40' X 12' Mountain carved at the Alley Theatre out of foam, coated in jaxsan and painted with Off Broadway paints. The interesting thing about this mountain is that it is only 18" deep at its widest and had to be broken into 10 pieces for loading in purposes. Carved with sawzall (I wanted to use a chainsaw but couldn't)

Painted at Sam Houston State University in 2009 on raw unbleached muslin spattered with OB Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna and Burnt Sienna. Rear projected with these da Vinci sketches, transferred with pencil and painted with OB Burnt Sienna.

Material was filled scrim. To keep it loose and flexible, we used Rosco Super Saturated paints. these could be thinned considerably and used like dyes. Maintained vibrant colours and remained totally flexible.
The show was "Kiss Me Kate" performed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in 2010, designed by David Farley.

We wanted to use primarily soft tones to intensify the nature of the show.

We wanted to find the balance between surrealism and realism expressed within the show through a minimalistic yet complex design.

We wanted to highlight the idea of hope in a bleak world through a mixture of grungy and bright appearances that facilitate emotion in an audience.

Projection frame is carved from bead foam, covered with Foam Coat and painted with Roscoe Gold paint. Props were embedded or hung on the frame.
Height Youth Theatre Production

Painted Stage and Scenery with Rosco paints...

These pictures are of work created by students on the 2 week Scenehouse Paint course. The course is about to run again and you can find out more it at www.scenehouse.co.uk, as well as the rest of the 8 week programme which covers theatre design and props making.

This project was a final for my Solano Community College Stagecraft class. The steps: Built the muslin flat; transferred image via grid system; approached painting from lights to darks, allowing transparency.