Two years ago during my Spring Break, I was hired by a local business to paint a mural in the back room of Berkshire Costumer on North St. in Pittsfield. They wanted to begin hosting children's birthday parties there, and their only request was that it be a castle scene. I was given complete freedom to design around that theme, and these photos show you what I came up with. There were six walls total, and I had to paint around the room that they would be using as a costume-change area. I did it all in a week, working seven days straight from 10am - 8pm. Enjoy!
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The blue set is from Union's spring 2007 production of Aristophanes' "The Birds." I assisted with all construction and painting, and painted the tree on the front of the sliding doors for the set. I also used a bandsaw to cut out approximately 250 birds on cardboard for set decorations.
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The red and black set is from Union College's fall 2007 production of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (script by Stephen Dietz). Aside from assisting Charles Steckler, our professor of Scenic Design, with the actual design of the set, I helped lead the Production I & II classes in the construction and painting of the set. (This was my Independent Study.) The set was a forced perspective, with the top of each wall sloping downward. This played with the audience's sense of balance and comfort with the atypical lines. The ceiling was a massive spiderweb created out of canvas, netting, spray epoxy, and huge foam strips. It took about two months to create and was well worth it!
