Throughout a career in creative services as a freelance graphic artist, art director and eventually a creative director/owner of a boutique design firm, my own design sensibilities were regularly tested and questioned. Seemingly on a daily basis. The deadlines and design pressure of working for national brands was a given and I gladly signed on for it although perhaps with eyes wide shut.

I always relished the opportunities to elevate projects just through toying with them, usually during after hours. Not to diminish my own design value with the word, "toying" — it's' simply that I was always having fun, despite whatever seriousness was demanded.

Working on my own timetables now the fun is heightened as I continue a long time passion with photography and a newer one in painting.