1992 – 1994 – In early 1991, I noticed an ad in Marketing Magazine looking for a Senior Art Director for Foote, Cone and Belding in Hamilton, Bermuda and I decided that I would prepare a resume and apply.…
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Blue Grace was a bit of a dream for me. After returning from an eighteen month project on the island of St. Martin in 1987, where I had been introduced to big open water sailing between the islands of…
In January of 1989, I visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines to do some sailing and scuba diving. I needed some big water sailing experience on my own and thought that down here, I could sail between a few…
Marathon is located in the Middle Keys – about 110 miles south of Miami. Most people fly into either Miami or Ft Lauderdale, rent a car and drive down. It takes approximately 2.5 hours from Ft Lauderdale airport. Since…
1985 – 1986 – In 1985, I spotted a small ad in the Montreal Gazette looking for an Art Director & Production Manager to help create the very first magazine for the island of St. Martin and thought, ‘That…
Martinique is very much a Caribbean Island, but with a difference. When you touch down at the Aimé Césaire airport, you are officially on French soil. In 1946, this former colony was named an Overseas Department of France, and…
In 1982, I began working with O’Keefe Printing. This happened because one of the salesmen for the company was using my creative services and brought Brian O’Keefe, the owner, to meet me one night. I had a very good…
In 1977, I got my first job at a small community newspaper in NDG in Montreal – The Bargain Hunter. It was a weekly tabloid and my job entailed laying out the newspaper, overseeing the typesetting, creating ALL of…
