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| Crest Oral B Stage |
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| Designing a bathroom that reflects the equity of the brand but allows fluidity for the performers and great veiwing for the audience, was the challenge of this project. Keeping it modern and modular for travel was another concern. We where able to accomplish all the goals and ended up with a very sucessful set. |
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| Toby |
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| After a magical experience through Toby Christensen's drumming, I painted the five elements from the Dagara Wheel and had them photographed by Mike Schneider who added his computer and photography talents to the elements. I had Photo Lab make large murals of these to hang on the stage for Toby's performances. Gene Jackson brought his magnificent crystals and Barbra Schacht brought parts of trees. Together we created an environment that blended harmoniously with Toby's music. Check out Toby's web site at www.healingdrummer.com. |
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| Pig Gig |
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| I made a multi artist pig for the Cincinnati Pig Gig. Pigs where placed all over the Cincinnati area after various artists where commissioned to resculpt and paint them. They where later auctioned off to raise money for various charity funds. At one point, while sculpting tuxedo tails on the pig, the fiberglas resin leaked out of the cup and dripped down on my flip flops. Needless to say my feet where stuck to my garage floor. My favorite part was sculpting multiple colors of paint dripping from a paint brush that doubled as a conductors wand out of the hand of the pig. He was a lot of work but I had fun doing it! |
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| Heartsong |
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| This was a film shot over a period of a year about the life of Dolly Parton. It was mainly shot in the Mountains of Tennessee. I worked with Don Regensburger, the director, and an incredible crew. We cast a lot of people who lived in the area and they where perfect in every scene. The locations where amazing and we lucked out on weather the majority of the time.
The helicopter shot over a river with canoes was thrilling! Many adventures on this job! |
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| As Art Director, I found the locations for most of the scenes, helped find the talent, and made sure all the props where from the correct period and authentic in every way. I had to find hawks and eagles, and owls and goats, horses with a plow... on and on! I most rewarding job! |
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| St. Mary's Hospital Commercials |
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| I designed the sets for these commercials and found all the special props for each spot. The large canvas was a picture choosen by the client and painted by me. Two large canvas's were painted in different stages to represent different times of painting for the actor. I LOVED painting large scale, which lead me to getting a bigger studio space so I can continue to paint and sculpt large scale art pieces.
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| HBO |
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| Transforming a cabin out in the woods into a magical place was what this job was about! As the art director and set designer, I was able to bring as much sparkle and mystical propping to the set. Bernadette Duncan, the creative writer, encouraged enchantment and fun on the set. It was a delightful, whimsical job with a great cast. |
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| Sheetz Beatnik Commercials |
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| I worked with a production company called "Animal Spots" on these commercials. The director, Michael Killen, wanted a 1950's black and white beatnik feel. It was so much fun putting it all together and really finding period pieces to create the mood and feel from that era. Every little detail is captured in these spots, right down to the movie screen. We shot it in Pittsburgh in the warehouse district. |
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| New World |
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| For Fifth Third Bank, I had the pleasure of being art director and set designer for this beautiful film commercial. Working with Phil Mastman, as the director, made for a very creative collaboration, striving to produce a magnificent period environment from Christopher Columbus days. I included a suit of armour, authentic looking maps created by Mike Schneider, hand painted balloons of the old world, created by Maggie Moschell, that had to pop on set for each take. To get a better view of this beautiful commercial you can go to phil@sandlotpictures.com. He will have it up on his website. |
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| Explorer |
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| I was the set designer and producer on this project. I took a large film studio and turned it into a jungle. By using sculpted screening on the floor, I covered it in moss, with Palm trees popping out all over the studio. We had a real Boa and a Tucan on the set...talk about challenging! At one point, during the filming, the Boa got hot and dropped down from a branch. Off ran the Tucan who ran all over the set. After much excitement, all where returned to there places and a successful film was made. |
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| Atrium Medical Center |
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| designing and building a set that will look like a new patient room in the new Medical Hospital. It was shot in High Definition and the walls needed to be removable to allow for various camera angles.
I designed the set so that it felt warm and nurturing. I choose art work on the walls that had a soothing effect to it, like paintings and photography of water. |
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| US SHOE |
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This was a stylized fashion commercial.
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| Southwest Publishing |
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| What fun this was to actually design and make the set like it was colored in with crayons.
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| Crest/ P & G |
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| First Commercial shot in High Definition. It was amazing how every detail showed up on the monitor. You had to be very critical of every inch of the set to make sure there where no imperfections. Colors where more intense and there for your selection had to be slightly different than film.
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| Fazoli Commercial |
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| Five individual elements and Dagara Wheel |
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These are the five elements from the Dagara wheel... FIRE WATER EARTH MINERAL NATURE Each one was inspired by the Ancestors and painted in a sacred way. The Dagara Wheel was done combining all of the elements and balancing them according to Dagara tradition.They have been used on stage and as art pieces to represent an individuals elemental gift.
These are all for sale as giclee prints and altar cloth's. |
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| I designed and painted these Elements with water colors and gouache paints. Mike Schneider photographed my paintings and composited them on the computer to make the Dagara Wheel Mandala. |
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| 2008 FOOD FOR ART |
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| This years art exhibit, Food As Art" exhibit at The Carnegie, was about Birthdays. I choose to make lips again this year blowing out the candles on a cupcake. The candle is lit up and the lips actually have a fan behind the opening so the patrons can feel the wishes blowing out on them. |
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| Lip Licking Good |
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| These lips where for an art exhibit at The Carnegie Art Musem, called Food As Art. They are 20\" long and are made from food. The lips are made from mangos, the inside of the mouth is prunes and raisins, the tongue is pink grapefruit, and the teeth is made of egg shells.
These lips got a lot of attention! It was fun to make and fun to watch peoples expressions at the gallery when they would look the lips over. |
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| Zion |
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In October of 2004, while working in my studio on a painting of Mother Nature planting a seed , I received a call from Linda Spalazzi of Bright Light Visual Communications. She wanted me to go to a meeting. It seemed that the Pastor of a church had been to a stage production that I had designed for Bright Light. They wanted whoever designed that stage to design their church. And so the journey began.
I met the Pastor of Zion Global Ministries that day and a very spiritual connection was made. I told him we would build him a Tabernacle! | | |