Patricia Castelain

On the professional side:
Talented, Addy award winning, versatile multi-disciplinary senior graphic designer and illustrator. Confident designer pooling over 15 years of artistic and design experimentation experience. Team player and group leader, able to see strengths and coral egos. Running my own business and developing long lasting client associations is proof of excellent interpersonal skills and good organizational techniques. Currently responsible for design, concept and brand management for creative print solutions to marketing strategies. Outstanding interpersonal abilities, dynamic team lead with clear written and verbal communication skills. Experienced in vendor negotiations with deadline and budgets parameters. Running a tight team developing more than 200 graphic design projects from logos, mailers, advertisements, brochures, promotions and outdoor marketing needs. Specializing in: design layout and illustration, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Muse, Adobe After Effects and Dreamweaver.

On the personal side:
I started painting at around 3 years old, standing next to my mother at her easel. She patiently explained, color, line, texture, balance and composition. Not only did she inspire me to paint, to use my hands to mold clay, to create something from bits and bobs but she gave me a gift. The gift to see beauty in all things, in all people and in our world. Yes, believe it or not, it is in every little detail of our every single day. I closed my studio, the Blank Canvas, and opened up Tilted P Design to focus on graphic design sensibilities and away from fine art. Yes, I am still here, exploring, creating and designing.