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I'm Carroll D. Brown, born in a snowstorm in 1936 on Valentines Day and graduated in the Class of '54 from Grant High School in Grant, Michigan. Graduated from Layton School of Art in 1965. Started Carroll Brown Advertising, an art studio and advertising agency immediately upon graduation and operated it for 15 years. One of my former clients, Emergency TV Service, is still running a series of TV commercials that I created over 20 years ago. Joined Tri City National Bank, one of my other clients, in the early 80's, and ran Tri City Advertising, their house agency, for several years. During the ten years prior to my leaving Tri-City in 1997, I designed the interiors of several banks and over a dozen Pick 'n Save grocery stores. From 1997 to 2005 I was a partner in Chanticleer Associates LLC, a grocery store interior décor design firm. During that time, I designed the interior décor and signage for numerous grocery stores in Wisconsin and northern Illinois. In 2005 I retired from Chanticleer and since have designed several grocery stores as an independent consultant.

I have attended Grace Church of New Berlin for over 44 years, and teach Sunday School. I'm an avid gardener, photographer, watercolor and acrylic painter, calligrapher and musician. I play string bass, harmonica, mountain dulcimer, baritone ukulele, tenor guitar and spoons.

Since my retirement, I have traveled extensively throughout the U. S. and southern Canada collecting scenic photographs from many of the national parks as well as other subjects of interest along the way. I have accepted various design projects that have interested me as time has allowed.

These are some of the types of products and services I offer on a consulting basis as time will allow:

For information, email me at carroll@carrollcreative.net on any of these

Fee Based Services and Products:

Services

• TV, Radio, Newspaper, Direct Mail and other advertising. Will write, create and produce the necessary commercials or art work to place the advertisements in the appropriate media.
• All types of Graphic Design including brochures, ads, corporate trademarks and logos
• Photography. I have a huge collection of existing photos and will accept specific assignments of food, products or other subjects.
• Interior Décor (design and installation) for stores, banks, restaurants or other businesses
• Residential Interior Design including consultation on interior lighting.
• Public Speaking: Entertainment or Inspirational
• Musical Entertainment
• Workshops or seminars on several subjects from "How to Tell a Tender Steak from a Tough One" to "How to Make Chocolate Mice".
• Private lessons or classes in Watercolor or Acrylic Painting, Calligraphy, Silk Screening, Sign Painting, Digital Photography, Computer Graphics or other subjects you may be interested in.
• Writing of radio/TV commercials and other advertising copy

Products

• Original watercolor and acrylic paintings; will do landscapes or subjects other than portraits by commission.
• Hand painted or computer generated signage, posters, etc.
• Hand lettered certificates and other calligraphy
• Antiques & Collectibles
• Trucks lettered the old fashioned way with a brush; can do old time real gold leaf lettering
• Original photographs from 4" x 6" up to 41" shortest dimension x length required for the proportion of the photo, framed or unframed. Specialize in panoramas created from several separate photos made into one image. Can be either vertical or horizontal.
• KalidoGrafs, kaleidoscopic images created from original photographs or parts of a photograph. Can be custom created for a specific purpose or from a specific photograph.

For information on any of the above, email me.