conscience

My father was always aware of right and wrong. He had very defined moral guidelines. And yet, he was respectful and open to differing points of view and new ideas. I hope he passed those same traits on to me. I hope, if nothing else, he gave me a conscience. To my father, this site is dedicated to you.

Mary.

People die of cancer all the time. The last two weeks, this sad reality hit very close to home. First Dean. Now my sister Mary. Cancer sucks...

Deano.

Dean Jarrett was a coworker and friend for over 26 years. He died of cancer last week. I've never known anyone like him. He always looke...

Taking a golf lesson from Bobby Jones.

Asked to brand a new golf management company named for maybe the most famous golfer in history not named Tiger Woods.

Knighthood.

Some new brand work for a small private school here in Richmond. The Knights of Blessed Sacrament Huguenot School. We discovered knights are...

Love.

Love. Also known as Sarah, my wife. She has shown me over and over what love is. Sticking with me when others wouldn't. Believing in me ...

Education unlocks everything.

My father Ace was a lifelong teacher. To him, education wasn't just important, it was necessary. Learning, sharing, watching, listening,...

Long copy. Where ya been?

This is a print ad for a small golf apparel brand called Turtleson. They are just getting started and our idea was simple: talk to their aud...

The Butter Pecan has landed.

Working on Gelati Celesti has been a blast - all the way to the moon. This is a social post celebrating the moon landing. Caption: One small...

10 years and 50 years ago.

50 years ago, man landed on the moon. 10 years later, we did it again. wechoosethemoon.org, a live re-creation of the Apollo moon landing, w...

Once you taste it, you'll understand.

Gelati Celesti. I am not an ice cream guy, but this product is impossible not to love. How impossible? The lines for the grand opening in Vi...

Heavenly.

Excited to be working on the most delicious brand in RVA. Will be fun to see the campaign in the world.

Loss.

The yearly Martin Luther King celebration was this past week. On this day, I always reflect on his many famous words. But this year, one of ...

90.

My mom is my hero. Like my father and the namesake of this blog, she has lived her 90 years full of life, love and compassion. No matter wha...

Mid-term of a generation.

Does Trump and his style of politics continue? Do the people who support him feel some push back from the rest of us? It was an honor to hel...

Wallpaper czar.

If you haven't been to https://www.sarahrowland.com/ , you are missing out on the coolest hand-drawn wall coverings anywhere. Every des...

A lifeline when too many are taking their life.

An idea to help in face of the suicide epidemic in America. If it saves one life, it was worth doing. Thank you, Guy Kirkland, for the desig...

May 5, 2018.

Help for the helpless.

Alzheimer's. It's the worst possible fate and one we need to find a cure for. Soon. As more and more of us age, it's only going ...

Karen and Jerry.

It was great to see this good news yesterday. Karen Costello was named CCO at The Martin Agency and Jerry Hoak was named ECD. I hired both o...

#standforlove

What happened in Charlottesville this summer was a tragedy. This is one of the last projects to come through on my watch and it makes me pro...

What matters.

It's been one month since I left the place I worked at for almost 27 years. Everyday is filled with a river of emotions. Sadness, mos...

Change.

I'm no longer at my home for the last 26 years, The Martin Agency. The place and the people changed my life. How much? That's me wh...

Making films.

Takes a lot to go right to make a piece of film you can be proud of. Writing. Art direction. Execution. Detail. Music. Casting. Edit. VO. Wh...

Making butter better.

There is nothing this agency can't make. Nothing. Our digital creds are especially underrated. We built the new Land O Lakes website fro...

I am so not the audience, but this is epic.

Have never played a video game like Shadow of War. Not a big fan of the blood and gore. But I am a big fan of this campaign. Incredible cra...

Purina print.

Very nice, simple idea executed with craft. Always a winner.

Surprising? Nope.

GEICO continues to crank out the funny stuff - and sell car insurance. GEICO is closing in on the number one spot, right on the heels of Al...

In the aftermath of Charlottesville.

The ugly confrontation happened just 50 miles from Richmond. By Monday, a small team here had the perfectly poignant response. The Virginia ...

13 Lions in Cannes.

A very nice run in France. Great work for GEICO and DONATE LIFE. The life and death of Coleman F. Sweeney was a huge hit. Three Golds. Alw...

Boyz to Men selling car insurance.

The latest in our "It's what you do campaign" for GEICO and maybe one of my favorites. Kudos to Neel, Justin and Steve.

On another roll with pre-roll.

The GEICO team continues to re-invent the re-invention of those nagging pre-roll ads. The craft in this execution is perfect. Neel and Mazze...

A great start to the 2017 award season.

With D&AD, Andy's and One Show under our belts, we look forward to Cannes. 7 pencils from D&AD, including one yellow for Donate ...

Martin London with some goodness.

Martin London starting to run smooth with this new work for Dunkin' Donuts. Really smart stunt deployed during the recent London Marath...

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