Academy of Friends '08

The Academy of Friends is an event that people go to watch the Academy Awards and dress up, mingle with cocktails, be entertained by dancers, and cheer or boo at the winners of the awards as they watch it live. The theme was Heros, Villains, and Divas, so I designed a five piece split backdrop with some of my favorite heros and villains...Superman, Rocketman, The Thing, Harley Quinn, and of course Batman. These flats are all 4' w x 12' h.

Medikenetics

Medikenetics is a pharmaceudical company that holds a conference every year. For this '09 event there were three stages, one that focused on allergenics, one on depression, and the main stage that mostly just matched their flyer. Each stage called for a custom painted lectern, and two of the stages had sculptural elements that I sculpted and painted as well.

Ebbie Awards

I painted this 20'w x 12'h backdrop for the Chamber of Commerce's Ebbie Awards. This process was a little different than others...I first painted a yellow background, and then aged it with a gold texture on top. Next, I taped out the paisley decoration to work as a stencil for when I sprayed the blue over. Took off the tape, and voila.

Academy of Sciences

I was asked to replicate the world's largest flower, the Rafflesia, for the Academy of Sciences. This is an interactive exhibit where the middle of the flower releases the scent of "dead body" every five minutes to visitors..it's a carnivorous plant and eats beetles and other insects. I built the flower itself out of foam, fiberglass, resin, and polyurethane glue for the texture, as well as acrylic paint. The diameter is about 3' and stands off the wall about 2'.

California Nurses Association

The backdrop at the California Nurses Association event was painted on hollywood flats that stretched 20' w x 8' h to match their flyer. In the foyer there were two areas where I installed photos in a multiple layer layout with fishing line to float them.

Eat Real

This 15'w x 12'h backdrop I painted on a scrim, a type of meshy fabric, for the Eat Real outside patio.

Wall-E wrap party

This event was Pixar's wrap party for Wall-E where I did all the renderings for the Exhibit Hall area along with building the large beanstock that went behind the bar. The leaves were sculpted out of sintra and ranged from 8" to 8' that were spraypainted with multiple values of green.