About Eat Paint Studio

Emily Rapport, Principal

"I enjoy working with other small business owners and the satisfaction of creating a website that promotes and supports their vision."

Emily started building websites in 1998. A W3 Certified Web Developer, Emily is fluent in CSS and HTML, creating websites in Dreamweaver and BBedit. Additional skills include expertise in Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator and the ability to turn an exceptional phrase.

Emily studied painting at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York and received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005. In 2007, Emily served as the first Executive Director of ArtWalkRavenswood (NFP) where she worked with local businesses and artists to coordinate the 2007 Tour of Arts and Industry in Ravenswood Corridor.

Emily has a studio in the Cornelia Arts Building in Chicago and exhibits her oil paintings and watercolors throughout the continental U.S. View Emily's paintings at: www.emilyrapport.com.

Consultants and Expert Associates

Becky Davis, Becky Davis Design

"I grew up in Chicago and was a theater design major in college. The long strange trip has seen me as a lighting tech, showroom manager, office manager, computer technician and mother. Design is the first love, being a tech, understanding software, troubleshooting problems, working patiently with people; that's just second nature."

An expert in building custom Wordpress themes, Becky Davis has developed a workshop in web design for business owners that she teaches at SCORE Chicago and Truman College. She is also available for software tutorials and is co-organizer of the Chicago Webmaster Meetup and the Online Marketing Meetup.

Patrick Elward, Chicago Web Management

Patrick specializes in implementing cost-effective solutions for clients. An early advocate of the Internet, he has been actively developing web sites since 1995 and is certified as a Dreamweaver MX Professional Developer. His strength is in implementing database systems for the web, including Content Management Systems (CMS), Photo Galleries and E-Commerce Shopping Carts.

Patrick has worked with Eat Paint Studios on a number of projects and is also the moderator for the Chicago Webmasters Meetup group, hosting sessions on e-commerce, database security, Search Engine Optimization and other educational topics for web developers. Along with Becky Davis, Patrick is a speaker at SCORE Chicago for 'web development for the small business owner' series of seminars.

Andrew Steiner Photography, www.andrewsteinerphotography.com

Andrew is a freelance photographer based in Chicago. Specializing in editorial and documentary work, Andrew gives Eat Paint Studio clients a visual edge with his professional experience.

Recently featured in burn. magazine, Andrew's clients include The Gene Siskel Film Center, The Jane Goodall Institute and other nonprofit and commercial businesses. His work has been published in New City Chicago and UR Chicago and he is a regularly contributing member of VII Visionaires.