Self Employed Freelance Artist January 1975  -present   20 (34 years) CUSTOM ART IN :  Logos  Business Cards  Ads  Calligraphy  Illust ...more Self Employed Freelance Artist January 1975  -present   20 (34 years) CUSTOM ART IN :  Logos  Business Cards  Ads  Calligraphy  Illustrations  Oils  Acrylics  Watercolors    COMMERCIAL ART & GRAPHICS FOR :  Variety of Companies   Churches & Non Profit Organizations  Schools  CONTRACT ARTWORK - GRAPHICS & LOGOS for :  -  45 Degrees North, Bozeman MT   -  Flying Horse Communications, Bozeman MT    TRAVELED 3 states selling Kathryn Darling Artwork   12 SHOWS per year    7 ART GALLERIES carried my paintings.   11 STATES sold Kathryn''''s prints and cards   TAUGHT ART WORKSHOPS for all ages  OWNER OF GREY FOX GALLERY & FRAME in Bozeman, MT in 2005    OWNER OF BELGRADE GALLERY & GIFT in Belgrade, MY 2007 Owner Grey Fox Gallery & Frame May 2005  - 2011 ART DIRECTOR   Procures all types of art for our Bozeman & Belgrade galleries which have Original Oil Paintings, Original Watercolor paintings, Giclees, Art prints and Affordable Framing, Bronze sculptures, Metal Wall Art, Pottery, Gifts, Jewelry & more.  Attends Art shows & Trade shows regularly   Manages Summer Art Walk shows & individual artist art shows  Oversees 3 employees  Strategizes with other companies about the creation of new products for market ART CONSULTANT   Encourage and Promote artists & their work   Develops & supplies art collectors  Critique & Style Identity offered at artist request  Strategize with artists on marketing and shows   Consults with customers on what art to purchase & where to hang art in home  Design framing for artist & customers ARTIST Grey Fox Gallery & Frame carries Kathryn Darling''s original Wall Canvas Murals  Oils  Watercolors  Acrylics  Giclees  Offset Lithography Prints  Cards & Semi Precious Jewelry Designs. Metal Wall Art Designer with Lazart Fine Art industry September 2003  -  Present    CONTRACT with Lazart to produce 50 designs per year   LASER CUT STEEL  Acid washes  Fine sheen, durable powder coating  COMPELLING IMAGES with special attention to the faces & solid designs will decorate your space with the beauty of the outdoors.   CUSTOM signs & designs for clients & designers   WORLD WIDE DISTRIBUTION Graphic Designer/Visual Info Specialist Pentagon Army Graphics  The National Defense University, Washington D.C. Defense & Space industry May 1981  -  August 1987   JOB DESCRIPTION: Top Secret clearance  Graphics  Logos  Design  Portraits  Large Visual Displays  Illustrations  Calligraphy  McGruff Crime Watch Posters  Military Briefings  1984 Olympics  Anything having to do with visual arts Education l BA in Fine Art & Graphic Design  BA ,  with emphasis on Commercial Art, Painting and Illustration 1980  -  1984 Employed by ABEKA Books as an Illustrator and Graphic Designer during college 1981- 1984                                  Accomplishments  **********************************                                             GIFTED/TALENTED PROGRAM in the Washington D.C. Area  4 GOLD KEY AWARDS and all first place awards from Hecht Co. Wash. D.C. Maryland, & Virginia in watercolors, mixed media, pencil sketch, zinc etching  Chosen to attend 30 workshops at the Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) 1979 - 1980  Received the Smithsonian Purchase Award and First Place 1979  Published Artwork in ABEKA Books  National Defense University Art Collection Oil painting of Admiral Henry Eccls & numerous private collections across the US  Designed Artwork Briefing for the British Embassy, Washington DC  Worked on Graphic Design Team for the 1984 Olympics - Department of the Army - Pentagon  Designed National Crime Watch Posters - Pentagon hide