{"id":20,"date":"2022-07-26T01:23:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T01:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billfinnv2.local\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2023-03-18T01:03:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T01:03:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/werbal.net\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-caxton-grid relative\"><div class=\"absolute absolute--fill\"><div class=\"absolute absolute--fill cover bg-center\" style=\"background-color:;background-image:linear-gradient( );\"><\/div><div class=\"absolute absolute--fill\" style=\"background-color:;background-image:linear-gradient( );opacity:1;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"relative caxton-columns caxton-grid-block\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-left:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;grid-template-columns:repeat(12, 1fr)\" data-tablet-css=\"padding-left:em;padding-right:em;\" data-mobile-css=\"padding-left:em;padding-right:em;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-caxton-section relative\" style=\"grid-area:span 1\/span 8\"><div class=\"absolute absolute--fill\"><div class=\"absolute absolute--fill cover bg-center\" style=\"background-color:;background-image:linear-gradient( );\"><\/div><div class=\"absolute absolute--fill\" style=\"background-color:;background-image:linear-gradient( );opacity:1;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"relative caxton-section-block\" style=\"padding-top:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-right:5px\" data-mobile-css=\"padding-left:1em;padding-right:1em;\" data-tablet-css=\"padding-left:1em;padding-right:1em;\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Greetings!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a storyteller, using brushstrokes and paint or typography and layout to tell stories and convey messages. I take joy in subtle details and strive to make the viewer stop, smile and remember. The best students make the best teachers, and I pride myself on being perpetually curious and sharing what I have learned with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My career spans a wide range of disciplines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>gallery work (both exhibiting my own art and carrying others\u2019 work around Manhattan as a gallery assistant)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>photographing and designing ads for used car dealerships<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>laying out multiple financial newsletters on the night shift<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>designing lip balm labels for a start up company<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>commissioned paintings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>teaching college-level design courses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>moving from a solo designer to leading a design team for a multi-national, multi-billion dollar company as a Creative Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to hear more of my story or work together, please feel free to <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Bill-Finn-Resume_CD.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">download my resume<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:bill@werbal.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email me<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the best,<br>Bill Finn<br><a href=\"mailto:\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:\">bill@billfinn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.werbal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Bill-Finn-Resume_CD.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download resume<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-caxton-section relative\" style=\"grid-area:span 1\/span 4\"><div class=\"absolute absolute--fill\"><div class=\"absolute absolute--fill cover bg-center\" style=\"background-color:;background-image:linear-gradient( );\"><\/div><div class=\"absolute absolute--fill\" style=\"background-color:;background-image:linear-gradient( );opacity:1;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"relative caxton-section-block\" style=\"padding-top:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-right:5px\" data-mobile-css=\"padding-left:1em;padding-right:1em;\" data-tablet-css=\"padding-left:1em;padding-right:1em;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/werbal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/werbal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/werbal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/werbal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/werbal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/werbal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":442,"href":"https:\/\/werbal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/werbal.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}