Creative Direction

    The Troppus Group

    1994 – 1998 – In late 1994, I began work for The Troppus Group in Montreal as their Creative Director after returning from Bermuda. I remember being excited about this project as the company consisted of multiple companies and I felt I could really make a significant contribution – and I did. During these years, my work won three consecutive Best in Show Awards for Trade Booth Design plus… The Advertising Campaigns I created helped grow the business by attracting…

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    Grand Cayman Island

    On December 30, 1997, I left to go to Grand Cayman Island. A friend of mine had contacted me and wanted someone to house sit her condo for a month while…

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    Bermuda

    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…

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    Blue Grace

    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…

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    St. Vincent and the Grenadines

    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…

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    Marathon Key

    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…

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    St. Martin, FWI

    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…

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    Martinique

    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…

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    O’Keefe Printing

    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…

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    Steve Inks

    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…