30 years of experience in almost every aspect of the Art Department at the highest levels of the Motion Picture Industry. I have worked as the "Camera Scenic" for some of the top directors and cinematographers, including on Academy Award-winning features and cult classics, to award-winning television and streaming shows, as well as art direction for Corporate theatre and industrial videos.
Management Skills:
Run crews of up to 20 painters, training/teaching newer painters, communicating and coordinating with Directors, Producers, Production Designers, Art Directors, various Department Heads, Construction Coordinators, etc. Manage departmental work flow, budgeting, ordering materials, personality management, creative problem solving.
Artistic Skills:
Art/Painting Skills: 2-D drawing and fine art painting, murals, backdrops, marble, wood grains, SPFX, Signwriting, aging/distressing, camera scenic, color mixing, wall paper application, vinyl application, miniatures, puppet building, model making, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry-making, photography. Anything Art Department
Camera Scenic/ On Set Painter
Lead Scenic Artist/Locations Painter/Lead Signwriter: Department head for the Paint Department on film and television productions.
+Art direction for industrial videos and corporate theatre with 3M and Land O' Lakes as clients. Art direction for these sizes and styles of productions was essentially an art department of one. The jobs involved working with producers and directors to create vignettes for corporate theatre. The duties included set design, construction, painting, set dressing/buying, and all duties of the props department.
Scenic Painting
Signwriting
Set Dressing
Props
Art Direction
2d and Architectural Renderings
Management
Budgeting
Coordination between Departments
I have worked "on set" for Academy Award-winning films and Emmy Award-winning television productions, as well as dozens of other feature films and countless television programs. I have had the opportunity to work on set for multiple Cult Classics and Art films, as well. The list of accomplished Producers, Directors, Cinematographers, and Actors I have had the pleasure of working with is extensive. Having the privilege of standing behind the camera, watching, and asking questions has given me a million-dollar film education.
Through my extensive film experience, I have developed an intimate understanding of every aspect of a Motion Picture Art Department and everything involved in producing sets and props for every level of the Film and Television Industry.