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Sponsor Board Design 2004

In college, 2004, I had the opportunity to design the sponsor board for the top sponsors to the Ronald McDonald house.

The concept of the entire space was of course Florida, beaches, ocean, and sunshine. ASID student chapter painted a mural I designed for the play room and every 2 chapter members were given a suite to design themselves. The entire project came out great but my favorite part was the sponsor board. I created a wave like board in bright south Florida colors. Since in was for outside, I wanted to use a weather resistant material. So we had the board made of composite materials and acrylic signage plaques. This way if it weathers over time it can be refinished and polished again, plus these material work great outside. 

Overall I think the design work great for the space and hope they enjoy it as much as I do.....

What is 305?

WHAT IS 305?  2010

DRYWALL COMPOUND, AEROSOL PAINT, LATEX PAINT & WOOD STAIN ON PLYWOOD

 Size: 48” X 72” Frame-less 

 What is 305?  Expands on the development of the greater Miami area;  giving a brief history of icon facts and terminologies. It displays a propaganda like poster style to represent to strength and power Miami has on our national economy. But even being one of the top cities in  America still we see mass unemployment and major city decay. Which leads me to believe even with power  and strength, if 1% run America, it  will always have major failure, and we  will become the laughing stock of the world no matter how will we       market our selves as powerful and dominate.  Remember the Romans.....Currently part of the RS Gallery Collection.....5.....

The Simple Man

So there's confusion about men that men are simple and not complex but the reality is men are very complex yet hold simple standard and principles. I watched a movie recently that hit me at home it was about a man who live not such a positive life but loved his family extremely. He loved his daughter, loved does wife, he tried hard to balance these two worlds and found out that no matter what those two worlds would end up meeting up.  I read once that children are a mirror, they are the mirror of all the things we do wrong in life and where we need to do to progress. They are the key to why we are successful as human beings without them sometimes we just have ourselves and sometimes yourself are not enough.  Children make us better people no matter how awful we were in the past. They explain the future better than any elder ever could. They are the reason some of to live and their mentors in their own right. What will give up for family is endless. We strive for the best for our children but sometimes realize that the best is only what we envision ourselves and not what our children vision. There has to be an understanding of Hope, Love, care, and consciousness that goes into parenting even know not everybody understands or respects this theory but it shows up in countless forms of  media, movies, books, and our minds.  there is only one reason bad boys become good dads and that is children. Love you baby girl.....5.....

IN 2008 I WORKED ALONG SIDE SCOTT ROMAN FROM HARVEY HERMAN INTERIORS, AS A CONSULTANT ON THE TILE AND STONE FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH WAS LATER PUBLISHED IN HOME MAGAZINE

HOME MAGAZINE AUG/SEPT 2008

GLASS MOSAIC ACCENT WALL FOR THE POWDER ROOM

STONE ACCENT WALL FOR THE LIVING ROOM

TEXTURED PORCELAIN LARGE PROFILE TILES FOR THE FLOOR 

MILESTONES

ISLA BARNES BORN MARCH 4TH 2013

For years I have felt trapped in quicksand, not able to get out and move up to the next milestone. Left stagnate, waiting for that child to begin our family, that forever child. Now that veil has been lifted, new life can begin, wasted years are behind us. She came to us and now she is finally a permanent part of our family.  The quicksand feels like it is loosening and the fear and stress of the responsibility ahead engulf my eagerness. The fog has clears the stairs are visible and I am climbing. It’s a bit overwhelming thinking about the responsibility ahead but I am defiantly up for the challenge. I can’t wait to see what tomorrow bring and look very forward to the milestones.

ISLA IN HARD TIMES

Milestone seem important in life. They direct as well as set the footing for our next step. I never really paid too much attention to milestones in the past thinking they were just trees passing by in my travels. A nice thought but they are more than this, they are foundations being forged. They are the rise of your steps to your next point. Lack of concern for them creates a loss of drive and a decrease in forward momentum. We need milestones to show us we are heading I the right direction. Without them we are flying blind. By doing this we take the chance of going in the wrong direction or even worse sometimes going in no direction at all. Milestone also build your respect and enforce your relationships with family and friends. The more milestone you share with family and friends the closer bond is developed.  Graduation, They are a scrapbook of our lives allowing us to look back and see where we succeeded and where we failed, but most of all where we are heading and how we can get there quicker. Marriage, Children, Car accident, Promotion, New home, Prison, 25th anniversary, etc etc etc. No matter how small the milestone. How positive or how negative, all of them hold a place in our hearts that will drive us, even negative milestone can drive us forward if they are looked at correctly and seen for what they are. If not, they can limit us and stall us from achieving the next milestone. They can stall us for minutes or they can stall us for decades.

 I sit wondering what the future will bring, what is out there for us and where we will be in 10 years. I make suggestions and comments to myself hoping the energy will maintain the excitement. She is ours and we are her netting. Her only defense against this world in which we live. The only protection from that which is dark and unmanageable. Do I put blinders on her and school her like a horse for success, or water her like a flower and let her grow in her own unique chemistry. So many questions and no answers. Lots of options but no facts. It’s a scary road to not know where the next pothole is, but we will strive through it. Build this house solid and large. Filled with love and charity. We will develop ourselves to be that family with communication and understand. One that helps you through in times of need and gives space when you need it. I hope I can show you everything you desire to see and I hope I can teach you everything you desire to learn. I see that energy within you. That enormous, powerful, power which you convey. How luck the world will be to experience even a faction of what you are capable of, and can you imagine what you will be capable of in the future.