"Brian is a very broadly skilled earth scientist. I have the pleasure to count Brian Cellura as one of my trusted friends and an outstanding professional colleague. Recently, I tapped into just one of his many skills. In 2014-2015 I wrote the keynote paper for the 2015 Geological Society of Nevada Symposium, New Concepts and Discoveries. I wanted to create 60 colored figures. These figures would include detailed measured Paleozoic stratigraphic columns, various types of geological maps, sequence stratigraphic depositional profiles, limestone classification charts, diagenetic environments, complex outcrop mosaics, etc. I turned to Brian to use his exceptional imaginative graphic and computer skills in developing illustrations that would capture the geological essence and visual concepts of what I wanted to create. This project was a year-long collaborative effort. Throughout this period Brian exhibited the highest degree of creative passion, a sustained determination to fulfill the project to its fruition and the highest integrity in all phases of my needs. Even when Brian was offshore South America on a geophysical cruise we interacted almost daily to ensure my editorial deadlines were on track. Brian's patience and creative graphic skills were invaluable to me for developing the excellent illustrations in my paper entitled, "The Evolution and Relationship of the Western North American Paleozoic Carbonate Platform and Basin Depositional Environments to Carlin-Type Gold Deposits in the Context of Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy". I can recommend Brian Cellura without hesitation."