spur : to evoke a feeling ; prompt an action or response
Each project has the exciting possibility to unfold and reveal its quintessence across many mediums — from paper to walls, mobile phones to movie screens
In 2004 I established Design Spur LLC, a Sarasota-based studio collaborating with Architects, Filmmakers, Illustrators, Programmers, Writers +++ I believe that art and creativity are central to enriching our lives and expressing that which is unique about what we interact with every day.
I have taught Typography, Graphic Design, Photography, Motion Design, and Filmmaking at my alma mater, Ringling College of Art & Design.
EDUCATION
2003 BFA Ringling College of Art and Design / Graphic & Interactive Communication w/ minor studies in Photography & Fine Art
1999 AA Hillsborough College / Architecture
PROFESSIONAL
2004-present Design Spur, LLC , Owner / Designer
2016 + Sarasota Magazine , Producer / Photographer
2002-2017 Carl Abbott Architects , PR / Designer
2003 Design Center , Ringling College of Art and Design , Design Intern
1996-1999 M&M Printing , Layout / Pre-press
SELECT CLIENTS / PROJECTS
2026 Historic Lucy Abbott Mansion at St. Augustine / branding, photography
2025 Elizabeth Blanda Artist / book layout & cover design
2011-present Forge Cellars Wine , New York / art direction , branding , packaging design
2020 Sarasota County Schools / signage , interactive exhibit design
2017 Eyes that Hear / short film featuring artist Gerry Zeck
2016 The Patterson Foundation / book design , photography
2014 Loose Threads Cinema / interactive design
2012 ORO Editions , In/Formed by the Land / book design
2011 Cisnes / music graphics
2010 Fayetta / short biographical film of H-o-F cowgirl Faye Blackstone
2008 Florida Department of Agriculture / book , exhibit design , video production
2007 Sarasota County / large-scale typographic murals, wayfinding graphics
2006 Simplified Inc. / branding, advertising design
TEACHING
2011-2016 Adjunct Professor , Ringling College of Art & Design / Graphic & Motion Design
2013 Animation Instructor , Florida Art Education Association Summer Workshop
SELECT WORKS PUBLISHED
2026 Florida Design / photographs
2020 Dazed Digital / photographs
2016 Constructs , Yale Architecture / book design
2016-present Sarasota Magazine / photographs
2013 Contemporary Southern Architecture , Schiffer Publishing / photographs
2011 Architectural Record / information graphics
2005 Ringling College Catalog / graphic design
2002 CMYK / graphic design
EXHIBITIONS
2019 4 Site Lines , Center for Architecture Sarasota / Sean Harris , John Pirman , Greg Wilson , Ryan Gamma / prints
2018 New Modern , Art Center Sarasota / Juried Show / mixed-media
2017 First Impressions , Art Center Sarasota / Juried Show / photography
2017 Life Within , Architecture of Carl Abbott / Center for Architecture Sarasota / fabric mural installation & exhibit design
2014 Ringling College Faculty Show , Selby Gallery , Ringling College of Art & Design / photography
2013 Ringling College Faculty Show , Crossley Gallery , Ringling College of Art & Design / prints
2012 In/Formed by the Land , Selby Gallery , Ringling College of Art & Design / mural installation & exhibit design
PRO BONO PUBLICO
2024 IBSSA Greenway / planning, graphics for park expansion grant
2018 For Freedoms / Photography for work of artist Carrie Mae Weems
2017 docomomo / Photography of Marcel Breuer Atlanta Central Library
2015 Sarasota Architectural Foundation / historic preservation photography
2006 , 2007 Habitat for Humanity , Empty Bowls / Promotional Graphics
NOTES
2018 Photographer of the Year / AIA Florida-Caribbean
2001, 2002, 2003 Best of Ringling