Address:
Hanover, Pennsylvania
Type Of Business:
Graphic Design Company
Marketing Area:
International
Expertise:
Mr. Dolls' expertise is in graphic design, fine art photographs and architectural stained glass design for corporate, liturgical and residential clients. He is also an expert in paintings in various mediums including pastel, oil, acrylic, gouache and watercolor as well as etching, wood cut, linoleum block and giclée print mediums.
Major Product/SVS:
Digital Art and Design, Photographic Enhancement and Restoration, Advertising and Website Design, Architectural Stained Glass Design, Paintings, Prints
Favorite Business Publication:
Entrepreneur; InformationWeek; Website Magazine
Hobbies/Sports:
Reading, Music, Ballet, Movies, Art Museums, Cooking, Hiking, Horseback Riding
Education Degrees:
Associate Degree in Advanced Technology, Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts, York, PA (1998); Honor Graduate of Fine Art, York Academy of Arts, York, PA (1977)
Affiliations Awards:
Lifetime Member, Washington County Museum of Fine Art, Hagerstown, MD; Harrisburg Art Association, Harrisburg, PA; The International Association of Web Masters and Designers; Listed Artist, World Artists Directory, The Net's Source for Accomplished Artists Worldwide; Inductee, Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society
Place of Birth:
Hanover, PA
Children's Names:
Curtis, Benjamin
Highlight of career?:
The highlight of his career was giving a talk on the spiritual and symbolic meaning beneath the six new stained-glass windows that he designed for the new chapel at Tifereth Israel in Columbus, Ohio. This talk took the place at the Rabbi's sermon on Library Shabbat.
Charity:
Sponsor, Compassion International; Designer, The Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation; The Hanover Pennsylvania Council of Churches; H. F. Epstein Hebrew Academy; National Art Honor Society, New Oxford High School
Number Of Years In Profession:
31
Number Of Years In Current Position:
31
What Does He/She Attribute Success To:
He attributes his success to being blessed with the creative ability to conceive ideas along with the technical ability and volition to give form to those ideas. He owes everything that he is to the endless blessings the Holy One has showered upon him.
How Did They Get Involved In Profession:
He became involved in his field as a natural outgrowth from his childhood to the present. He could never be anything other than an artist and be happy or feel complete.
Extended Bio Profile:
Mr. Doll had a poem entitled ‘The Lark Ascending', published in the 2002 International Library of Poetry Anthology which was titled The Solace of Night. It was published by Watermark Press, One Poetry Plaza, Owings Mills, MD. He has been published in Stained Glass Quarterly Magazine on a set of six monumental stained glass windows he designed for Tifereth Israel in Columbus, OH using the Six Orders of the Mishna as the theme. He has also designed more than 115 crystal beveled glass clusters for MIKA International in Buffalo, NY. His most recent endeavor is partnering with MIKA International in the creation and marketing of a new line of beveled clusters. Mr. Doll designed all 53 clusters in this line titled the 300 Series. The main sales tool they will be using is a book designed by Mr. Doll of over 553 design applications of these beveled glass clusters within door, side-lite and transom stained glass panels.
Day to Day Responsibilities:
Selling, Marketing, Overseeing Business Finances and Procurement of Materials, Maintaining Corporate and Business Web Sites, Fulfilling Design Contracts
Awards/Honors:
World Web Award of Excellence in Recognition of Originality, Overall Design and Appearance, Ease of Navigation, and Content, Art Space 2000 (2003-2004, 2008-2009); Golden Web Award in Recognition of Creativity, Integrity and Excellence on the Web, The International Association of Web Masters and Designers (2001-2003); Golden Award, Photoimagination Photographers of the World (2002); Award of Excellency, The Art Academy of Paris, In Partnership with Artcult.com (2000); Anthony Award for Outstanding Contributions to St. Anthony Medical Center, Stained Glass Window Design for Hospital Chapel, Columbus, OH (1987); Pope Foundation Award for Abstract: Pastel Society of America Exhibit, National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York, NY (1980)