Employment History:

Speedshape, Birmingham, MI 7/2006
Digital Matte Artist
Produced still image for Staturn ad campaign; Goodby, Silverstein, and Partners, SF.

The Orphanage, San Francisco, CA 6/2006 to 7/2006
Digital Matte Artist
Worked on digital matte paintings for the feature film “Dungeon Siege”

Blind, Santa Monica, CA 4/2006 to 6/2006
Digital Matte Artist
Fox All-Star game promotional spot; developed color concepts and 2D and 3D matte painting for over 20 shots in a :30 second spot sert in Pittsburgh for the 2006 MLB premier event.

The Syndicate, Santa Monica, CA 12/2005
Concept Development Artist
ESPN Monday Night Football; developed 3 concepts for matte painting for the Fall of 2006 launch program.

Engine Room, Santa Monica, CA 10/2005
Concept Development Artist
Lionsgate Title Design; developed concepts for the redesign of the LIONSGATE FILMS opener.

Radium, San Francisco, CA. 5/2005 to 6/2005
Digital Matte Artist
Wolverine Boot Commercial; designed, photographed location and executed 4 matte paintings for a 64x zoom back of climbers shot against green screen to place them on the rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River.

Threshold Digital Research Labs, Los Angles, CA. 12/2004 to 4/2005
Digital Matte Artist
Created two large images 9200 pixels wide for projection onto a stage 250 ft wide for the theatrical production "Creation" at the Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA

4 Wall / Morgan Creek Productions, Los Angeles, CA. 8/2004
Digital Matte Artist
Created matte paintings for the movie ‘The Exorcist: The Beginning’.

Hammerhead Productions, Los Angeles, CA. 4/2004
Digital Matte Artist
Created matte paintings for the movie ‘The Chronicles of Riddick’.

ILM, San Rafael, CA.
Visual Development Artist 12/2003 to 1/2004
Created concept art for the New York snow sequence for the film ‘The Day After Tomorrow’.

Giant Killer Robots, San Francisco, CA.
Digital Matte Artist 5/2003 to 6/2003
Created concept designs and matte paintings for the ‘Matrix Revolution’ Zion sequence.

Digital Domain, Venice, CA. 1/2003 to 4/2003
Digital Matte Artist
Created concept designs and matte paintings for ‘Secondhand Lions’ and ‘Looney Tunes’ (a Warner Bros. Production)

Electronic Arts, Redwood City, CA. 7/2002 to 9/2002
Digital Matte Artist
Created 360 degree sky domes for the game ‘Lord of the Rings/The Two Towers’

GRP, St. Helena, CA. 4/2002 to 6/2002
Visual Development Artist
Developed a global visualization project based on the NOAA imagery to match Apollo 17 photos.

PDI/Dreamworks, Palo Alto, CA. 9/1997 to 9/2001
Senior Matte Artist
Responsibilities included the design and development of concepts for matte paintings and their execution in either 2D (using Photoshop) or modeling and camera mapping when necessary (using Maya 3.0). Familiar with UNIX pipeline issues as well as problems regarding color translation problems especially in the low end blacks.

Interscope Pictures, San Francisco, CA 5/1997 to 8/1997
Visual Development Artist
Assisted Academy Award winning Production Designer Eugenio Zanetti in the design and development of murals and backdrops for the sets of the movie ‘What Dreams May Come’.

Digital Domain, Venice, CA. 10/1996 to 5/1997
Digital Matte Artist
Oversaw the design and execution of the opening and closing shots of the movie ‘Dante’s Peak’. Starting from simple storyboards I researched volcanoes and created animatics that were presented to Universal for approval. I then made selections from daily practical effects footage which then were combined with my matte paintings for the final matte/effects shots. I was also involved in the conceptual development of the ‘Budweiser Lizards’. I also did matte painting on ‘Fifth Element’ and paint fixes for ‘Titanic’.

