Jeanette-Marie Culver / Couture and Fine Art jeanetteculver.com
jculverdesign@gmail.com
etsy.com/shop/CulverDesignStudio
[contact me for personal info/ business inquiries]
Objective:
I am a highly skilled and talented artisan with a wide range of professional experience in the visual arts with a focus on fashion design and portraiture. My field of expertise since 2005 has been high end couture fashion design for my own private label as well as classical portraiture.
Objective:
I am a highly skilled and talented artisan with a wide range of professional experience in the visual arts with a focus on fashion design and portraiture. My field of expertise since 2005 has been high end couture fashion design for my own private label as well as classical portraiture.
Professional Experience
2005-Present Culver Design Studio Proprietor
• Fashion design
• Construction of models
• Sales
• Design and maintenance of websites
• Photography for website.
2003-Present Freelance Portrait Painter, Illustrator
• Portraits in digital and traditional media
• Illustration for print media and advertising
2001-2003 Freelance Illustration for Tabletop Gaming and Package Design
• Digital and traditional illustration for tabletop card games
• Clients include The Fleer Corporation
• Packaging design for children’s toys and foodstuffs
Education:
1999-2003 Hussian School of Art for Illustration and Design. Graduated with full honors. Valedictorian.
Awards and Accolades:
2001-2003 Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society, member by election for academic achievement. Elaine Dubrow Prize for figure drawing, Philadelphia Watercolor Club Prize for outstanding achievement in watercolor, Hussian Award for Excellence in Computer Graphics, Hussian Award for Excellence in Illustration.
1999 Second Place in nationwide Congressional Arts Competition (work displayed for one year in U.S. Capitol).
Various Skills:
Languages: English, French. Basic knowledge of Spanish, Norwegian. Latin (read only).
Software: Highly adept in Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, Adobe Illustrator. Mastery of Windows and competent on Macintosh OS. Experience with HTML and web design.
Teaching: Tutor and educator in the arts for private clientele and creator of free online art educational content.
Various Experiences:
• 2001-2003 Tutored college students in use of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, in the maintenance of composite printers. Maintenance of computer labs of 30+ machines, composite printers, scanners and Ethernet connectivity.
• 1997-2005 Lived in France during the summers with a French family.
• Traveled hundreds of sites in France by the year 2005, studied French history and culture and later painting from important historical sites.
Interests:
Fashion as an art form, haute couture techniques, fine art, portraiture, education, France, British Isles, Japanese art and culture, language, world history, music theory and playing electric guitar, science, travel, fitness.
2005-Present Culver Design Studio Proprietor
• Fashion design
• Construction of models
• Sales
• Design and maintenance of websites
• Photography for website.
2003-Present Freelance Portrait Painter, Illustrator
• Portraits in digital and traditional media
• Illustration for print media and advertising
2001-2003 Freelance Illustration for Tabletop Gaming and Package Design
• Digital and traditional illustration for tabletop card games
• Clients include The Fleer Corporation
• Packaging design for children’s toys and foodstuffs
Education:
1999-2003 Hussian School of Art for Illustration and Design. Graduated with full honors. Valedictorian.
Awards and Accolades:
2001-2003 Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society, member by election for academic achievement. Elaine Dubrow Prize for figure drawing, Philadelphia Watercolor Club Prize for outstanding achievement in watercolor, Hussian Award for Excellence in Computer Graphics, Hussian Award for Excellence in Illustration.
1999 Second Place in nationwide Congressional Arts Competition (work displayed for one year in U.S. Capitol).
Various Skills:
Languages: English, French. Basic knowledge of Spanish, Norwegian. Latin (read only).
Software: Highly adept in Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, Adobe Illustrator. Mastery of Windows and competent on Macintosh OS. Experience with HTML and web design.
Teaching: Tutor and educator in the arts for private clientele and creator of free online art educational content.
Various Experiences:
• 2001-2003 Tutored college students in use of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, in the maintenance of composite printers. Maintenance of computer labs of 30+ machines, composite printers, scanners and Ethernet connectivity.
• 1997-2005 Lived in France during the summers with a French family.
• Traveled hundreds of sites in France by the year 2005, studied French history and culture and later painting from important historical sites.
Interests:
Fashion as an art form, haute couture techniques, fine art, portraiture, education, France, British Isles, Japanese art and culture, language, world history, music theory and playing electric guitar, science, travel, fitness.
