Rachel Zoll Schumacher | Graphic Designer & Illustrator

I have always loved to draw. 

As a child, I amused myself through my doodles. Seventh grade social studies was bearable if I could draw cartoons of my teachers. Buried under a few pages of notes, discreetly hidden in my three ring binder were – what I thought to be – witty and hilarious masterpieces. I remember Mrs. Bellahusen with her wild salt & pepper hair and cat-eye glasses, wearing a charcoal grey woolen shift over a black turtleneck. Her quirky characteristics and monotone voice were captured in a few cartoons, deftly drawn, in the back of my notebook.

I graduated from the Art Institute of Boston/Lesley College, with concentrations in painting, drawing and illustration. After graduating in 1985 I worked in the screen printing industry designing T-shirts. As time went on I was a graphic designer for a variety of other companies. In 2001, I became a freelance graphic designer and illustrator after working fifteen years in the industry.

I am proficient in Adobe Creative Suite’s Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, and other programs.

I also enjoy creating original designs for gifts and wares. You can find a variety of my work online and at the wonderful and eclectic Shops at Cape Neddick in Cape Neddick, Maine.

I live and work in beautiful southern Maine with my husband Paul and our pup Winnie.