For Hartford Stage's Anastasia. I started with a nude Athena statue and had to turn her into a clothed Mother Russia Statue

I draped the dress on the statue and used chicken wire, batting, and muslin to create a scarf that appears to be blowing in the wind.

Once the muslin was all completed, I covered her in crystal gel to prepare for painting.

I used raw umber, yellow ochre, and burnt sienna to base the statue in a scumble.

After the base, I used blue and red glazes to push the color of the underpainting.

Next, I used a combination of gold paint and gloss polycrylic to add a little metallic shine

After the gold, I used layers of brown and payne's gray glazes to make the statue look bronzed.

This was an actual Soviet crest that was once on a train; it started out as a light silvery metal.

Finished Product!

Charged by Hunter Lloyd, Designed by Douglas Little. We gold leafed the alcove ceilings and made the mirror using gold and silver leaf with oil-based size and water gilding.

Completed in 2015 at Goodspeed, for Guys and Dolls

I was one of two painters to work on this drop

Textured moon groundcloth. We used pieces of carpet padding glued to the canvas, covered in muslin with jaxsan and vermiculite. For more photos, please watch the two minute time lapse of the project under scenic art > time lapses.

Finished drop

Finished drop from another angle

For Hartford Stage's Anastasia. I started with a nude Athena statue and had to turn her into a clothed Mother Russia Statue

I draped the dress on the statue and used chicken wire, batting, and muslin to create a scarf that appears to be blowing in the wind.

Once the muslin was all completed, I covered her in crystal gel to prepare for painting.

I used raw umber, yellow ochre, and burnt sienna to base the statue in a scumble.

After the base, I used blue and red glazes to push the color of the underpainting.

Next, I used a combination of gold paint and gloss polycrylic to add a little metallic shine

After the gold, I used layers of brown and payne's gray glazes to make the statue look bronzed.

This was an actual Soviet crest that was once on a train; it started out as a light silvery metal.

Finished Product!

Charged by Hunter Lloyd, Designed by Douglas Little. We gold leafed the alcove ceilings and made the mirror using gold and silver leaf with oil-based size and water gilding.

Completed in 2015 at Goodspeed, for Guys and Dolls

I was one of two painters to work on this drop

Textured moon groundcloth. We used pieces of carpet padding glued to the canvas, covered in muslin with jaxsan and vermiculite. For more photos, please watch the two minute time lapse of the project under scenic art > time lapses.

Finished drop

Finished drop from another angle