Saturday 1 November 2014

Personal Painting Project

Movement, body, dance


Acrylic on canvas. 

'Steel Magnolias', Crescent Theatre, Birmingham


Wallpaper Stenciling 

5 stencils
Dark green Leaves
Light Green Leaves
White Centre Flower
Light Green Flower
Dark Grey Flower




 Repeated pattern across 5 flats

Sign for the Salon



The Set
Designed by James Rowland




'Lord of the Flies', Crescent Theatre, Birmingham

Prop Making

The finished piece, complete with a hole in the stomach to fit a heart inside.

Made using bin bags stuffed with newspaper to create the general body shape and a smaller bag was used for the head. 


To create weight to the pig, we drilled planks of wood inside.
To store the heart which would be doused in fake blood, we drilled a soup pot inside where the heart could sit without moving around. 

 




Torn rope was used to create the fur effect



The heart


Wednesday 6 August 2014

Hen Party Commission

 A3 Mixed media illustration to be used as a 'signing frame' at a Hen Do.

Personal Illustrations can be done in all kinds of styles, colours and variations and can be used for Weddings, Hen Do's, Birthdays, Christenings and more. 





Wedding Frames

A beautiful friend of mine got married in Hereford over the weekend to an amazing man and the father of her absolutely ADORABLE little boy. 

I was honoured to be invited and equally as honoured to do a few chalk board frames for their big day. 





Tuesday 8 July 2014

Life Drawing

Currently working on a few personal projects to improve drawing and painting technique.
My main project is based around the theme of the body.





Thursday 26 June 2014

'Avenue Q', Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham

Avenue Q ran from the 12th June - 22nd June

The Empire State Building
Acrylic on MDF - height: 6" 

The board was mounted up onto a platform at the side of the stage.
The idea was to make it look as though it was in the distance of the street, Avenue Q. 

Below image was taken with no spotlight above it. 





Below image was taken whilst the spotlight was on



Sunday 15 June 2014

'Crazy For You' - In the making at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham

Currently waiting for photographs of the completed set on stage. 

So for now, here are some pictures of the bits that i did along the way....


Red wallpaper stencils for the Inside of the Gaiety Theatre 


'Crazy For You' - Bobby's Broadway Dream Scene








'Crazy For You' Crescent Theatre, Birmingham 2014

There were 8 sets which included:


WINGS & STAGE OF ZANGLER'S BROADWAY THEATER
STREET IN FRONT OF THE ZANGLER THEATER, N.Y.


BOBBY'S 'BROADWAY' DREAM SCENE  
MAIN STREET, DEADROCK, NEVADA.
INSIDE LANK'S SALOON. DEADROCK, NEVADA.
 STAGE OF THE GAIETY THEATER. DEADROCK, NEVADA.
    LOBBY OF THE GAIETY THEATER. 

 BACKSTAGE OF THE GAIETY THEATER.


and 16 set changes


Stenciled Wallpaper close up

Front of Lank's Saloon

Inside Lank's Saloon - Before Wallpaper was added

'Crazy For You', Crescent Theatre, Birmingham 2014


The show ran from 31st May 2014 - 7th June 2014

Production for the set started in Jan / Feb 2014 

'Crazy For You' Set Model - By Set Designer Colin Judges

( I will only post pictures of the parts i helped work on)

 Working on the outside of the 'Gaiety Theatre'




Getting the 'Gaiety Theatre' on stage 

Set get in

More to come.....

Personal Painting Projects

Canvas boards with Acrylic




Wednesday 11 June 2014

Coming Soon....

Images from the "Crazy For You" A Gershwin Musical, set 
The Crescent Theatre
31st May - 7th June

Images for the "Avenue Q" set
The Old Joint Stock Theatre 
12th June - 22nd June (SOLD OUT)

Monday 2 June 2014

'The Last Five Years' - Old Joint Stock Pub and Theatre, Birmingham

This was the biggest thing I'd ever done on my own before and I was really excited by the challenge! Due to limited timing, I painted in the dark for a lot of it, whilst the lighting and tech rehearsals were going on around me.
Grand piano placed in the centre
  
Jamie's bedroom


Cathy's bedroom

The Clock

There were no hands on the clock as the director didn't want it to be a specific moment in time.
The centre of the clock being painted by me during a lighting rehearsal.
Roman numerals being painted
The two photos below show the completed circle for the clock
Traverse Staging