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Deliciou5 Design was formed in 2007 by Kerri Gilpin. Kerri has been creating art and design for over 16 years.

I wanted to be a marine biologist when I was a kid.
It's true. I loved animals, especially sea animals.

Then, in 3rd grade, I took a private art class. I got to work with graphite, charcoal, clay and paint. I got the inspiration. In middle school, my parents took me on their travels to europe, and I got a first hand education in art history. It's a different experience to see the sistine chapel in person. Or VanGogh's Starry Night.

I never in a million years thought I'd be cut out for teaching. One day I found myself in the University's Dean's office feeling like this was finally where I belonged. I love sharing my passions with art and design, and seeing that same passion spring forth from others. Thanks to the stern and meticulous professors at UCF, I can critique till you laugh or cry. I can tell you exactly what to do to improve your design.

Photography is another one of my great passions. I was a traditionalist for many years, finally succumbing to the digital age, and I haven't looked back. I experimented with medium format, cyanotype, gum-prints, and developed tons of black and white film before going to the dark side.

Design and art have been and will be a constant passion in my life. I continue to paint, sew, craft and illustrate daily.

Professional:
Kerri L. Gilpin graduated from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Art with specialization in Graphic Design and Animation.

Currently living in Lakeland, Florida, with her sweetheart, Jason Percy, Kerri is a Graphic Design Professor at Keiser University, teaching Page Layout, Illustration, 3-D modeling, Interactive Multimedia, and Filmmaking. Her designs, along with a painted wall mural grace many halls on the Lakeland Campus.

Kerri is also a freelance designer and the owner of Deliciou5 Design, with over 16 years of experience in the Graphic Design field, working on a variety of print projects, ranging from magazine layout to 30 ft. digitally printed murals. She has worked closely with many world-renowned companies such as J.W.Marriott, Hilton, Minute-Maid, Amtrak, Disney, SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, and Universal Studios.

She won 5 Addy Awards for excellence in design and advertising, presented by the Advertising Federation of Polk County.

Kerri designed one of Kaleidoscope’s 44 monarch butterfly sculptures featured around Lakeland, FL, and the butterfly has made permanent residence on the campus of Southeastern University.

Her unique one-of-a-kind purse designs were featured on Tampa Bay's 10 Morning Around the Bay segment with Heather VanNest, and were chosen to fill the famous gift baskets on the 2004 TV special "Christmas in Aspen."