During that time she lived in Washington DC, with brief stints in other cities, and did illustration and graphic design for a variety of clients including the Washington Post, the Washington Times, US News & World Report, The New Yorker, numerous federal government agencies and associations, and local small businesses.
Andrea also worked full time as a designer at the American Institute of Architects, as art director of the Oakland Tribune, as a writer at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and as art director at the Washington Star newspaper.
In 1980, working in Washington and New York City, she headed a team responsible for all 1980 Democratic National Convention collateral materials. Despite her best efforts, Jimmy Carter lost.
She self-published a very funny novel entitled “Shrink Rapt.” and wrote a weekly humor column and feature articles for the Deseret News, a Salt Lake City daily.
An artist in her own right, Andrea has had several solo shows of her colored-pencil drawings and participated in numerous group shows. She also owned a gallery in Salt Lake City, where she sold her hand-painted furniture and acrylic paintings.
Andrea concluded that extolling her own virtues wasn’t nearly as much fun as extolling the virtues of others. Her dream of a gallery where she could share the art she loves with many people has been realized at her newest venture, the wonderful gallery/FINE ART.
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Mitch Rouda has a varied professional background, running the gamut from his architecture degree from Carnegie Mellon University to the Internet guru he is today, with stops along the way as a magazine editor and publisher in Washington, DC and a homebuilder in Las Vegas and Utah.
Now empty-nesters with their grown son off on his own, the husband and wife team regard the wonderful gallery/FINE ART as a second chance at parenthood. They currently live in Freeport with their dog and two cats.