Mr. Delany recalls drawing an image of Abe Lincoln on his Winky Dink screen at about age 5, perhaps 6.
•As a high-school student, he studied in Princeton, New Jersey under Rex Gorleigh, learning to draw letterforms
•Mr. Delany attended the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a BFA from the graphic design department with a minor in photography
•He began his professional career launching new products for Johnson & Johnson, Dupont, Catelli Foods, and other industry-leading companies
•For many years, he operated Delany Design Group, in Providence, Rhode Island, serving the needs of corporate marketing communications by providing design services for such companies as Data General, Fleet Bank, Knoll International and many others
•In Boston, he managed creative departments for Scudder Stevens & Clark (financial), Arthur D. Little Global Consulting (think tank), and e-Dialog, a venture-capitalized high-tech email marketing company
•Currently, he owns aaaForay, Inc., a 24/7 on-line design consultancy specializing in brand identity, web design, corporate marketing/sales communications, packaging, and related forms of electronic and print communications; see http://www.aaaforay.com
•Examples of his work have been included in the National Monument at Ellis Island, the Smithsonian National Medical Archive, the Lee Iacocca Collection, the Reagan Collection, and the graphic design collection of the Museum of Modern Art, NYC
•Paintings have been exhibited at the Donald Thomas Gallery, The David Charles Gallery, and the Providence Art Club (where his oil of a nude on masonite, 'My Stockbroker' was accorded 'Best of Show')
•Mr. Delany's preferred mediums are oil and acrylic on canvas, wood, and masonite