Rocket Science Games, San Francisco, CA. 10/1995 to 9/1996
Digital Matte Artist
Under the tutelage of Ron Cobb I made the transition to the digital environment, doing matte painting, texture maps and level design.

Matte World Digital. Novato, Ca. 6/1995
Matte Artist
Worked with Chris Evans on a large painting for the movie ‘Hackers’

Academy Studios, Novato, CA. 9/1994 to 4/1995
Senior Scenic Designer
Designed and oversaw the painting and installation of scenic backgrounds for museum dioramas.

Boss Films, Marina Del Rey, CA. 1990 to 1993
Assistant Matte Artist
Worked with senior matte artist Michelle Moen and visual effects supervisors Neil Krepela and John Bruno on traditional matte shots over a three year period on a job to job basis.

Acme Fine Arts, Santa Monica, CA. 1985 to present

As proprietor of my own business for over 18 years as a traditional painter, I originated and developed concepts as well as oversaw the execution of murals, scenic designs and matte paintings by myself and staff under my supervision.

Professional Experience:

Matte Painting:

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (Brightlight Pictures)
MLB All-Star Game (Fox Sports TV)
Wolverine Boots: (Avrett, Free & Ginsberg)
Creation: (A theatrical production for the Crystal Cathedral)
The Exorcist: The Beginning (Warner Bros.)
The Chronicles of Riddick (Universal)
Matrix Revolution (Warner Bros.)
Secondhand Lions (Digital Domain)
Looney Toons (Warner Bros.)
A.I. (Warner Bros./Dreamworks)
People I Know (Wildwoods Entertainment)
Evolution (Dreamworks)
The Legend of Baggar Vance (Dreamworks)
Supernova (MGM)
Mission Impossible 2 (Paramount)
Forces of Nature (Dreamworks)
Antz (Dreamworks)
Fifth Element (Columbia/Tristar)
Dante's Peak (Universal)
Passenger 57 (Warner Bros.)
Cliffhangers (Columbia/Tristar)
Aliens 3 (20th Century Fox)
Batman Returns (Warner Bros.)
Horizons (Boss Films)

Production design/visual development:

ESPN Monday Night Football (The Syndicate)
Lionsgate Films (Engine Room)
The Day After Tomorrow (20th Century Fox)
A.I. (Warner Bros./Dreamworks)
X-Men (Warner Bros.)
What Dreams May Come (Interscope Pictures)

Related Experience:

Commissions:
Biltmore Hotel (Lobby & Bistro) LA, CA. 1985
San Francisco Hilton (Presidential Suite) SF, CA. 1989
Barry Sanders Residence, Bel Air, CA 1990
Riverside County Hall of Justice, Riverside, CA. 1992
Fairmont Hotel (Lobby), New Orleans, LA. 1993
Northern Trust Bank (Exec. Office Lobby) LA, CA. 1993
Dept. of Water and Power, Sun Valley, CA. 1993

Dioramas:
(designed for Academy Studios, Novato, CA.)
Forest Learning Center, Mt. St. Helens, WA. 1994
Marine Hall, Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC. 1995

Multimedia:
Obsidian (Rocket Science Games) 1996
Bond/The World Is Not Enough (Electronic Arts) 2001
Lord of the Rings/The Two Towers (Electronic Arts) 2002

Teaching Experience:

Lecturer in Contemporary Art; Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC.
1979 to 1982

Lecturer in Contemporary Art; Parsons School of Design, Lake Placid, NY.
1983

Instructor of Studio Drawing; Otis-Parsons Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA.
1990 to 1993

Classes taught:
Life Drawing (a foundations class for beginning students)
Still Life Drawing (a foundations class for beginning students)
Instructor of Digital Media for Film; Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA.
2002 to present

Classes taught:
Photoshop (a projects based class)
Mattepainting (both for graduate and undergraduate levels)
Visual Effects 3 (a project orientated graduate seminar)

Education:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. B.F.A.

Technical experience in UNIX, Macintosh and Windows systems
Software: Adobe PhotoshopCS2, After Effects 5.5 and Maya 6.0