Education

Ari has a Bachelor's Degree with 36 credits in Studio Art, and strong concentrations in English and Music from Framingham State College. He has studied art under Marc Cote, Jim Eng, and Kelly Burke. Ari also has certificates in Technical Writing, and Copy Editing and Proofreading from the University of Maryland. He is currently working on a Master of Fine Arts degree in Media Design at Full Sail University. He will be graduating in June of 2011.

Fine Art

Ari has created fine art images using a wide range of skills. Ari has excellent drawing skills, and works well in pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, conte crayon, color pencil, and chalk. Ari also paints on canvas or wood using both oil and acrylic paint, and paper using watercolors. Perhaps Ari is best known for printmaking art pieces. Ari creates wonderful images in woodcut, linoleum cut, monotype, monoprint, and dry point.

Ari's images have been exhibited in the following venues:

The Mazmanian Gallery at Framingham State College
Barnes and Noble Booksellers in Walpole, MA
St Mark's Academy
Sharon Cooperative Bank in Sharon, MA
The Perkins Gallery at the Jewish Community Center in Stoughton, MA
Arches Juried Student Printmaking Exhibition – Boston University
The Brevard Art Museum in Melbourne, FL
Various online galleries and sites

Illustration

Graphic Design

Ari has superior design skills. He knows what makes a design strong, and utilizes page layout, color theory, knowledge of fonts, and image editing skills to create interesting design. Ari often incorporates his own illustrations into his designs to create layouts that are original and unique. Most of Ari's illustration clients also use him to design their publications and marketing materials. Click on the design tab above to check out some of Ari's work.

Writing

Ari is a skilled writer. He has a clear and concise style that works well in all forms of writing. Many of Ari's clients use him for copywriting, copy editing and proofreading, and ghostwriting. Ari has written books, e-books, guides, web content, technical documents, proposals, bids, business letters, resumes, and cover letters. He uses desktop publishing tools to make presentation and marketing materials for his writing clients. Ari has written and edited publications for following industries:

Education
Restaurant/Food Service
Dog Breeding
Automotive
Wine Making
Office Technology
Publishing
Public Safety
Religious Organizations
Art and Design

Software

Ari is proficient with the following software products:

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Framemaker
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Excel
HTML for Web Design

He is currently learning and developing skills with the rest of the Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection of software products, and Adobe Technical Communications Suite 2 programs.

Ari Sutton has the right set of skills for all of your art, illustration, graphic design, and writing projects. Call or e-mail for more information.