SynkoArt Factory Stencil is a creativity igniter and drawing stencil that I created and am currently marketing to children's museums and other creative institutions. It is an open-ended imagination tool, designed to inspire young artists of any artistic ability. Made in the U.S.A!

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Chris Franklin of Sligo Foods in North Yarmouth, Maine, is launching a revolutionary line of gluten-free bagels, and it was such fun to design this identity artwork for him. This proud badger proudly mounting the winner’s podium — or is he making off with that bagel? You decide. This is one of the few black and white logos I’ve ever designed — the vintage nature of the badger demanded it. Plus. badgers are black and white, after all… I start every logo project in black and white, but it’s cool to have one that just felt right staying that way.

The owner of Yarmouth Audiology had been considering a logo update for quite a while, and this was the year! My sister happens to work there and kindly referred her to me. This became a wonderful, collaborative process of exploring concepts from abstract sound waves to sound bars to ears. This design became the clear winner — sound wave meets water wave in the coastal town of Yarmouth. Perfect!

Maine Big Night: Amphibian Migration Monitoring (MBN) is a community science project which allows anyone to participate in collecting important data on migrating frogs and salamanders while directly influencing their conservation outlook. The project, founded by Greg LeClair, occurs every April and has over 300 locations statewide.

I have volunteered as a data collector for the past two years, and am a huge fan of the project. It was a real honor to design this logo in support of this amazing group of people!

I’ve really enjoyed volunteering on the Communications Committee for Teens to Trails, starting in 2022. Such a great organization, and great people to work with! TtT has well-developed branding assets already in place, and I have gotten to implement those on assets such as their 2022 fundraising mailer, and some print ads for Maine magazines.

Mikey’s Place is a non-profit in Houston, founded by my dear friend Ingrid Monroy. In her words, “Mikey's Place informs, connects and supports families who are raising children with disabilities.” In 2022, Ingrid launched Together at Mikey’s Place — a work program in which young adults with disabilities gain vocational training, purposeful employment, and create meaningful friendships in a supportive, inclusive environment. I am always delighted to do design work for Ingrid, Mikey, and their amazing work.

Restaurant owners Kelsey and Bryan reinvented the Cumberland Food Company into Dara Bistro in 2022 and hired me to help with the rebranding. I love the purple, and how the flower images work well used in conjunction with the wordmark or as separate design elements.

The assignment was to design an identity for Switchback — a dedicated space within the exhibit hall at The Running Event, held in Austin, November 2022. Switchback is centered around education and networking for both outdoor and run specialty retailers attending the event. The client knew they wanted a warm Southwestern color palette, and they indicated an interest in concise, minimal line art. Three logo concepts narrowed to a look that felt like the right direction to the client, then in the second round I came up with a few more variations on the theme. That led to this design which became “the one!” Always great to work on identity projects with Diversified Communications in Portland, Maine.

Sheila and Charley Foley are veterans and proud owners of Attwood Farm and Kitchen in Poland, Maine. They are expanding their operations in Winter 2022 by opening Poland Provisions, a general store and cafe in the center of Poland. Their logo dreams were inspired by the lettering and designs on an antique cast-iron stove — see the last photo. Once they were happy with the direction, I created vertical and horizontal versions that would meet all of the needs for signage, advertising and merchandise. I can’t wait to visit their new business when it opens and see the signs in place!

This intrepid mountain goat was a contender concept for another project in 2022. I’m going to keep playing with it and maybe it’ll find its home with someone in some form or another!

Lani Toscano is an incredible event planner here in Maine, and as part of this work, she developed Heartwood Essentials. She has trestle tables built from recycled decking and rents them out for events. Lani needed a brand identity that reflected the rustic craftsmanship of the tables as well as the sophistication and beauty of her event planning. I created this logo based on a table blueprint done by one of her craftsmen, and Lani is so happy with how it captures her business ethos.

The folks at Tower Publishing are always great to work with. I always enjoy collaborating with their authors on book jacket designs and usually continue to work with the authors on supporting marketing materials for their books.

I love working with the PSO! 2018 marks the third year I've done the event design for this major fundraising event. The designs have followed a theme of sultry colors and Matisse-esque shapes, all tied into the wine region featured each year. Thank you, Jen Segal, for bringing me on board to work on these!

