For over thirty years, I have worked in two worlds that continually influence one another: fine art printmaking and commercial graphic design.

As a printmaker at Discover Graphics Atelier, located in the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, I have spent more than three decades exploring the traditional techniques of etching, lithography, and printmaking. During those same years, I have built a career as a graphic and web designer in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

My commercial career includes serving as Senior Illustrator in the Mobil Oil Corporate Design and Graphics Department, where I developed a foundation in corporate identity, visual communication, and publishing. In 1998, following the ExxonMobil merger, I established DS Grafx, providing creative services to clients as varied as the Washington Redskins, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Today, DS Grafx.com brings that experience to small and medium-sized businesses, offering everything from logo development and corporate identity to website design, print production, and marketing materials. From the first sketch to the finished product, each project benefits from decades of technical knowledge, artistic judgment, and an appreciation for the craft of visual communication.

At DS Grafx, the fine arts and graphic arts are not separate disciplines. They are two sides of the same creative process.

“The fortitude required to develop and sustain convictions that make art valid can be implemented only by navigating the road less traveled, which is the essence of creativity. True creativity requires the courage to stand alone.”

Awarded Honorable Mention for one of two prints, a lithograph and an etching in a National printmaking competition, December 2010.

A painted piano at Wolf Trap Farm Park, in 2015 was a collaboration with long time friend and fellow artist, Keith Naquin as part of the Pianos in the Park program. It was displayed at the front of the Filene Center for the next two seasons.

Special kudos to David Skibiak in WIRED Magazine, February 2012

Created the cover artwork for Marie Kisner’s detailed compendium of the town of Vienna’s history in the 20th century’s second half.