MariJayn Duchene BFA, 1144 Ottawa Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55118-2008
E-mail: OpusArts@AOL.com • MariJayn Duchene@AOL.com • 651 457 4376

RESUME

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/ACHIEVEMENT:

1998 – 02 Redevelopment of OpusArts, LLC.; Re-creation of Portrait, Graphics, Animation and Fine Art Portfolios lost in studio abroad, 1986 - 1998:

http://www.GlamourPortraitsOnline.com
(under construction)
http://www.OpusArtsLLc.com
(under construction)

1986 - 02 Diabetics/Disabled Anonymous, Non Profit Support Group and Alliance,
providing volunteer, free, advocacy for disabled and senior members in crisis:

•Volunteer Founder
•Volunteer Paralegal and Advocate, inclusive extensive
experience with Probate, Torts, and Disability Law.
•Coordination of Volunteers, Fund Raising, and Administration

1982 - 86 Revlon International, London, England:

•Organization of in store promotions: Ultima II and Revlon
products
•Work with staff make up artists, at on site promotions in major
department stores e.g. Harrods
•Portrait Artist: created hand drawn, color portraits in pastels
colored pencils, after a make over, as a “free gift with
purchase” offer for customers with purchase of Ultima II or
Revlon products

1969 - 86 Self employed as freelance artist, London, England:

•Graphic Design for Print
•Typography
•Specialty sign painting
•Calligraphy
•3D Animation, Stop Motion

1975 - 86 United States Embassy, Speaker's Bureau, London England:

•Speaker on American Culture and Art
•Travel throughout the United Kingdom and Europe
1966 - 67 Curtis 1000, St. Paul, MN:
•Letterhead, Corporate Identity and Logo Design
•Illustration and Air Brush
•Creative Visuals to Finished Art Work

1967 - 86 One Woman and Group Fine Art Shows in Holland, England, and the USA

SKILLS:

•Drawing
•Animation
•Illustration
•Typography
•Graphics
•Layout
•Photography
•Calligraphy
•Fine Art: Painting in Water Color and Oils, Drawing in
Markers, Pencil, Colored Pencil and Pastels

COMPUTER SKILLS: Macintosh G3 and PC and knowledge of programs
including:

•Adobe Photoshop
•Adobe Illustrator
•Adobe Streamline
•Adobe After Effects and Premiere
•Adobe Go Live Cyber Studio and Live Motion
•Macromedia Dreamweaver
•Adobe Image Ready
•Macromedia Director 7
•Macromedia Fireworks
•Macromedia Flash 4
•Macromedia Freehand 9
•Metacreations Ray Dream Studio
•HTML
•Scanner
•Microsoft Office
•Quicken

EDUCATION:

1998-2001 Completed Independent study:

•Multimedia
•Web Delivery/Programming
•Animation

1980-82 London College of Printing, London, England. Certification in Typography
and Graphics:

•Typographical Design
•Production Techniques

1972-2002 Honorable Society of Gray’s Inn, London, U.K., one of the four Inns of Court,
re: training and Professional Standards for English Barristers:

•Legal Studies
•Life Member

1965-69 Minneapolis College of Art and Design. B.F.A., 1969:

•Major Painting
•Minor, Printmaking
•One year of study in Holland, at Atelier 63, Haarlem, nr.
Amsterdam

LANGUAGES: Fluent, read and write, in English and French

TRAVEL: Multi cultural experience and travel throughout Europe and the Middle East from 1976 through 1986

SPECIAL INTERESTS: Marketing, Gardening, Feng Shui, Writing, and Children’s
Stories