{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"crowdspring Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog","author_name":"Ross Kimbarovsky","author_url":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/author\/ross\/","title":"12 Questions: Meet Audree Rowe (Glenview, USA) - crowdspring Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1lEr4e9XT9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/12-questions-meet-audree-rowe-glenview-usa\/\">12 Questions: Meet Audree Rowe (Glenview, USA)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/12-questions-meet-audree-rowe-glenview-usa\/embed\/#?secret=1lEr4e9XT9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;12 Questions: Meet Audree Rowe (Glenview, USA)&#8221; &#8212; crowdspring Blog\" data-secret=\"1lEr4e9XT9\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community &#8211; in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly &#8211; activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we&#8217;ll take notice. We&#8217;re very proud to feature Audree Rowe (crowdspring username: Artistree) today. Audree lives and works in Glenview, Illinois. 1. Please tell us about yourself. Hi, I\u2019m Audree Rowe. I\u2019m an artist, a cartoonist, a mom, a lame cook, and a trophy wife. (As you can see from my picture.) I grew up in Evanston, Illinois \u2013 ETHS (Evanston Township High School) class of \u201984. Are you doing the math? I\u2019m 42. I have a degree in studio art from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and later earned my Master\u2019s in Teaching here in Illinois.\u00a0 Now I live in beautiful Glenview, IL \u2013 a suburb of Chicago- with my rockin\u2019 husband, Anthony (a 5th grade teacher); my amazing daughter, Olivia (13 and yet- a pleasure to be with); and my wonderboy Davis (5 and adorable.)\u00a0 Oh, and the dog, Lily Snitch Stinky Potter Rowe.\u00a0 I was a sign artist for several years, an art teacher for a few years, a reading teacher for a couple of years, and have been working out of my home as an artist for the last 11 years while teaching during the summer (when my husband is off work) and raising the above mentioned awesome kids. I am also working on a children&#8217;s book (no, I don\u2019t have a publisher \u2013 but I can dream.) My little guy is in school half-days, and I am hoping to get some part-time work when he starts full-time school in the fall of 2009. Rather than teaching, I would really like to create. With that goal in mind, I am using my time here at crowdSPRING to learn and grow as an artist and designer. The art I create for clients is mostly portraits of kids, pets, and homes. I do not charge much &#8211; I want people to be able to afford it. I also have done some graphic design and public art projects. 2. How did you start out as a designer? My first job out of college (in 1988) was for a sign and design studio. My boss designed the signs, and I made them. As I learned, I got to do the designing. We had about 10 fonts to choose from. Computers were still in their infancy.\u00a0 It was amazing to see how design changed quickly over a short period of time. I watched as my boss forced herself to learn Illustrator and Quark. She did all of the designing on the computer, but she valued my opinion and taught me all about layout and design\u2026 so much more than all my classes in college. The foundation I gained in that shop has helped.."}