Thanks for stopping by! Personally and professionally, I am truly powered by Pure Imagination. It fuels everything I do. Come with me and you’ll see…

Professionally, I am an award-winning multimedia visual artist, storyteller, performer, and creative director. I have worked in and around Arts & Entertainment throughout my entire career, including work with or for The WB Network, the Buffalo Bills, and multi-platinum vocal group Color Me Badd (along with their lead singer, Bryan Abrams, on a solo run of shows and recording). As a creative lead, I have consistently driven transformative change, strengthening or reimagining brand identities and achieving creative excellence both for myself and for the clients and organizations I work with. I’m also notorious for my cheerful disposition and joyful sense of play.

In my current role as Creative Director (or rather, Director of Creative and Cheer) for Children’s Museum of Illinois, I have drawn upon my years of experience in media, marketing, advertising, promotion, performance, guest relations, and overall world-building to enrich and enhance this institution’s visual, verbal, and emotional representation. Along the way, characters such as a curious three-eyed alien, a gap-toothed sunflower, and a talking hard hat have been introduced. Much like children’s educational series such as Sesame Street, these characters have been designed with care to entertain, inform, and inspire families to imagine, create, and learn together. Also giggle—there’s nothing better than a giggling family.

Personally, keeping MY family giggling is job number one. Outside of that I continue to pursue artistic endeavors. I perform when I can—I recently wrapped Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, where I acted as both creative director and performer, playing fifteen roles in the Spencer Theatre Company production. I have written performative pieces of various lengths and styles, including a musical where one full half of the show was a broadcast-ready radio program reminiscent of the classic Prairie Home Companion. We actually did broadcast that show two years in a row on the opening night of the musical, thanks to a partnership with WSOY-AM/NowDecatur.com. Aside from my theatrical work I do illustrative pieces when I can. Write and sing songs less than I would like. I also serve as The Voice of the historic Decatur Municipal Band.

I will be relaunching this website soon with looks at my work, past and present. I’ll be revving up my social media engine, too–I stepped away years ago for multiple reasons. Basically, I’ve been pouring all of my creative juices into projects for others that I’ve neglected my own glass, as it were. We’re gonna course correct that 😉

Till then, know that I am always on the lookout for opportunities to play with others. Feel free to shoot me a line if interested in examples of my work or to see how we can collaborate!