I’m Jean Picou and I’m a Navy Brat. Born in Spain where I lived for a few years before moving to Italy for a few more years. Uncle Sam (and my Mom) decided it was time to live in the States so in the early 80’s I moved to Virginia Beach and attended Princess Anne High School. Thanks to the guidance of a great art teacher, after graduation I headed north to Baltimore where I attended The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). I received my BFA in Visual Communication and began a career in Advertising and Graphic Design. I worked as a Designer and Art Director for several mid to large-size agencies where my creative responsibilities included advertising campaigns, logo and package design as well as some television and radio production. In 2003, after 12 years in Baltimore, I moved to St. Croix, the largest of the three U.S. Virgin Islands where I started 620 Design - a solo-run advertising and graphic design studio based out of my house. Now back in Virginia, after so many years, I find it necessary to readjust. Not only my mindset and my wardrobe but my work as well. I feel that's what good creatives do best...we adapt.
