February 1st, 2010 | Valentines for Kids... and Playful Adults Too!
Take a look at my new Valentines at Cardstore.com and send some love with a whimsical touch. Great for the playful at heart!

November 9th, 2009 | New 2009 Holiday Designs online at CARDSTORE.COM
Take a stroll over to Cardstore.com and view some of my new designs for Holiday 2009. As of November 18th all my new designs will be online and you can shop to your heart's content! Enjoy!

August 24th, 2009 | NOW ONLINE... New 2009 Holiday Designs for MoMA
My 2009 Holiday Card Designs are now up on the MoMA website available for purchase. Look for Trio of Ornaments, Elf Pyramid and Snowman Diorama along with some of my other best sellers from years past!

August 4th, 2009 | SALE SALE SALE SALE!
Looking for a few good sales?
Take a look at Moma.org for some of my holiday cards and ornaments that are currently on sale. Hanukkah Lights and Santa's Scooter cards along with the Penguin Snow Globe Ornament can be found at a steal! It's never to early to start shopping for Christmas.

July 20th, 2009 | Pop-Up Card Making Class - Eldred, NY
I will be teaching a pop-up card class, July 23, 2 to 4pm. Part of the "Express Yourself" Summer arts program for kids hosted by the Sunshine Hall Free Library, Eldred, New York. Come join in on the fun!

June 22nd, 2009 | One of the new artists featured on the cardstore.com blog
A nice feature on the blog for cardstore.com about my gnome designs!

June 11th, 2009 | New card designs for Cardstore.com
My designs for cardstore.com are finally live! You can go in and select a design which can then be customized with your own copy and images! Stop by and take a look. More designs to come soon.

May 16th, 2009 | New 2009 Holiday Designs for MoMA
My 3 new 2009 Holiday designs for the Museum of Modern Art will be debuted at the NYSS show this month. Look for my designs entitled "Elf Pyramid", "Trio of Ornaments" and "Snowman Diorama".

May 15th, 2009 | New Designs with Up With Paper
My new designs for Up With Paper will be shown at the upcoming NYSS this month. Look for my work in the new line they call "Turning Points". It is a great line of fun interactive greeting cards with style and flair!

The collection can also be viewed on their website... just click the link above.

May 10th, 2009 | My New Bee Hive, Turning Points Card Featured in Greetings Etc.
The new Turning Points Collection is mentioned in the May/June 2009 Issue under the section "Best of the new"... and features one of my new designs!

February 4th, 2009 | Lecture on Fine Design
I will be lecturing on the subject of Fine Design on February 22, 2009 from 2 to 4pm. Sunshine Hall Free Library, Eldred, New York. One of a monthly series of artist lectures sponsored by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance.

November 13th, 2008 | Gnome Gift Bag featured on decor8 blog
I just discovered decor8 blog and oh what a find. Check out my gnome gift bag one of the collection with The Gift Bag Factory feature.

November 8th, 2008 | Design work featured in "Otis Designs"
A new book just released entitled "Otis Designs" features work of Otis School of Art and Design alumni. Included are five images of my design work ranging from holiday cards for MoMA and Morgan Stanley, product and pop design for DCI Product and retail packaging for Johnson Products, a division of Wella Personal Care.

November 1st, 2008 | Santa's Workshop and Hanukkah Lights cards featured on Home Shopping Network
Keep an eye out for the presentation of the MoMA holiday card collections with a feature of two of my holiday card designs.

August 20th, 2008 | New " Mod Valentine" card
Just intorduced my new colorful interactive card "Mod Valentine" for Up With Paper.

August 20th, 2008 | Send the award winning Hanukkah Lights this holiday season
Send nothing but the best this Hanukkah with my award winning menorah design "Hanukkah Lights" for the Museum of Modern Art, New York

August 15th, 2008 | "Seasonal Home" 2008 holiday card for MoMA
One of my new card releases for 2008 with The Museum of Modern Art, New York

August 15th, 2008 | "Santa's Workshop" 2008 holiday card for MoMA
One of my new card releases for 2008 with The Museum of Modern Art, New York

August 15th, 2008 | "Spinning Snowflake" 2008 holiday card for MoMA
One of my new designs for 2008 for The Museum of Modern Art, New York

August 15th, 2008 | New 2008 ornament for MoMA
Can't figure out what to give this holiday season... why not gift someone with this great "Gift Box" ornament from MoMA featuring my artwork!