Darcy James operates an aftercare service in Cumberland, Maine, and she wanted a brand identity that conveyed the nurturing, creative and joyful experience that she offers. Her aesthetic made me think of clean, colorful Scandinavian design – and the bird was born! Seeing this design on her signage makes me smile every time I see it, and Darcy tells me the same. 

Diversified Communications called me in on this brand identity refresh for ProVideo Coalition – a real honor, especially since one of my sons is a videography fiend.

Check out their site here

I worked with ecomaine to develop several pieces introducing a pilot program for municipal food waste recycling. Grocery store signage, brochures, yard signs and door hangers were among the tactics. Combining illustration and design always makes for a fun project, as well as doing work for such a great organization!

Maple's wanted to refresh their bakery and gelato brand, and I teamed up with Meredith Kennedy (one of my favorite local designers and a longtime friend) to get the job done. The design update has been a huge success – when I hear from people that they suddenly noticed Maple's once the big orange sign appeared, I am annoyingly happy.

This project was a great combination of brand design and creative direction for Delhaize America's value brand My Essentials, which encompassed several hundred items. The corporate direction was to follow the lead of European supermarket chains which were using predominantly white designs at the time for this type of brand. I really loved this project – I got to design the logo, packaging layout, typography, and develop the photographic style of the brand. I also provided creative direction for a gang of freelancers as we rolled this design out across hundreds of items with multiple packaging substrates and printing processes. 
 

Healthy Accents is an extensive line of Health and Beauty Care products launched by Delhaize America in 2010, and still going strong in 2018! I co-designed the logo & typography with the inimitable Todd Wentworth, and then designed the packaging for the two segments – health and beauty. I love package design because of the technical challenges of keeping a design consistent across a brand whether it's printed on plastic or paper (or pressed into a bar of soap), flexo or litho, one color or many. 
 

The need here was to bring consistency to the branding of the WorkBoat family, which contains a magazine, a website and multiple conferences and events. The overall brand is very strong and well-regarded, so the wordmark stayed pretty much the same – I did adjust the kerning a tiny bit. The different conferences and events had disparate logos, but now they all have different colors of the same unifying ship bow & wave logo, which is a much-simplified version of the previous International WorkBoat Show logo.

The Open Bench Project is an extremely unique maker's space in Portland, Maine. It offers classes, workspaces and community for students, entrepreneurs and many other groups. I love being on call to do design work for these guys – it's one of the coolest places on the planet. 

Visit OBP here!

Maine Real Estate Listings needed a logo and promotional pieces for a marketing campaign that educated realtors about an improved lockbox system. I designed this lockbox logo, two postcards and a sell sheet as part of the campaign. I had a great time working on this with Chris Philbrook, an account executive at Industrium in Portland, Maine – and Michelle Philbrook is a fantastic copywriter who is always a pleasure to work with. 

Lani Toscano makes beautiful, fun events happen for her clients, planned exquisitely down to the tiniest detail. She cares about those details, and her logo reflects that – clean, upscale and timeless.

I really enjoyed getting to develop a logo for this new show – Kim Noyes at Diversified Communications asked me to take this one on, and I think the crisp, modern look works so well for the show.
From the Trade & Trends website: "Trade & Trends Food Show is an event focusing on the latest innovations in food, specifically targeting food service and retail professionals. Over 100 companies will exhibit, including food purveyors, local wineries and breweries, and companies offering food-related equipment and services. Trade & Trends also features an educational program comprised of over 20 sessions. Its first edition will be held October 26 & 27, 2015 in Secaucus, NJ." 
 

This was an email header that I got to design for Readymade Records/Whitesmith Entertainment. I love doing work associated with the music industry, and I particularly loved the approach Emily White and Brendan Benson were taking in the music industry – ultra-respect for the artist. 

In my current role, I am very fortunate to work with the Shell Marketing Team at WEX. In this role, I have the opportunity to design and provide art direction for email, microsites, landing pages, video, digital ads, direct mail, print collateral, presentations, social media, and events. The Shell brand guidelines are the most comprehensive I’ve ever worked with — I love staying current with the latest developments and interacting with Shell’s internal branding team.