Fine Art • Design Production

Publications - Books, eBooks, Magazines and Website Design

From its creation in Denver, Colorado, in the late '80’s, ViaMedia Productions has been an independent design and production organization, focused primarily on production editing, layout and design of advertising, books, magazines, newspapers and websites, as well as producing documentary, narrative and experimental film, fine art and graphics in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and California.

As Owner/Art Director - with an early background in the Fine Arts, I easily transitioned to the visually-oriented career of graphic design - beginning with work as B/W darkroom specialist for a local newspaper in Evergreen, Colorado, followed by learning traditional layout on-the-job and becoming a layout artist and designer for print and publications throughout the 1980’s - leading into advertising, publication, product packaging design and production, as well as web design by the late 1990’s and into the 21st century…

Moving on from various capacities in publishing, with highlights such as - Art Director for the National Ski Association in Denver, Colorado, Researcher and Art Production for Todd Siler, Art Scientist, Denver, CO - Web Designer for the Santa Fe Society of Artists in New Mexico - Freelance Design / Production work for clients such as the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and Bill Manns/Xon Publishing in Santa Fe, NM, and then Designer for Sedona Visual Artist Coalition upon arriving in Sedona, AZ.

I continued studies in film in Sedona - earning certificates in Narrative and Documentary Filmmaking at the Zaki Gordon Institute of Independent Filmmaking before attaining a Bachelor Degree in Creative Media and Film at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ - All the while I was maintaining ViaMedia Productions in various capacities and raising my daughter as a single parent.

Mild Broca's Aphasia plagues me now after suffering from a heart attack-like episode of takotsubo syndrome, aka: broken-heart syndrome, in April of 2024 - which can occur when a person experiences severe emotional or physical stress - which was then followed by a stroke while I was in hospital for observation. I am now left with a TBI and a bit of a speech inpediment and the event changed the way I am now able to communicate and relate to others in real-time... but I am alive!... I also have been left with a lack of sensation and mobility on my right side - primarily my right side (dominant) hand, arm, shoulder, neck and the lower right side of my face. I spent some time in rehab (winning the messy eaters' award w/knife and fork - I'm kidding of course - but I have been pretty clumsy) and learning to write again and getting used to sculpting again lacking sensation in my right hand during the time I was undergoing physical therapy - until I broke my right wrist in Novermber 2024!

I spent over a year recovering from the stroke before I was able to drive even short distances again on a regular basis - and began volunteering as a docent at the Fine Art Museum of Sedona in West Sedona for a number of months - I have picked up a small amount of graphics/editing work here and there - though my pace is slow - as I can no longer actually "touch type" as such with my right hand as well as I used to! I intend to continue with studio work as I am able going forward....