August 15th, 2008 | New 2008 Penguin ornament for MoMA
Do you know someone who loves penguins?
if so this snow ornament with my penguin illustration may be just the thing to give this holiday season... or possibly get!

July 13th, 2008 | New Pop Up Card " Humming Bird" card
Take a look at my my new design "Humming Bird" for Up With Paper

May 20th, 2008 | Hanukkah Lights wins a LOUIE!
I attended the 20th Annual Louie Awards last night and happily went home with the honor of receiving a Louie Award for my Hanukkah Lights card! My third win over the years and the event was quite a night... great food, great venue and great awards!

May 10th, 2008 | Feature in OMAG May 2008
The May issue of OMAG [Otis College of Art & Design Magazine] celebrates the Communication Arts Department and one of my designs will be part of a feature spread with alumni work.

May 9th, 2008 | The new store Terrain opens in PA featuring Gnome Notes!
The new Urban Outfitters store named "Terrain" just opened and my Gnome Notes boxed cards are part of the opening store collection. I have seen pictures of the store and it looks great. If you are in the Philadelphia area it is worth a stop by... and don't forget to look for the Gnomes!

May 9th, 2008 | New work to be shown at SURTEX
Some exciting new work will be shown for licensing through the representation of Kolea Baker of Artists of Kolea May 18 - 20th, 2008, booth 2408-2410.

May 5th, 2008 | 2008 LOUIE NOMINATION!
This year's LOUIE nomination is for my holiday card "Hanukkah Lights" designed for the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Stay tuned... and we'll see if it takes home the award in it's category.

May 2nd, 2008 | New Products to be shown at National Stationery Show this month
New collaborations with the following companies will be launched at the upcoming National Stationery Show... stop by these companies to see the goods!

The Museum of Modern Art - 3 new holiday card designs, ornaments and holiday magnets.
Up With Paper - 3 interactive journals and a fun holiday card for all dog lovers.
The Gift Bag Factory - 2 new gift bag designs sporting my Aesthetic Spirit style.

December 13th, 2007 | JMcD cards featured on gotthekack.blogspot
A beautiful write up on my cards and design work...
A blog that you will want to stay in touch with.
As Stephanie Dickison the product hunter states...
A place to seek out new products, people, places and anything else that excites the senses!

ENJOY!

October 16th, 2007 | GNOME GIFT BAG featured in the October 2007 Party & Paper magazine
An enchanting image...
So they said in an article titled "A Fresh Face" "Silhouettes create a srprisingly modern visage". My Gnome gift bags for the Gift Bag Factory are featured along with some other great products.

To see and read the whole article you will need to purchase the issue.

October 1st, 2007 | New Collaboration with UP WITH PAPER
I am in development of some new designs with the company Up With Paper which will be launched next year. Can't say much about it now - you'll just have to wait and see what we've got in store for you.

September 12th, 2007 | New MoMA card for 2007! - Hanukkah Lights
One of my new 2007 designs for Museum of Modern Art, NY. A menora to share with all your friends!

September 12th, 2007 | 2006 MoMA card - Contemporary Christmas
A fun design in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, NY. Doesn't everyone dream of living the contemporary Christmas lifestyle?

September 12th, 2007 | New MoMA card for 2007! - Santa's Scooter
Santa's found a new way of getting around town... GO! Santa GO!

May 24th, 2007 | HOLLY-BERRY wins a LOUIE!
What a great honor it is to receive my second LOUIE Award. HOLLY-BERRY my holiday card for The Mueum of Modern Art has won top honors in it's category "Holiday $3.00 and below". Thank you to the Greeting Card Association and to those judges that were inspired by my design to select it for honors.

April 10th, 2007 | NEW GiFT BAG DESIGNS
I am proud to announce a new collaboration with the Gift Bag Factory for whom I have created 4 crisp designs. These will be launched at the 61st Annual National Stationery Show this May 20-23, 2007. Stop by their booth 3271 and let them know I sent you. Then look for 4 more designs to preview later in 2007. It is my hope that these gift bag designs will inspire and compliment special gifts to those that are deepest within our hearts.

December 1st, 2006 | Clinton Kelly picks Aesthetic Spirit Notecards for his GOOD STUFF column
Clinton Kelly from "What Not To Wear" features the Aesthetic Spirit boxed notes on his fresh website under his December GOOD STUFF feature. I recommend visiting his site for his tips, humor and great sensibility.