ABOUT THE ARTIST 2007

Jeff Donnelly is a self taught designer who started screenprinting and designing 20 years ago when an art faculty member of the boarding school Jeffs' parents taught at showed him how to make a rudimentary stencil and screen.

The first design he made was based on the "Steal Your Face" logo which he hand tye-dyed and sold on the 1987 Grateful Dead tour with great success! Jeff continued in this fashion through his college years, supplimenting his meager student existence though the largesse of his designing efforts.

Moving to the Caribbean island of Montserrat in 1989 signaled Jeffs' full scale launch into the design world when he partnered in a screenprinting, garment manufacturing, and retail operation. After surviving the catastrophic category 5 Hurricane Hugo Jeff stayed to rebuild the business, start a bar, ride his mountain bike, meet his future wife, and hone his artistic skills until the Soufriere Hills Volcano started erupting in 1995, which forced his evacuation.

Arriving on the shores of St. John US Virgin Islands, Jeff continued his design work, got married to his Montserrat sweetheart Jennifer, had 2 beautiful girls, Pace and Sydney (now 7 and 10) and opened 3 shops, aptly named JOLLY DOG in honor of his seafaring pooch who escaped the volcano by sea. Jeff concentrated mostly on design work to supply his own retail operations with unique and original apparel, occasionally wholesaling and designing for special events and projects.

After 20 years and countless designs later, Jeff has launched a wholesale line, "JOLLY DOG DESIGNS" through the screenprinting industry leader, Artforms Inc. of Westbrook, Maine. Focusing largely on resort and tourist destination graphics, more information on the line is available by contacting Artforms directly at www.artformsinc.com Jeff is also available for custom design work and can be contacted at JollyDogs@aol.com

Jolly Dog Ltd.
16749 Bloomingdale
St. John VI 00831
JollyDogs@aol.com