In April of 2000, after thirty years in California I moved to Salmon Arm, British Columbia. For the first three years, I commuted to San Francisco to manage the operations of my three person design firm. Wanting to establish a casual presence in the local business community, I made time between commutes to operate an outdoor food cart at a busy downtown corner in the summer of 2001.

In the spring of 2003, the City Administrator called for interested residents to participate in a planning session for the upcoming centennial. A steering committee was formed and as a result of my street corner introduction I was asked to Co-chair the 2005 Centennial. Shortly after becoming the Co-chair I closed my firm in San Francisco and became an urban renegade in rural BC.

My current business, Creatability, is located in the Historic Salmar Classic Theatre in Downtown Salmon Arm. (The windows to my studio are above “Centennial House.”)

We design corporate identity programs, exhibits, three dimensional displays and architectural signing as individual projects and intergraded systems. Our methodology of problem solving is deeply committed to well thought out creative design solutions in response to the unique circumstances and constraints of each project.

Below are my 7 year old grandtwins in the pasture behind the house riding Nellie and Jose.

Warren Welter

(Seeing the mug was a visual blast from the past, I drew that picture of the tiger for the mug.)