVAA.
• Manage the delivery and return of artwork to local and out-of-town artists.
• Curate and manage art collection.

Editor
“A Scanner Darkly” [Graphic Novel]
Warner Independent Pictures
Austin, TX (Feb 2006)
• Select and edit hi-resolution stills.

Animator / Compositor
“A Scanner Darkly”
Warner Independent Productions
Austin, TX (Mar 2005 – Feb 2006)
• 2D rotoscope animator on feature length film using advanced proprietary software developed by Bob Sabiston (Waking Life). Directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Keanu Reeves, Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, and Robert Down Jr.
• Composite scenes and digital output using Adobe After Effects.

Artist Assistant
Karl Umlauf (Resident Artist, Baylor University)
Waco, TX / Jan 2004 - May 2004
• Maintain studio
• Matt and frame artwork for exhibition.
• Assist in the construction of relief sculptures.
• Organize and streamline studio efficiency.

Waiter/Host/Trainer
Buzzard Billy’s Bar and Grill
Waco, TX (Mar 2000 – Mar 2005)
• Serve customers and improve customer relations.
• Bartend and cater special events.
• Train new employees.

ART EXHIBITS

Lowbrow Emporium, "Monster Mash," Group Exhibit, Austin, TX (Oct 2007)
Gallery Lombardi, "Radical Nautical," Group Exhibit, Austin, TX (Aug 2007)
Gallery5619, Group Exhibit, Austin, TX (Aug 2007)
JP’s Java, Solo show, Austin, TX (Nov 2006)
Continental Club Gallery, “Heavy Metal Art Show,” Group Exhibit, Austin, TX (Oct 2006)
AVAA Gallery, “Beyond Scanner: Animator’s Exhibit,” Group Exhibit, Austin, TX (Jul - Aug 2006)
The Grace Museum, Group Exhibit, Abilene TX (June 2004)
The Cultural Arts Center, “Senior Exhibition,” Group Exhibit, Temple, TX (May 2004)
Central Texas College, Group Exhibit, San Marcos, TX (May 2004)

HONORS / ACHIEVEMENTS

Best of Show, "Radical Nautical," Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX (Aug 2007)
Outstanding Work in Illustration, Creative Summit, San Marcos, TX (Mar 2004)
Art Selected for Permanent Collection, Baylor University, Moody Library, Waco, TX (Mar 2004)
School Representative Aiding Judging Process, Creative Summit, Killeen, TX (Mar 2004)

PUBLISHED WORK

Austin Chronicle, "Art" Section, page 86, Aug 31, 2007
Adobe Illustrator Techniques Magazine, Tutorial, Issue 4
Digital Arts Magazine, Illustration Tutorial, page 50, May 2007
Nu Magazine, Front/Back Cover & Feature Article, April 2007
Austin Monthly, Talk Section, page 56, May 2007
Austin-American Statesman, "Metro & State" section, Front page, Feb 22, 2007

EDUCATION

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, Waco, TX
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major: Studio Art
Concentration: Graphic Design
Graduation: May 2004