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Above, a banner promoting my limited edition print, Dubuque Stained Glass

The enormously successful Grand Excursion Print

This is a trade show backdrop for a software company that converts paper records into electronic data.

This logo design features an illustrative element that I'm extremely proud of. The design was heavily influenced by a project I was working on simultaneous to this... The Dubuque Stained Glass Project. This logo has been used for tee-shirt transfers, stationery, newletters, and multimedia applications. The organization serves special needs adults in the Dubuque Community. The parallel of the acronym ARK to the graphic design of Noah's Ark evokes protection, survival, and the organizers apparently felt it was on target.

This illustration is an assemblage of pieces found in local antique shops, drawers, shoeboxes, and closets. It illustrates a cover for our school district's annual report. I thoroughly enjoyed doing this because it reminded me of my own school days. The objects were all photographed with my Sony digital camera with the built-in Carl Zeiss lens. The individual images were then combined on my computer workstation. This illustration was so popular, a local education agency commissioned a reprint as a limited edition poster on archival quality paper signed and numbered by the artist. They will be given to teachers as gifts of appreciation.

An illustration from the NCS Annual Open Enrollment Benefits Book." © Copyright National Computer Systems, Iowa City, Iowa

A portrait of my friend and Dubuque businessman, Bob Neuwoehner, for the Telegraph Herald.

A favorite portrait of the children of a friend of mine. I do about a dozen portraits a year on average.