ABOUT

HEIDI-MARIE

BLACKWELL

In 1971, I had declared my major at the University of Washington to be Graphic Design, though by the time I graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design, I had enough credits to have declared a second major in Drawing and Painting. And quite a few credits in Printmaking, Photography, Metalwork, Pottery, Art History, Stained Glass, oh my! And I had a part-time job as assistant to the Art Director at University of Washington Press, publisher.

One of my design professors stopped me once and said, "If you spread your interests too wide, you will not be really good in any."

I explained things to myself and we agreed that wide interests may pay off down the line.

So, here we are down the line and, of course, I learned how to make websites and built this one. I believe I had much more fun to have spread out my interests all these years.

In the not-so-distant future, I will be announcing my first book to be published by Blackwell Studios Books. It took me twenty-three years, so far, to research and write it and now it's done...as soon as I figure out how to print books on demand.

I'll let you know.

EDUCATION

1970 to 1976

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Bachelor of Fine Art in Graphic Design

Painting as Second Major

1972

UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON

Avignon, France

WORK EXPERIENCE

1973 to 1976

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS

Publisher

Design of Books, Covers, and Catalogs

1976 to 1978

SECURITY PACIFIC NATIONAL BANK

Los Angeles Headquarters

Creative Arts Division

Designer of Collateral Advertising

1978 to 1979

GRAFIS

Los Angeles Type House and Design Firm

Designer

1979 to 1983

CROSS ASSOCIATES

Los Angeles

Designer for James Cross

Annual Reports, Corporate Identities,

and Company Brochures

1983 to 1984

VAN DYKE COMPANY

Seattle

Designer for John Van Dyke

Annual Reports

1984 to present

BLACKWELL STUDIOS

Designer and Illustrator