BRUCE FRIESCH

Technical Illustrator
Graphic Artist
Railroad and Marine Artist

Associated Degree in Graphic Art
Milwaukee Area Technical College

Enjoys illustrating and creating detailed paintings of railroad trains and old sailing ships.
Railroad illustrations published in several train publications, Model Railroader, Soo Line Historical Society Magazine and Milwaukee Railroader Magazine (Milwaukee Road Historical Association)

Display and sell railroad and marine art at railroad and art shows. Associated with several galleries and railroad museums.
Appeared on “Tracks Ahead” TV train show on public stations.

Associated Degree in Graphic Art
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Has a career in graphic arts and with years experience in technical illustration creating exploded views and illustrations, design, and graphic art. Has years of experience working with computer graphic and CAD software. Experience with Macintosh and PC computers. Software: Adobe CS2 software, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Dimensions, Streamline, Acrobat 7.0, FrameMaker 7.2, Deneba Canvas, Itedo IsoDraw, AutoCAD, Lt 98, Lt 2000i, QuarkXPress, Macromedia Freehand, Microsoft Office, word and excel. Working Knowledge of Pro-Engineer Wildfire 2.0. Received awards in technical illustration from STC (Society for Technical Communication).

Associated with Milwaukee Shops, Inc. in creating color and black/white illustrations for a book on the Hiawatha, "First of the Speedliners". Presently working on the second book, “Hiawatha Nothing Faster on Rails”.

Member of Organizations:
Milwaukee Shops, Inc.
Milwaukee Road Historical Association, Inc.
Soo Line Historical and Technical Society
Chicago and North Western Historical Society
National Model Railroad Association.
National Maritime Historical Society

Available for freelance work - please contact artist for additional information.

Bruce Friesch, 320 Quinlan Drive, Pewaukee, WI 53072-2423
Phone: 262-691-0976, Cell Phone: 262-510-8700
E-Mail - bruce@friesch-artist.com

Home Page