If you would like to hire me for a freelance job, here is the contact information: devaartstudio@devaart.com.

To view previous freelance work click here.

Most of my work has an illustrative-painterly quality that reveals rhythmic fluid lines and flowing design. The colors I use echo the strength, beauty and allure of nature. I like to blend curvilinear stylization with traditional realism. My subjects (nature, animals, people, florals) are captured with graceful fluid lines, unifying decoration and aesthetics. I create my own personal interpretation of what I see and feel through color and visual expression of the subject.

Fine Art, Visual Communication, Painting, Illustration, Web Design and Graphic Design were my main areas of art education.

Education
B.F.A. Virginia Wesleyan University, Norfolk, Virginia
A.A.S. Communication Design; Specialization in Illustration, Graphic Design; graduated magna cum laude
A.A.S. Web and Digital Design; Sessions Education, Soho, New York, NY

Most Recent Freelance Work:

• Book Cover Design, 2022; Garden Like A Shaman (published by Uptown Press, USA)

AWARDS and HONORS  (see full CV and BIO)

• American Artists of Renown: nominated for entry as tribute to contemporary American Artist
• Awards of Excellence, Best in Shows, Honorable Mentions
• Fine Art Painting Commissions
• Solo Shows
• Permanent Collections
• Juried Competitions
• Invitational Shows
• Group Exhibitions
• Designed Retail Business Ads (dance apparel)
• Illustrated Cover of Restaurant Menu
• Illustrates and Designs Greeting Cards
• Surface Design (tablecloths, wallpaper, placemats, shopping bags, more)

PLEASE NOTE:

Under US copyright law, the artist-designer automatically owns all rights to the work they do for you as an independent contractor. The one exception to this is work-for-hire, which means that if a designer is your full-time employee, then any work they create is yours. A freelancer, unless specifically stated in your/their contract, is not a work-for-hire.

All rights and ownership belong to the creator of the work (unless otherwise specified in a contractural agreement).

Copyright actually refers to a bundle of rights:

1. Rights to display work.
2. Rights to reproduce work.
3. Rights to make adaptations (derivative works). 
4. Native files for any work completed by a freelancer belongs to them.