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This 3 foot painting was painted live at Austin's Encore Event during musical and poetic performances! This one is called "Free" and I am selling it for $290. #phoenixartstudio #rheabrown #encore #brandonthornton #livepainting #free #acrylicportrait

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Guess which painting sold last night at Encore?! Yes, the live painting from the May Flowers Art Show the night before! Here is the painting with the lovely model, Keke! #phoenixartstudio #rheabrown #livepainting #encore #brandonthornton #mayflowers #markedesignphotography

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Speaker Prep: Brandon Thornton of W+K

Today in Advertising class, Brandon Thornton of Wieden + Kennedy is coming to speak to us. So naturally, I wanted to learn a little more about him and W+K before he came to speak.

Brandon is a proud Hokie from Richmond, VA (where I graduated high school!) and graduated from VCU's graduate school with the sole intention of working for W+K. That's one of the coolest things about Brandon: He knew exactly what he wanted to do and set his mind to it and succeeded in reaching his goals. The passionate photography guru interned with W+K for a little over a year in 2010-2011 before being hired as a full time strategic planner in October 2011. Now, he's the strategic planner for Nike, Velveeta & Laika. 

Mr. Thornton isn't only interested in marketing and being an expert strategist, however. He's also an avid sneaker collector and enjoys blogging to capture life's little moments. 

W+K is an international monster-sized integrated advertising agency who has accounts with Coca-Cola ("The Coke Side of Life"), Facebook, Nike ("Just Do It"), Chrysler (remember Clint Eastwood's commercial during the 2010 Superbowl??), Old Spice ("The Man Your Man Could Smell Like") among others. If you watch any kind of television or surf the Internet, then you've probably heard of one of these infamous awesome campaigns. 

I'm anxious for Brandon's appearance in class tomorrow, and I hope his motivation and desire for success is contagious. I'd love to ask him how he set himself apart from other W+K applicants and what made him look only at the one company. Is this something he recommends for everyone? What does he suggest students do to better themselves for prospective employers? Hopefully these questions and more are answered when he speaks to us today!

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