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Founder and Owner, Point 7 Design Studio
 "I had a lot of firsts at Oglethorpe," says Chip Evans, one of
the first students to graduate with the new art major as well as the
first class to play baseball in the college's newly reinstated
baseball program after a 20-year hiatus.
Artistic in high school, he credits his mother for nurturing his
creativity - he would draw and color for hours when he was sent to
his room. But he didn't realize that creativity could become his
career and initially he took a lot of business classes. He found his
niche in an art appreciation class taught by then-professor Lloyd
Nick, now director of the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art.
"I decided then and there that I would do something I loved for
the rest of my life, and at that point I took as many art classes as
possible - drawing, anatomy, photography, sculpture and painting."
When art became a recognized major his sophomore year, he jumped in
with both feet.
Chip worked at a small graphic design firm in Decatur for almost
five years before starting his own business,
Point 7 Design Studio,
the same week his daughter Jaden was born - more firsts. After a
rough couple of years growing the business, Chip now employs a
salesperson and hopes to soon move out of his home office. His
client list, which includes Bare Escentuals, Georgia Tech Research
Institute and the Georgia Department of Education, continues to
grow.
"I can directly attribute my design success to the great
foundation that was built in Oglethorpe's art department."
-by Kelly Robinson (Carillon, Spring 2006)
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