Richard Cady — an East Coast native — has worked for over 50 years in the communications business as a graphic designer and art director in several advertising agencies and in the promotion department of a major New England newspaper.

He has designed everything from matchbook covers to outdoor billboards. In the late 1990s, he moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and — though essentially retired — continues to work on selected projects as a freelance designer. BOUQUET is his first book.