Chamber Music Northwest wanted to create a landscape for their Summer Festival, they wanted it painterly, they wanted it to capture the idea of confluence, and they wanted it to fit within their brand. Not a short order, and it took several rounds of rough drafts to hit on a composition that felt right, but we got there. Then it was all Photoshop brushes to achieve a smooth flowing look with just the right amount of crunchy little details.

To me, this image can be read as parts of a song, each layer as a different section in an orchestral piece. In addition to that, I see the trees and their reflections as sound waveforms. To others it might only read as a landscape, reminiscent of a Pacific Northwest mountain at sunset, viewed from across a body of water.

This spring, Portland Revels wanted to hit the reset button on their overall look, and they knew exactly what they wanted! Their performances draw inspiration from and lift up cultures from all over the world, and variations on this style of woodblock folk art seem to similarly exist globally, dating back centuries.

After years of heavy shading and textural Photoshop brush work, starting from scratch in Illustrator to figure out a linocut print style was no easy task. All those little shading hatch marks are confusing at first, so I fumbled about for a bit, but I think by the end of this first project, I hit my stride. This was all hand-drawn, and I think it unlocked a new avenue for me to pursue in my personal work. It'll also translate to their future show images, which I'm already excited about.

One of my favorite projects of the last few years, the poster for Thursdays on the Village Green in Hamilton, NY. If you’ve been to central New York, you know how prevalent these specific species of birds are, and also how much corn there is. Why not throw a microphone in the middle of all of that? That’s more or less what they did to start this free community summer concert series, and if it worked for them it can work for a poster!

I collaborated with Scrap Paper Social on this, they placed the lineup text and other details on the final version.

In addition to being responsible for preparing all print-ready assets for Altec Lansing’s display at Madison Square Garden, I was also tasked with designing the timeline seen here. Given brand guidelines, the bullet points and a variety of photos to choose from, I created a historical look at the company. The launch event, celebrating their partnership with MSG, also included a participatory panel, which I also designed.

Each year the Portland Revels create a live theatre production that weaves together top notch music and dance, beloved traditions and some magic to tell an original tale about the return of the light when everything seems to be at its darkest, on the longest night of the year

This year they wanted a cold and imposing space not only devoid of light, but full of overbearing darkness, being encroached upon by nature, weaving and winding its way through the cracks before bursting forth as thistle, the national flower of Scotland, bringing the light. It's about resiliency, it's about joy in times of sorrow, and it's about not letting the light go out, now or ever.

I look forward to this project every year because it's one of my only professional opportunities to fully render a scene from scratch, as I try to push my painting skills past their previous limits. In years past I've combined shapes I built in Illustrator with shading and texture in Photoshop. But this year (and last) I went straight for painting it all in Photoshop, with no safety net of existing assets. Mostly just basic round pressure-sensitive brushes and my trusty Wacom tablet.

Chamber Music Northwest’s theme for 2025 was Echoes of Bach, and they requested that I put my own spin on Bach's musical signature, that's the white design in the center. It also became a design element to use throughout the layout, along with the soft rippling color scheme we came up with for this summer's festival.

We took a big swing with the design this year, it's an intentionally subdued and elevated design compared to the very bright colors and wild swooping shapes of past years.

Photos courtesy of Intersection & Natasha Kautsky

Mobile advertising for Oregon Ballet Theatre’s 2023-24 Season.

For The Portland Midwinter Revels show in 2024, we’re traveling to Northern Europe.

“When Astrid discovers her Grandfather is close to death, she and the Norse God Jólnir set off on a journey through time and space to save him. But perhaps it isn’t Grandfather she needs to save.”

I created these images by hand in Photoshop, painted with a tablet with select textures layered in to create realism where it was called for.

For Oregon Ballet Theatre’s 2024/25 Season, they wanted a streamlined and much bolder look than in prior seasons. Since the brochure sets the tone for the whole year, I was careful to come up with a very sharp layout that would easily translate to other collateral throughout the season.

After receiving the studio photographs from the photographer, I carefully cut out each dancer and placed them on a black background, and then smoothed out the floors so they looked vibrant but still maintained their natural shadows.

There was a wealth of information to be conveyed in a small space, but maintaining a minimalist aesthetic was very important, so it was a delicate balancing act to come up with the layout. We landed on what you see here, with photos on alternating pages throughout the piece.

I’ve since transformed these ideas into a wealth of content to support the season, including gigantic wallscapes and billboards throughout the city, digital ads, posters, and postcards for every show.

"It’s a stormy evening in Kinvarra when an out-of-town stranger walks into the middle of the Móirín’s pub and interrupts the community’s celebration of the Winter Solstice. Móirín decides that with enough Irish singing, dancing, story-telling, and perhaps a Mummers Play, they can make their new friend Irish by the time the sun rises on the shortest day. But the stranger has a story of her own to tell.”

I look forward to creating the Portland Revels show image each year, and this year was no different. It's a collaborative process with their Artistic and Managing Directors to try and arrive at the right mood, months before the production actually comes together. This year's story takes place in a small Irish fishing village, and we wanted a mysterious, dark vibe, while maintaining a sense of warmth and wonder at the heart of it.

These are the whiskey labels I’ve created for Brown Jug Alaska, released as part of their partnership with J. Mattingly, a bourbon producer out of Kentucky.

For Stormbreaker, they wanted to highlight the massive ravens up there in Alaska, and requested that it be shooting lightning into a bottle. Ask and you shall receive!

For Short Stack, they wanted something fun, and we went with a breakfast plate with the food in the shape of Alaska (the top of the pancakes even match the state flag).

Working with local marketing agency Project and the Salem Main Street Association, I created this map, the attraction icons, and the overall layout. They've been distributed to downtown businesses to help people know where to eat, drink and park, and I can imagine them being pretty useful for locals and visitors alike, who may not realize all there is to do there.

The mission of the Polaris Psychotherapists Consortium is to create an intentionally brave community of individual psychotherapists connecting and strengthening each other through a steadfast commitment to ethical therapeutic work and ongoing substantive learning.

Polaris Psychotherapists Consortium was founded for therapists by therapists with the goal of collectively working together in order to maintain accountable therapeutic spaces with a focus on education, growth, and new learning, social justice activism and advocacy, attunement to the complex and diverse needs of the people they work with, and ongoing in-depth consultation.

This is the show image for the 2022 Midwinter Revels winter production, Andalusian Night: A Celebration of the Solstice.

Doing research for this project led me to The Puente Nuevo bridge (featured) which was completed in 1793, spans a 390' chasm, and took 34 years to build. It was a replacement for a single-arch bridge, which was rushed in both design and execution, took 4 years to build and ultimately collapsed, taking 50 lives with it. Decidedly NOT the vibe we are going for here.

No, instead I took my time on this, both while building the composition in Illustrator, and while layering in all the lighting and details in Photoshop.

My time at Artists Rep placed me in a position to have significant impact. Through daily collaboration with fellow artists I produced thought-provoking, eye-catching work that embodied the feel and intent of our shows. Under the eye of the Marketing Director and Artistic Director, I created illustrations and social media campaigns for each production and transformed the overall brand of the theatre across social media, in physical spaces, through video work and in print.