About Me
I have a passion for merging strong design skills together with solid programming. I am both an artist and a programmer. As a seasoned instructor at the Art Institute of Portland, I have taught a variety of courses in art, design, programming and interactive media. I have also been a featured presenter at the WebVisions conference in Portland, OR.
I started off in the Arts, with a BFA degree in Illustration from Brigham Young University. Over the years I've migrated from design to programming, and have built numerous web sites. Since 1996 I've also taught hundreds of students skills such as HTML, CSS, PHP/MySQL, Flash Actionscript, Javascript and Python at The Art Institute of Portland.
I live and work just outside Portland, Oregon. I'm happily married to the best girl in the world, and we have 5 awesome and somewhat nutty kids. The nuttiness is inherited from me. And yes, I said 5.
Professional Experience
2007-Present
Wheelercreek Studio, Inc.
Independent PHP/MySQL Web Developer. Most of my work has been designing and building Drupal sites, and custom Drupal module development.
2006-2007
Interactive Director, Gravitate Web Design. PHP web development, eCommerce web sites, Drupal, Wordpress, CSS, XHTML, and Flash Actionscript programming.
2000-Present
Faculty Member,The Art Institute of Portland. Visit my teaching page to see what I'm currently teaching, and subjects I have covered in past courses.
2000-2001
Corporate Web Manager, C-Tech Industries. Designed and developed a number of database driven corporate sites for their various manufacturing brands. These database-driven sites were built using classic ASP.
1996-1999
3D Artist & Webmaster, Zygote Media Group. I started off in the 3D industry, doing modeling and texture mapping at Zygote. I managed a team of 3D modelers, and helped to build the realistic models in Poser 4. I also created and managed the company website.
The languages and technologies I specialize in (and teach at the college level) are: PHP, Javascript & jQuery, Drupal, CSS, SQL and database design.
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Recent Drupal Projects
Drupal and PHP development projects in the Portland / Seattle area I've been working on recently include:
Fine Art Paintings
Looking for my Art? I've created a new site completely dedicated to showcasing my art. You can see my work at art.wheelercreek.com. I'm an oil painter, and you'll also see a lot of drawings and sketches there.
Presentations
I was a speaker at the WebVisions Conference in Portland, OR during summer 2010. My presentation was called "Theming Drupal: A Crash Course". It was a bit nerve-wracking, but fun. Takes a lot of preparing!