SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES

• IBM and MacIntosh skills
• Experienced with Illustrator, Freehand, Photoshop, QuarkXPress, PageMill, Dreamweaver, Adobe Acrobat
• Traditional Illustration skills: graphite pencil, watercolor, acrylic, pen and ink, charcoal, color pencil
• Detail oriented
• Self-motivated; able to work independently as well as under direction
• Personable communication skills

EDUCATION

• Associate in Applied Science
  in Multimedia and Computer Graphics
  Minnesota School of Computer Imaging,
  a Division of Globe College
  -Oakdale, MN 1999
  
  
• Bachelor of Science in Art;
  Minors in Math and Physics
  University of Wisconsin River Falls, 1994
  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, current and past

• Self-Employed as Artist, Illustrator
  & Web Designer ~
  Turning Leaf Studio
  -Ely, MN

  Youth Worker ~
  Ely Community Resource (ECR)
  -Ely, MN

• Religious Education Coordinator, 2004/2005 ~
  St. Anthony's Parish
  -Ely, MN

• Botanical and Nature Illustration Instructor, 2004 ~
  Vermillion Community College, Continuing Ed
  -Ely, MN
  
  
• Art and Words Art Showing ~
  Piragis Northwoods, Spring 2004
  -Ely, MN
  
  
• Winter Festival Art Walk Participant ~
  2004 & 2005
  -Ely, MN
  
  
• Freelance Graphic Designer ~
  Colonial Graphics
  -Woodbury, MN
  
  
• Graphic Design Intern ~
  Colonial Graphics
  -Woodbury, MN
  
  CornerMark Graphic Services
  -Stillwater, MN
  -Stillwater, MN
  
• Office Manager and Marketing Coordinator ~
  Elliot Architects
  -Hudson, WI
  
  
• Advertising Representative ~
  Press Publications/St. Croix Valley Press
  -White Bear Lake, MN
  
  
• Administrative Assistant ~
  Skyway/East YMCA
  -Saint Paul, MN
  
  
• Hudson Area Chamber of
  Commerce Volunteer ~
  Ambassador Committee Chair and Member
  St. Croix Music and Art Festival Volunteer
  -Hudson, WI
  
  

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND AFFILIATIONS

• Member of the Art Reach Alliance
  in Stillwater, MN
  
  
• Past Member of GAIN (Gathering of Artists and Illustrators of Nature) based in St. Paul, MN
  
  
• Previous Member of GNSI, the
  Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
  
  
• Member and volunteer illustrator for the Wisconsin and Minnesota Chapters of The Nature Conservancy
  
  
• Courses in illustrating wildflowers,
  taught by illustrator and GNSI
  member Peg Steunenberg.
  Courses taught through the Yellowstone Association Institute in Yellowstone National Park during the summers of 2000 and 2001.
  
  
• Botanical Illustration class taught by Vera Ming Wong at the Maplewood, MN Nature Center. April—May, 2001.A printed version of my resume´ and references are available upon request.