After receiving my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration from the University at Buffalo in 1992, I quickly realized that a life of freelancing wasn’t for me. So I went back to UB the following year and focused on communication design. I’ve been working in the field ever since.

It’s a funny business we’re in. For years my family didn’t understand what I did for a living. All that changed this past Christmas, when I gave my dad 100 custom labels for his homemade wine. “That’s the best present I got this year,” said Dad. “You made your father’s Christmas,” said Mom. “The labels cost more than the wine,” said their friends. ...Now they get it.