Hi. Thanks for visiting my site.
I’m an artist and a writer. I ran my own design studio for many years working mainly with other artists and arts organizations. Projects span print, digital, spacial, film and video.
By 2012, the graphic design industry had been highjacked by the internet and my days devolved into making website and responding to emails. It sucked. I started moonlighting in restaurants just for the human interaction. I got obsessed with wine, became a sommelier, ran a club, a wine shop, and then opened a small restaurant. I ran a wine club during this period focusing on low intervention wines. During this time I could be found on the floor, in the cellar, behind the bar, and even sometimes in the kitchen.
Since 2022 I’ve been slow traveling, writing, and working on some personal projects. I recently finished a screenplay that draws on my experiences in the wine shop, a short story about the year I moved to San Francisco, and a collection of very dark short poems about my lineage. It’s called Lineage. Am very happy with my itinerant lifestyle.
If you’d like to get in touch you can contact me here. Thanks for reading.
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Placed second in a This American Life t-shirt design contest.
Worked on two Italian films under production designer Carlo Simi (The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon A Time In The West) before he died.
Briefly had a comic series called Somnambule published in The Blackheart Irregulars before it went belly up.
Sang Carole King’s “I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet” by request to the closing credits of The Freezer Show after my guest appearance.
Taught English and Art at the Shilela Academy in Boma N’Gombe, Tanzania at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
I speak Italian and French. Had to curb my slang obsession after my Italian tutor scolded me for starting to sound like a Roman street urchin.
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Alerio
Betsy Klompus, Set Designer
Black Heart Irregulars Comics
Boys & Girls Clubs
Circus Sarasota
David Selib, Artist
Design Space Magazine
Downtown Magazine
DMX
Electrolux
Florida Historical Society
Florida Holocaust Museum
Florida Tourism Bureau
Florida West Coast Symphony
Francis Schwartz, Artist & Composer
Good Lovin’ Band
Greene Contemporary Art Gallery
H2Optix
The High Museum
The Hunterdon Museum of Art
Infinite Space Theatre Company
The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
John Sims, Artist
Joseph Arneggar, Artist
Josh Welker, Artist
Judith Henry, Artist
LifeLink
Lusty Mover Magazine
Maureen Chatfield, Artist
Nascar
Pandora
Porter Square Wine & Spirits
PT Restaurant
Ravello Italian Kitchen
Librarie Resonance
Roots of Brazil Dance Company
Sabrina Small, Artist
Sarasota Arts Review
Sarasota Film Festival
Sarasota Magazine
Serengeti Eyewear
Sonic Tap
Thomas Draudt, Filmmaker
Tim Jaeger, Artist
University of South Florida New College
University of Texas Creative Research Lab
Working Class Magazine -
Here Till Sunday,
San Juan Film Festival, Puerto Rico
subOp Group Show, Sarasota, Florida
White Dog Studio, Small & Lovely Juried Show, Sarasota, Florida
Digital Three Studio, Bridge Exhibit Invitational, Sarasota, Florida
Pure/Impure 2 Group Show, Sarasota, Florida, Curated by Nick Katranis
Metamorphosis Gallery, Group Show, Sarasota, Florida
Florida Holocaust Museum, Embracing Our Differences Invitational, Tampa, Florida, Curated by Mark Ormond
Untitled Wow Group Show, Sarasota, Florida
Bitmap Slave Model, Group Show, Sarasota, Florida
Pure/Impure Group Show, Sarasota, Florida, Curated by Nick Katranis
The Digital Realm, Group Show, Sarasota, Florida
Pure Samples, Group Show, Curated by Sabrina Small -
PRODUCER
Robot Livin’ Life shorts series
Sarasota Film Festival tv spot series
Planned Parenthood AIDS Awareness tv spot
Haunted Hollywood tv spot series
Films in the Park tv spot
Life In Minor short film
The Headless Glory of Andreé Chenier music video
Caligula music video
The Death of Garcia Lorca music videoDIRECTOR/EDITOR
From The Top audio comedy series
DMX 4 Up video series
Dangerous World short film
92 or Bruce Lee short film
Beach Lessons short film
Ghost short film
Recoloration Proclamation trailerSET DESIGNER
The Freezer Show
Life In Minor short film
DMX 4 Up video seriesPRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Fratelli e Sorelli
Un Amore Americana -
The American Institute of Graphic Arts
The American Advertising Federation
The International Gallery of Superb Printing
Print Magazine
The French Paper Company -
Jancis Robinson website, writing contest finalist
The Boston Globe, Ravello Italian Kitchen article 2019
Print Magazine, Annual awards issue 2004
Time Magazine, Austin craft scene article 2006
Downtown Magazine, artist profile 2004
Sarasota Magazine, various Bleushift articles
Sarasota Arts Review, various Bleushift articles
Sarasota Herald Tribune, various
Florida West Coast Journal, 10 People to Watch 2006
At 9:22, see an interview with me from I think 2005.