P.O.Box 478 · Little River, CA 95456
tel/fax 707-964-5558 · e-mail jasmax@mcn.org
ART PER-REQUEST
Emmy Award Winning Graphic Designer
Book Designer
Illustrator 2D & 3D
Animation
Information Designer
Web Page Designer
Adobe Illustrator Teacher
Adobe Photoshop Teacher
Multi-Dimensional Artist
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
COMPUTER GRAPHICS - During the past five years, I've worked daily with Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark Express, OmniPage Professional, Painter, Fontographer, Ray Dream Designer, Claris. I plan Information designs for presentations. I have a background in printing and TV. I prefer Macintosh.
COURTROOM SKETCH ARTIST for NBC TV, pastel, colored pencil, watercolor combination.
TEACHER/TUTOR Fine arts (Watercolor, Acrylic and Oil Paint) and Computer Graphics/Desktop Publishing. Visual work is representational, sometimes photo realistic, always concerned with exceptional craftsmanship.
WRITER/REPORTER In-Flight publications (travel). Interviews, technical descriptions of creative process. Art School's brochures, course descriptions, teachers' biographies.
PUBLIC RELATIONS Information Designer/Planner Coordinator for Non Profits. Volunteer work.
MANAGER/COORDINATOR Design and organization of art related classes for curriculums, teachers and timing in relation to a nitch market's needs. Member of Board of Director.
EDITOR IN CHIEF Monthly newsletter for Mendocino Coast Macintosh Users Group MCMUG
WEB DESIGNER for - Mercury
Vacuum Presses
Cleone
Lodge Inn
PanPacifica South Pacific Book Publishers
The Old Stewart House Inn Bed & Breakfast
ARTIST/DESIGNER My personal work represents my relationships with my community, nature, and my life. I fulfill my clients' vision by providing services sensitive to their needs to reach and influence their clients and market.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
PRESENTLY - James Maxwell Design - Graphic and product design for individual clients. 707.964.5558
Teacher Desktop Publishing/Computer Graphics for Mendocino Community Network Workshops
Past Program Coordinator - Mendocino Art Center - Mendocino, CA 707.937.5818
Teacher College of the Redwoods, Mendocino Branch, and The Mendocino Art Center
Fine Arts represented in Art Galleries throughout California and Hawaii.
Staff Artist KNBC-TV, Los Angeles, CA, KCET-TV (PBS), Hollywood, CA.
Teacher in Graphic Arts at The Art Center College of Design, currently Pasadena, CA.
AWARDS
JAMES MAXWELL SCHOLARSHIP 1993 awarded yearly to teen artist by Mendocino Art Center Board
EMMY from National Television Arts and Sciences KNBC-TV for Graphics contributions.
MFA and BFA from Los Angeles Art Center College of Design, currently Pasadena, CA.
REFERENCES
Jane Dymond, Past President, MENDOCINO ART CENTER Board of Directors - 707.936-5818, Bart Grimes, Current President.
Gerald Huckaby, past Editor, Arts and Entertainment Magazine, 707.877.3405
Will Smith, Legal Mediator and Counselor - 707.937.0896
Jim Tarbel, owner BLACK BEAR PRESS, P.O. Box 90 Mendocino, CA 95460 - 707.964.8465
John Evans, Creative Services, E&J GALLO. 209.579.3269
CLIENTS
NBC-TV, Burbank, CA
PBS-TV, Hollywood, CA
Metro Goldwin and Mayer's Hotel Grand in Los Vegas, NV
Security Pacific Bank, Riverside, CA
Clorox Corporation, San Francisco, CA
E & J Gallo, Modesto, CA
PanPacifica, Hololulu, HI
Accounts