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•Sharon Morris, Artist Representative.
Sharon has represented illustrators in publishing and advertising for over 15 years as: SHARON MORRIS ASSOCIATES, based in San Francisco.
With the launching of this new branch of business, SKM Portfolio, she expands her focus and long time interests into the area of licensing. She especially is inspired by pretty paper goods! She brings a warm personal touch to business between client and artist. Her work experience and education in the visual arts and illustration have equipped her with a good eye for design and insight into the art business.
Sharon has a BA in Art, and a BFA in Illustration from the Academy of Art, San Francisco. She loves to spend free time at art museums, skiing in the Sierra with her husband Dan, community gardening, and doing creative artwork with her grand nieces. Her Parrot Coquetta and two cats compete for her time.
•Dorothy Reinhardt, Dorothy Reinhardt Designs.
Dorothy is known for her finely crafted scratchboard and watercolor illustrations published in books, magazines, and greeting cards. Her new designs for Licensing are sophisticated, fresh, and colorful, drawing on the expertise of her illustrations, but with a trend forward spirit.
Dorothy has been an Illustrator since 1990, when she earned her BFA from the Academy of Art, San Francisco. Keenly interested in cooking from an early age, creating food illustrations seemed a natural for her. She has illustrated over 20 books, including many cookbooks.
She and her husband Steve love to travel, and enjoy taking photos on their trips. An avid birder, she takes her husband on birding expeditions, which can take them to out-of-the-way places. A native of Marblehead, Massachusets, she is a long time Bay area resident, who finds the natural beauty and vibrant community a constant source of inspiration. She works out of her San Francisco home studio with her "studio assistant" Esther the cat at her side, and jazz filling the air.
•Medelise Reifsteck, Rufkut Design Studios.
Medelise has always been drawn to color and design. "Color is what most attracts me to a visual image and summons emotions about that imagery".
New to Licensing, she has been designing for children's clothing, jewelry and the woodworking industry for years. She is currently studying Print and Design at RISD in Providence, Rhode Island, where she lives with her husband and two children.
Medelise has a passion for the outdoors and spends most of her free time with her family surfing, skiing, and mountain biking. Many of her design inspirations are dirived from her active lifestyle, such as new line of trend forward surfing images "Chick 'n Grommet".
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