SKILLS

Writing Short Stories Illustrator Teacher Stained Glass Welding Acting Art Assistant Illustrator 6.0 Docent Violin Program Coordinator Gardening Secretary Cake Decorator Word 7.0 Excel 7.0 Sewing

Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Dancer Clay Sculptor Pottery Costume Designer silk-screening

Certified/Degrees

1998 San Rafeal Business School Certified Secretary and Computer Basics 2008 The Alameda College Sewing 1 Program

2003 The Berkeley Adult School Certified Baker 2001 UC Davis Master Gardening

2003 CCAC B.A. Illustration 2012 UC Berkeley Professionals certificate in Therapy

Other college courses included:

Psychology, Art and Design Color Theory, Acting, Dance, Weight lifting, Silk-screening, Pottery

Lorain county community college, Jacksonville Community College, Laney Community College, Oakland Adult School

Work Experience

2003-Present Writer International and Oakland, California

3 Short story books sold at Marcus Book stores and Amazon.com volunteer at Faith Networks as reading tutor

Write short stories non-fiction romance books.

1998-Present Illustrator International and San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Stockton, California

Comic- Con, APE, Marcus Book Store, The Print Shop, The Farmer’s Market, The Fire House Bazaar, The Noodle Factory, Shell Productions, New Visions Gallery, Coke-Cola in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Rock Paper and Scissors Gallery, The huddle create+art, Oakland Writer’s Club, The San Leandro Gallery, Richmond Art Museum in Richmond, California

Illustrate and sell children’s books and greeting cards. Show of paintings in galleries and museum.

1999-2001 Dance Oakland and San Francisco, California

Cello Dance Company, Futurist Dance Contest, Samba, West African Dance, B-boy, hip-hop, Feldenkrais, Ballet

2010-1998 Sells Rep and Manager Oberlin, Union City, Terri Linda California

Adenike African Shop, Scentura Creations, Ups and Downs, Service Masters and Michael’s Art store

Clothing store closing opening of store window designer. – Door to Door selling items

1985-2008 Teacher Oberlin, Ohio and Oakland, Berkeley, San Francisco and Emeryville, California

The Berkeley Public School, OBUGS, Far West High School, RUMC Church, San Francisco Baptist Church School, Boys and Girls Club, Umoja House, Muslim School, City of Oberlin Recreation Department, FAVA Gallery, The Whitney Young Day Care, Oberlin Design Initiative, East Bay Depot create reuse.

Teach K-8 art, gardening and science to all ages with syllabus and program coordinator to put gardens in schools.

1996-2008 Art Assistant Cleveland and Oberlin, Ohio and Oakland, San Quentin California

The Cleveland Art Museum – Johnny Coleman, The Oakland Art Museum – John Toki, The Steel Mill – Cathy Hunt, Shorrock Stained Glass Studios – Mr. Shorrock, The Egypt Theatre- Minnie Gibson, The Pottery Shop – Tom Phinney, CRP-Mural-DESI

Art Assistant to artist in studio and cranes and monitor bases of art installations.

2000-2006 Docent Oberlin, Ohio and San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley California

The Allen Art Museum- Frank Lloyd Wright Houses, The San Francisco Commission Gallery, The FAVA Gallery – The Historical Quilt Show, SOMA Cultural Center, Calvin Simmons Theatre, Wonder Con, Whittier School Art Magnet, Organizing for America- Women’s Center for Cancer donations party, Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Docent study Maps and design and blueprints and tour guide people through theatres and houses and parties.

1995-2010 Cake Decorator Richmond, Alameda, San Francisco, Novato, California and Oberlin, Ohio

Rubicon Bakery, Safeway, Uhuru Foods, Northgate Nursery Home, Lorenzo’s Pizzeria

Cake Decorator making icing, airbrush cakes, keep inventory of cakes, cook, wait tables and work cashier.

2001-2013 Secretary Lorain, Ohio and Oakland, California

The Neighborhood House, The Vector Productions, CCA, Voter’s poll, Post office, Mission Dance Theatre, Citi Dance

Answer phones, Monitor mailings, file and put company photos together for marketing.

