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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Artist/Designer |
| Location | Old Town Manassas, Virginia, United States |
| Introduction | A third generation artist /designer, Allan Guy lives and works in Manassas, VA, near the Potomac River where his family settled around 1650. His company, A. Guy Studio, specializes in premium branding for the quality goods markets. A BFA East Carolina University graduate, Mr. Guy has years of experience with NY firms, working for LAGA, one of the nation’s top branding firms and for Gianninoto Assoc., one of the oldest U.S. firms focusing on specialty goods design. Mr. Guy has worked with many national & international companies, including Bacardi (designing Bacardi Limon, the top-selling new spirit for the entire decade of the 90's), Brown-Forman, Jim Beam, Cadbury Schweppes, A&W Root Beer, Sara Lee Coffees & Teas, etc. His clients now include many VA/MD wineries. He was asked by the Distilled Spirits Council to design packaging for George Washington Rye Whiskey, distilled at Mount Vernon. He designed the arts magazine, “The Cultural Times,” in CO, museum exhibits and corporate IDs for a variety of organizations, including ATR, a D.C. lobbying group. Mr. Guy has painted and fished through the Appalachians, Catskills, Adirondacs, Montana and Wales. |
| Interests | Fishing (fly and spin, fresh and salt), painting, reading, history, fine foods & etc., cooking, travel when possible, hiking, camping, the water in general, writing and eating out-trying new cuisines, movies, boxing, plants and building things (small projects, I am no contractor!) |
| Favorite movies | Blade Runner, Zulu, Jeremiah Johnson, 12 Monkeys, Last of the Mohicans, The New World, Bad Santa, Frida, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, War Inc., among many off-beat others. |
| Favorite books | The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, Kon Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl, 1846-The Year of Decision by Bernard DeVoto, A ton of other random history-based books, too many to name... and Stripers on the Fly by Lou Tabory is pretty good if you are about to go salt fishin', too. Or fresh water books by Geirach are fun. |