Welcome Kyle and Stephanie

I found out this week that Stephanie Charaska and Kyle Gyondla will be joining me as design assistants on the Summer Studio Theatre Company project. They are both undergraduate theatre scene design students at the University of Illinois. I look forward to working with them on the scenic model, properties, and painting.

Finish coats on Summer Studio Theatre Company paintings

The three paintings based on the Summer Studio Theatre Company designs on my work table

Bus Stop

Pasta

The Lion in Winter

Current Studio Projects

Drafting the scenery for the Summer Studio Theatre Company at the University of Illinois.

Painting a faux finish in the dining room at a residence in Savoy, IL

Editing the slide presentation of my Computer Printed Scenery research at the United States Institute for Theatre Technology

Putting sealer on three paintings based on the Summer Studio Theatre Company set designs

Naked Brothers Band - television scenery on tonight

The television show I worked on last summer in Brooklyn, The Naked Brothers Band, is airing this evening on Nickelodeon at 7:30. I think the "recording studio" set that I painted, stained, and textured will be on this episode.

A Sample from my Work Table

Here are two new pages in my process/sketchbook. I arranged the notes I took at the 40North Workshop for Entrepreneurial Arts Organizations & Artists with Jerry Yoshitomi. I created this blog based on conversations during the workshop.

Support the Wesley Evening Food Pantry

A new food pantry supported by the Eastern Illinois Food Bank has opened on the University of Illinois campus at the Wesley Church and Foundation. It is open on the third Thursday of the month at 5:30 pm. This food bank focuses on helping people who work during the day and can't make it to many of the food pantries in town during business hours. The food panty could use both money and volunteers. I work there each month unloading the truck and helping people out with their bags. Send me an email to find out you could help.