Troy’s interpersonal communication skills have taken him to the classrooms of his alma mater The Art Academy of Cincinnati where he taught Foundation and illustration courses for several years to The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where used his skills to run SAIC’s Summer Institute Residency Program for the college to his present location in his studio outside of Raleigh, NC. Troy now focuses on those interpersonal skills gained by teaching and administrating programs to communicate complex emotional content in his illustrations and creative client-based projects. Currently moves between the worlds of Children’s Book Illustration and client-based illustration work.