Logos and Business Cards |
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Oregon Association of Teachers of French needed to update their portion of a web site (See below) and as part of that wanted to have a logo developed for them to use on the site. Combining the French flag with the Oregon state outline resulted in a clean effective design. |
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This client is retired and yet wished to have a business card to hand out since he continues to offer his services as a consultant, wood worker, vocalist, poet... Given his Irish heritage, his family plaid was incorporated into the design rather than trying to focus on any, or all, of his various skills. |
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This water treatment specialist was starting a new business, focusing on the treatment of ground water. His logo reflects these components and a script-type font in blue was selected to suggest flowing water for AquaTerra and a clean modern font in all caps for the Technologies. RETURN TO TOP |
Book Covers |
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Book Description (and cover inspiration): In 1848 Nathaniel Hawthorne is married and living in Salem, Massachusetts, a stone's throw from where the alleged witches were hanged in 1692. He is burdened with guilt over his ancestor's involvement in their trial, and bored with the stultifying work in the Custom House. Unable to write anything of significance, he is bitter and depressed. Susan Pryor, a young maid in a wealthy Salem household, aspires to become more than just a maid. Though she finds much pleasure in her fellow maid, with whom she sleeps, and in preparing for fine dinners and parties, she and her friend are still just maids and fair game for the two older sons. She longs to escape, to be more than just a servant. Susan and Hawthorne, the two unhappy Salem residents, meet by chance on Gallows Hill. A spark ignites-and smolders. This book is available through Amazon |
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Book Description (and cover inspiration):In early America's Massachusetts Bay theocracy, dissenters, especially women, lived lives of quiet desperation, subject to men and their harsh laws in almost every aspect of their lives. Such is the world that Chastity Hoar faces in seventeenth-century Boston, and such is the world that two of her friends, the historical Anne Hutchinson and Mary Dyer, face in their dissent against the iron laws of that theocracy. The whipping post, the stocks, the pillory, and, worst of all, the gallows remind the women daily of the need to walk carefully and speak softly. Disobey your husband, dress immodestly, forget Sabbath church services, engage in alleged witchcraft or criticize the prevailing religious orthodoxy, and you risked severe punishment, including death by hanging. As the spirited Chastity makes her life in the colony, forced to marry a cruel magistrate and religious elder; she sees and experiences behavior and practices almost defying belief. The more she sees and experiences, the more resilient she becomes. We know from history the fates of Anne Hutchinson and Mary Dyer. Chastity, narrating her story, shows us how brave women, facing horrendous obstacles, built their lives in America's early days. This book is available through Amazon |
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Book Description (and cover inspiration): Entering the world backwards with a broken arm, the boy remained backwards, a left-handed runt known to the Chicago South Side bullies as Georgy Porgy of nursery-rhyme infamy. It was not easy being left-handed in the 1930s and 1940s, as many left-handers from those days will attest. Parents were disappointed, and teachers were scornful, demonstrating their disdain with voice and ruler. World War II was raging, and Chicago’Äôs South Side knew it well: mock air raids, alleged Nazi spies in the neighborhood, Rosie the Riveter, and radio heroes and arch villains surrounded us. Boys grew into teenagers, but life grew no easier, despite the unwanted intrusion into boy life in the form of adults, primarily parents. Living in the new demographic, boys faced numerous challenges’Äîcoaches, girls, drive-in movies, cars and acne. Told with loving and bemused affection for his family and the innocent days when play was really play, Georgy Porgy reminds us of what growing up was like in the good old days. This book is available through Amazon |
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Book Description (and cover inspiration): The townspeople of Pioneer Cemetery await the arrival of a newcomer, Jesus Martinez, the rebellious young man alleged to have dynamited a concrete cross. They are guarded by the imperious caretaker, whose mysterious powers keep order and submissiveness among the dead spirits. But even among the dead there are rebel spirits demanding answers to their questions: Why have the young been condemned to their early graves? What is the purpose and meaning, if any, of human life? And, finally, where is the justice in life when evil is often rewarded and innocence punished? The young man is thought to have killed himself. But did he? He is driven to find out how and why he died, but to do so he must break the cardinal rule of the cemetery that separates the living from the dead. To find the answers to his and his fellow townsmen's questions, he must escape from the cemetery and visit the young woman he loved. To do so, however, will put him and those he loves at great risk. Is the risk worth taking? And what answers, if any, will he find if he takes the risk and leaves the cemetery? This book is available through Amazon RETURN TO TOP |
Web Sites |
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This is currently an active site promoting a complete health and wellness center in Forest Grove, Oregon. The site can be viewed in it's entirety by clicking on the following link: |
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Also an active site for an established law firm in Forest Grove, Oregon. The site can be viewed in it's entirety by clicking on the following link: |
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This page was designed specifically for Oregon Association of Teachers of French as part of a larger site for language teachers in Oregon. Recently the entire site underwent a complete overhaul and standardization. Therefore, these pages are no longer in use. |
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Again this was a site designed for the Chemistry Department at Pacific University prior to the University standardizing their web site. This shows the home page with it's unique menu incorporated into an appropriate sized molecular structure. |
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This time Pacific University had a standard style for their own pages, however the Chemistry Department was hosting a Pauling Award Symposium and Banquet as part of an American Chemical Society function. They required a series of pages that would blend with the current University pages but contain the ACS motif. This is the home page for Pacific and model for the Award pages: |
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A small biotech company wanted a site that incorporated their logo with the 3 primary colors as the basic theme of the site. This site was used for several years before reorganizing and refocusing their business elsewhere. |
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