In 2003, Scuba Diving magazine rep Steve Eisenberg approached me and asked for a couple of days of scuba diving from the dive shop I was operating in southern Belize. Since this included meeting and leading one of the worlds top underwater photographers, Stephen Frink, on the dive, I jumped at the opportunity. The dives were scheduled around the annual migration of Whale Sharks just outside Gladden Spit in Belize. Stephen and Steve arrived and we sat down to dinner…
We liked to watch the sun rise. I used to get up and stand by the Ocean’s Edge and watch the day break with a nice pink glow over the horizon.…
We finally arrived in Maya Beach after our 17 day road trip from Victoria. It was going to be the first night we could stay in our little house by the…
Our houses were designed as a box with a top basically. A 24 foot by 24 foot square box which was to be delivered to the property on the back of…
2001 After moving to Victoria, BC, The Port Angeles Department of Tourism asked us to help them develop an advertising campaign designed to help draw visitors to the Port Angeles and…
It’s a Beautiful Thing I remember the first time Yim and I walked into Chintz. We talked about how much we liked what they sold and how cool it would be…
In September 2000, Yim and I moved to Vancouver Island. I had been headhunted by an advertising agency called Copeland Communications and offered a considerable increase (+25%) in salary over what…
Chrysler. Founded by Walter Chrysler in 1925. One of the best known automotive brands in the world. My Challenge: Re-create the perception of an automotive giant to appeal to a younger market.…
Being asked to launch a brand new product, let alone a disruptive product like what the PT Cruiser was in 1999, was the opportunity of my career. The overall creative we…
In the Fall of 1998, I was hired as Creative Director for a division of BBDO in Windsor, Ontario with a mandate of changing the perception of Chrysler Canada. I remember…
Blue Creek is a village in the Toledo District of southern Belize. It is a Mopan village, an indigenous, sub-ethnic group of the Maya who speak Kekchi, and home to about 300…
Glover’s Atoll is a partially submerged atoll located off the southern coast of Belize, approximately 45 kilometres from the mainland. It forms part of the outermost boundary of the Belize Barrier…
1994 – 1998 In late 1994, I began work for The Troppus Group in Montreal as their Creative Director after returning from Bermuda. I remember being excited about this project as…
On December 30, 1997, I left to go to Grand Cayman Island. A friend of mine had contacted me and wanted someone to house sit her condo for a month while…
1992 – 1994 – In early 1991, I noticed an ad in Marketing Magazine looking for a Senior Art Director for Foote, Cone and Belding in Hamilton, Bermuda and I decided…