Awards

1997 Who’s Who Award

2016 Who’s Who Alumni Award

Membership

BAM – Bay Area Marketers San Francisco Federal Bank San Francisco, California

Oakland Writers Society Club Rockridge Library Oakland, California

The San Leandro Business Club San Leandro, California

Philosophy

Graduate Alumni at CCA BA in illustration, Masters in Gardening from UC Davis, Certified Baker from Bekerely Adult School, UC Bekerely Proffesionals in Theraphy and Certified passed C-Best test at the Oakland Unified School District. Every since I was little I had an imagination to stay in the creative mind and work for what is best in that mind. I have found that no one can stop that dream only one can succeed through the passion and growth of pursuing the goals of being an artist. Every since I was three I was painting on canvas how the rainbow and flowers and rain made the flowers cry. But after so many years of experience in artwork I have found that through art your emotions and everything in life can be expressed through by art. I give thanks for God and my many people that supported me in my goal reaching.

As a teacher of many ages and cultural backgrounds and physical status I have brought forth my best effort to continue to manifest an excellence in performance and quota to well productions of art that is continued within each student I have taught. I tend to teach clay and painting and the basics of drawing. Having the experience from taking many community college courses in design and basic drawing, my degree in illustration professes this act of diligence and continuous to produce art work. I work free-lance in illustration as well as a writer I have created children’s books and greeting cards and short stories, silk screen t-shirts, buttons, bookmarkers and knitted hats and scarfs small pots and clay sculptures that hold fruit and flowers. Some of these objects of art were produced in a warehouse sold and held at galleries, museum, art shows and festival booths.

The children’s books were made digital using Adobe Photoshop and sold into Kickstarter.com to get a publisher and currently have books sold on amazon.com. I have taught at the Berkeley Public School, OBUGS, Far West High School, RUMC Church, San Francisco Baptist Church School, Boys and Girls Club, Umoja House, Muslim School, City of Oberlin Recreation Department, FAVA Gallery, The Whitney Young Day Care, Oberlin Design Initiative, East Bay Depot create reuse working with business and small business organizations at setting up gallery artwork selling paintings. I have given lectures at Spark point small business organization to tell of my creativity and work with community to produce more artwork. During Church I participate in the annual craft show and work in the garden and quilting classes.

Working in gardens and art in schools and Boys and Girls Club, West Oakland Farmers, St. Martin de Porres and Layeffette Elementary School under a program called OBUGS (Oakland Based Urban Gardens School) we made murals and putting gardens outside and made crafts from recycled materials. I was taught in a warehouse how to make recycled art projects for parades and have done things for how Berkeley can you be parade. I really like to teach older adults which I get more measures of thought process and syllabus and thesis and theories I have created. I have read many books on ingenious people and studied history of art to clarify my thought and art process to teach to the older adults and all ages. One of my self-portraits was placed in the Coke-Cola women of visions art show in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. There are many books to follow in color theory, Adobe Photoshop, basic drawing, anatomy and illustration communication media history. The main focus on bring these combinations of learning can supply a better means for a successful artist.

My influences in art is Monet which is my middle name he is the first impressionist to paint blind and it is clear that emotions can make art by definition of doing art that is visible when seeing is not. My next favorite artist is Bob Ross which I watched on television every since I was young and practiced many of his painting techniques with using different brushes as for artwork. My third artist that I love is Jim Henson he creates 3d model puppets from 2d drawings which stays as my best influence to create my drawings and illustrations which one day could be the same from a clay sculpture to a 3d model moving object. In my short stories there is one story that I wrote that I created each character and illustrated very large and made 3d models out of them and have a theme and small animation process I am working on called Willow Park this has been a continued focus since 2004. Jerry Pinkney is also one of my favorite artist illustrators of children’s book illustrations. He is one of the most influenced African-American artists that I enjoy of this time era.

I have binders of syllabuses that I use to teach and work from along with the websites and books that connect with each day for the presentation. I have PowerPoint displays that explain artwork. As I tunnel through the experience of art and express and the gift of working with community and museums I feel I am acquainted and familiar with the goals of being a teacher.

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