Arsenic & Old Lace

My goal for Arsenic and Old Lace was to paint a vintage wall paper and a wood planked floor. The floor was painted on what is usually solid black plywood. The finished product was warm and believable.

Full Scene for Little Red & The Three Pigs

This image shows the set assembled. I painted it in my garage in pieces so I finally saw it assembled the day of a performance.

An Enchanted Escapade

This set was a fun learning experience. It was the first time I tried the painted ragging process in the background. I liked it so much, I painted my living room wall the same way.

Little Red Riding Hood & 3 Pigs

I recently finished a set which was great fun to work on evenings and weekends. It forced me to paint a human figure which I have not had the opportunity to do yet for theater. Attached are some photos I took. The set when put together properly will have real curtains and the sign will be on top and centered. Now I am looking forward to my next painting project. 

Globe Theater

For this 12 x 8 foot set back drop for the hilarious play "Complete Wrks of W. Shakespeare," my goal was to capture the essence of a portion of the first level of the Globe Theater. For the painted green wall, I used a glazed - roll, rag and brush technique. I used three different shades of paint. To date, this is my favorite faux curtain. I painted this scene in August, 2008.

Close-up of cobblestone

We had a bonfire in the yard last night to welcome in the New Year. It was a beautiful night.

Since I talked in an earlier post about painting the cobblestone floor, I thought I would include a close-up shot of the stones. Excuse the glare from my camera's flash.

Happy New Year to all.

Fred's Parlour backdrop

For Fred's parlour in the musical "A Christmas Carol" I wanted to capture a believable early to mid 1800's area of a room. The silhouette portraits and velvet curtains are appropriate. I ditched my original plan of painting a bookshelf on the right side and painted a Grandfather's clock instead. The clock took about 6 hours to complete.