about

Designer, illustrator and marketer, based in Northern Colorado and open to full-time roles and contract work. The short version of how I got here.

  1. 2006 – 2010

    College at East Tennessee State University.

  2. 2014 – 2016

    US Display Group — my first real graphic design job. Art, dielines, prepress, printing and cutting for corrugated retail displays.

  3. 2017 – 2026

    Smoker Friendly got in touch and hired me — the Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival, and the brand across their stores.

  4. The 2020s

    Began re-educating myself on the new processes coming out of the technological changes in design.

  5. September 2025

    Founded Sea of Grass with Bryce Nielsen. It started in conversations about art history and became an exploration of new technology in relation to art and design.

What I do

Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects and Premiere, plus HTML/CSS and AI tools for ideas and production.

Where that work lives

Say hello

Based in Northern Colorado. Open to full-time roles and contract work, in Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont, Boulder, Broomfield or remote.

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