About Maxine

Being the verbally-inclined person that I am, it’s hard for me to give a “Cliff Notes” version of myself, but I’ll try!

So, without going TOO far back into my past, I’ll start by letting you in on a little-known fact about me:

Long before voice-over, long before modeling and acting, some years ago I was a hard-working landscaper, studying to become either a tree pathologist or get into forestry management.

I was particularly interested in forest and shade tree pathology.

When I wasn’t landscaping and planting trees, I’d drive around making “sick calls” to ailing trees. Then I’d diagnose the problem and help them heal.

I spent my days in shorts, hiking boots, and tank tops and knew a LOT about trees, shrubs, and plants.

One of my greatest pleasures is being in nature, so it was wonderful to spend every day outside.

I also got to do fun and interesting things like drive a backhoe and build gorgeous flagstone walkways…

Then someone suggested I do some modeling for a little extra money on the side, so I went ahead and gave it a try.

I was truly astonished when I earned more money modeling in just one day for a fashion catalogue than I’d made in a whole month as a landscaper.

LOL!!

All of a sudden forestry management didn’t seem as interesting.

I decided to take modeling more seriously and do it for a year or two, maybe…

I wanted to see where it would take me.

Well, that year or two turned into a wonderful 25-year modeling career.

Modeling enabled me to travel the world. I worked with hundreds of brilliant, creative people, and developed a profound multi-cultural awareness.

It allowed me to exercise my adventurous spirit and brought me experiences I could only have dreamed of.

I think my favorite modeling job of all was when I had to learn to fly a single engine plane while on a shoot for Cessna Airplanes. Now THAT was exciting!

And yes, if you’re wondering about this picture of me, piloting this plane, the photographer and his crew were in ANOTHER plane, flying in front of, and above us, shooting me and my flight instructor.

The photographer was HANGING OUT OF THE PLANE, IN A HARNESS, to photograph us. Wow x 10!!

During this time I learned to ride a motorcycle and eventually took a cross-country trip, by myself, on my 600cc sport bike.

I rode from Colorado to Monterey, California, to attend the Laguna Seca motorcycle race.

I took several days to get there.

The first day, I rode down to Telluride and stayed the first night there in a lovely Victorian B&B.

Then rode through southern Utah the second day (650 miles that day through twisty turnies!), and stayed in Zion the second night.

The third day, I rode up through Nevada on the Extraterrestrial Highway and stayed in Lee Vining the third night.

I rode over Tioga pass on the fourth day (the frost and snow there was a stark contrast to the triple digit temps in Nevada that day before!), and decended into Yosemite valley at sunrise.

Incredible experience to say the least.

And I treated myself to a gorgeous suite at a fancy hotel for my fourth night. I figured I’d earned it!

Let’s see… what else? I know I’m digressing. (Who, me?)

Modeling then morphed into working as an on-camera spokesperson and host, and that segued into voice-acting.

My primary business today is working full-time as a voice-over artist and on-camera spokesperson. (Still happily self-employed after all these years.)

Now, working as a landscaper, modeling, hosting, and voice-over may not seem to have much in common.

However the one common denominator that I bring to ALL of these endeavors is my passion to create the best possible outcome for my customers and clients.

For over 20 years, I’ve dedicated my life to helping other people achieve their creative visions. And, as you can tell from my bio here, I’m focused, positive, and willing to take on a challenge to create a fabulous outcome.

I’ve had the privilege of being an integral part of literally hundreds of creative, collaborative, efforts.

I care deeply about the people I work with, and for, and feel that my life’s purpose is being fulfilled when I help others achieve their goals and dreams (and deadlines!).

On a personal note, I love nature and world travel (and dancing on Del Mar beach!), and I have a natural affinity for animals.

I’m also an avid bird watcher and love, and know a lot about, trees.

While I’m probably now best known for my voice-over and spokesperson expertise, I’m also an avid writer who enjoys bringing stimulating and motivating material to my readers.

I hope you’ll sign up for my fun and informative weekly newsletter, “The Creative Business Advisor.”

I’ve included a sign-up box at the bottom of this page.

You can also find more information about my e-zine by visiting my other website: thecreativebusinessadvisor.com

To contact me directly with comments or questions, please email studio(at)maxinedunn(dot)com.

I’m glad you’ve stopped by! I look forward to the possibility of working with you.