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The New York Times Sunday Magazine * Rolling Stone * The Detroit News The Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine * Ms. Magazine * The Baltimore City Paper The Boston Globe * Entertainment Weekly * THIS Guitar World * The Detroit News * City Newspaper

  • 1995 Society of Newspaper Design Award of Excellence
  • Finger Lakes Show, 1995 (juried)
  • Solo Exhibition, Monroe Community College, 1994 (Big City, USA)
  • Joint Exhibition, Monroe Community College, 1993 (God's Greatest Hits)
  • Honorable Mention, Promotion Design, Print Magazine, 1993.
  • Nazareth College "Best of Show," 1991
  • Solo Exhibition, The Little Gallery, 1991
  • American Illustration, vol. 10, 1991
  • Upstate Invitational Art Exhibition, 1989 (juried)
  • Honorable Mention, Promotion Design, How Magazine, 1988.


1987 to present:

Staff Artist, Gannett Rochester Newspapers (Times-Union
and Democrat & Chronicle and Democrat & Chronical Digital
Edition): Illustrate feature and news articles, design 
pages, create computer generated deadline graphics and 
maps. Work in pen-and-ink, gouache, scratchboard, and 
wood-cut styles. Principal designer for the newspapers
on-line web site on the internet.
1986 to 1987:
Founder and Publisher, Scene Magazine (Rochester, NY):
Created and edited monthly publication about pop music and
local arts activities (peak ciruculation: 10,000).