The Musical, 2026
My role: Lead Scenic, Scenic Artist Director: Giselle Bonilla The Musical has not been released yet, so I can’t share a lot of photos. It was a small indie film that I have already seen the trailer for and looks amazing! I was technically the only painter, and did the whole set by myself – except for “move in day” at the location, and brought in Joey Garcia to help with touch up and the transition. Violet Zeug was brought on as an art P.A. and helped with set up and touch up – but together they also did a couple of signs, and Violet did most of the spray painted hands. Theater set. School play. Spray painted hands. Spray paint hands Theater set, school play. Painted cityscape and taxi. Painted cab cut out Had assistance from my daughter, Violet! Help from Violet I drew out the cab, did basic coloring – then Joey and Violet finished off the highlights and details.
Outer Worlds 2
Production Designer: Almitra Corey I technically didn’t paint anything on this commercial – but was hired as a scenic. I mostly did a bunch of vinyls by myself – large wall pieces, and also helped props, covering rental pieces. (Like the t-shirt gun, which was bright orange, if I remember correctly?) The largest, most complicated wall – which came out perfectly, ended up not on camera! I think they were originally planning on shooting in the opposite direction.
FX Series, Yet to be Released
Production Designer: Kate BunchLead Painter: Jesse Siono Will share more when show is released. But what a fun job! Worked on this hallway from start to finish, from base coat to final aging. Didn't do door. Detail in hallway. Painted tile base, and did aging in sink. Aging. Fake rocks, painted to blend in with rocks at location. Real rock on location that was covered in graffiti.
Kill Bill 1 & 2
My job: Set Painter/ Scenic Artist/ Gang BossProduction Designer: David WascoLead Painter: Laurel Pickering Kill Bill was originally supposed to be one film. But then it went something like 9 months over schedule, and legend has it there was about 24 hours of film. So, Kill Bill 2 was not another production, it was just a solution to a problem. With a very happy ending! As far as two successful movies. Yes, there are stories to tell. It was a lot of fun. I am super bummed that I didn’t get better pictures, and pictures of more work. While production was in Japan, fellow painter Jen Bolitho and I spent months in Culver City hand-painting fake props for Viveca A. Fox to smash up in her fight scene – things like display plates and Tiffany Lamps, meticulously painted in historical detail. And then, watching the film, those scenes go by so fast with the scenery instantly getting obliterated. Oh, well. It was still a great job to work on.
Lexington Scenery
Me working on mural for Robot Zoo Worked at this industrial set shop for 2 years. Jobs I worked on included the Ontario Mall, the New York, New York casino in Vegas, and Top of the World tourist display in the NY World Trade Center, completed in 2000. Top picture, me putting final touches on a night sky mural for a traveling installation, Robot Zoo. The below photos are from the tourist shop at the top of the twin towers, World Trade Center, NYC, in 2000! I did not work on the painted curtains or Statue of Liberty, but all the faux stone, brick and copper. My good camera broke on my last trip, and I was planning on moving to NY the following year, before everything changed.
Homes – Faux Finishes
My Job: Scenic Artist. Lead painter, Stacy Lande.Faux finishing work with Rodger Woods Visual Scenery, South Bay. (Southern California) Worked for Rodger Woods on and off over several years. Always great when the studios were quiet or on strike. The ceiling (Pictured at left) was a bit painful on the neck, but a small group of us got to have a lot of artistic fun. Rodger had a separate group do the regular house painting. We were “the artists,” and got to spend time in a lot of really nice homes.
Entourage
HBO TV Series Lead Painter: Robert WarnerMy job: Set Painter
Mask of Zorro – Reshoots
Lead painter for the reshoots of Mask of Zorro.Construction Coordinator: John Stone
Forever Eden
Reality TV Show/ Fox Television Job title: Lead Painter, with Wendy JerdeOn location in Port Antonio, Jamaica We moved into an existing resort that had been shuttered since the 80s! Construction rebuilt it and redesigned it, while Wendy and I painted it, but then did a scenic job to make it look aged and worn down again. (Aged, but now clean and colorful) Then construction built a fake temple, with sculpted elephants. Elephants and stone construction were all foam, that we then painted to look like stone.
The In-Laws
Feature Film, Reshoots Lead Painter: Maria JaramilloMy job: set painter, sign painting