I've had the joy and challenge of being a graphic designer for the past 25 years. Although my college degree and studies were in art history and painting and printmaking, I found after graduation that I was much more interested in commercial art. It was a very good move. I went back to school and my first job was with a large regional advertising agency and that's where the real education began.

I have worked for agencies, design studios, a children's book publisher, myself, and I taught ...