Esquire Fall Plaster Wall treatment

The photographer wanted a wall treatment reminiscent of the aged crumbling plaster of a 17th century Croft house. He was inspired by Chardin's still life paintings and asked for a similar look. At the end of the shoot, the photographer and prop stylist took some black & white art shots just for fun.

CHICO's Fall Catalogue Backdrops

Douglas Little's special "Soap Opera" windows for the 100 year anniversary of J.S. Douglas Stores in Germany

Douglas Little flew me to Hamburg to work on his very elaborate and detailed windows celebrating the 100 year existence of the J. S. Douglas stores in Europe. As the painting specialist I worked on everything from backdrops to props. The work was intense and there was a camera crew filming the entire process. You can see clips of me at 3:02, 3:40, 6:20, 6:45 and at 9:09. (At 3:79 you can watch a funny segment regarding a dilemma I helped us get out of involving a 374 piece laser cut tree.) Over all the resulting windows were exquisite and Douglas's genius shone through!

John Rombola style Bergdorf 5th Ave Windows

The 5th Avenue windows were inspired by the work of John Rombola. I interpreted his two dimensional drawings and made whimsical three dimensional sculptures. It was a challenge taking something flat and reinventing it as a sculpture but the results were seamless when layered in with his actual pieces. The windows were a hit and were up for twice as long as expected. I also created the landscape wall mural in the top right image.

Banana Republic Renderings

I was approached by the window department at Banana Republic to create "chalkboard style" drawings of various interiors to coincide with the launch of their new khaki collections for fall.

BG Summer 3rd Floor Wall Treatments

The Interiors department at Bergdorf Goodman asked me to design and complete wall treatments for their 3rd floor. They wanted something faint and architectural to act as a neutral background unifying the various designers.

Corporate Wall Art

This abstract expressionist style triptych painting was commissioned by the CEO of Warburg Pincus. After discussing his interests and aesthetics I custom created a piece based on the painting style he desired, his personal color choices and the colors found in his office space.

CHICO's Spring 2010 Scenic Prop Painting

For the Spring 2010 catalogue I was asked to create props, paintings and ephemera for a fashion editorial meant to take place in a modernist/abstract artists studio.

Paintings were done on location on the day of the shoot.

Bergdorf XMAS 2009

5th Avenue (Alice in Wonderland Themed)

For this window I designed and painted faces onto blank Schlappi mannequins. The result is a modern reinterpretation of the classic playing card imagery used to portray the Queen, Jack, King and Joker.

58th Street

In addition to the red sky backdrop, I also worked on the fiberglass Ostrich forms. I painted them to create a realistic red-skin look.

58th Street Home Window

I painted on cardboard boxes to create the illusion of fancy vintage leather luggage. Also, I painted onto a fiberglass giraffe form transforming it into what appears as patchwork leather with buckles.

Bergdorf Men's Store: Monkey Murals Spring 2010

Belvedere Vodka 1X

Belvedere vodka asked French graffiti artist André to design a bottle for their 1X line of flavored vodka. For the shoot they had me age and scenic paint onto a brick wall with washes of black. I then mimicked Andrés graffiti style and sprayed "one-x" on the wall to create the dark street style they sought.

The final ad for print.

A photo of André the graffiti artist mentioned.

Theory's Saks 5th Avenue Wall Treatments

Theory asked me to create another wall treatment for their Saks 5th Avenue space akin to the one commissioned for their Spring Street location.

Carol's Daughter & Disney's "Magical Beauty": Painting for Windows and Print.

Carol's Daughter is a burgeoning African American beauty product company featured on Oprah and endorsed by the likes of Jay-Z, Jada Pinkett and Mary J. Blidge. For the release of the new Disney movie "The Princess and the Frog," Carol's Daughter came out with a limited edition special line of children's beauty products. They commissioned an illustration of a Bayou landscape to be used on in-store signage and in advertisements. For their 5 tri-state store locations I created a special holiday window treatment which incorporated store signage while utilizing a behind-the-glass reverse paint technique. This allowed for neither passers by nor weather to distress the resulting painting. Adorning the floors inside the store were decals made of my paintings of both lilly pads and water lillies.

The illustration and centerfold ad seen in Essence Magazine, Dec. 2009

The window painted at the Harlem store location

The windows at the Fort Greene location.

Decal sticker illustrations seen on the floors of both locations.

Theory Wall Treatments

The creative team at Theory asked me to custom create a wall treatment which reflected their artistic sensibilities as seen through their clothes, buildings, and interiors. Of the many panels created for them to choose from, for their Spring Street store they gravitated towards a nuanced textured panel which was inspired by the metal mesh scrim running down the staircase walls at their flagship building located on Gansevoort Street. The results can be seen in the shots below.

The interiors department at Bergdorf Goodman asked me to create a wall treatment for the 5th floor inspired by the eccentric backside of a hand dyed piece of canvas. The first image shows the cloth next to the finished treatment. The next image shows the hand painted "Elizabeth & James" typeface and merchandising in the area.

The interiors department at Bergdorf Goodman asked me to both design and paint Neo-Classical inspired ornament motifs for display cases in the cosmetics area. The results are clean, painterly, and light hearted

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Bridget Wine Bar Mirror Mural

The owners of Bridget Wine Bar in Williamsburg asked me to paint this curtain mural on the mirror behind the bar.

Some older work.

These are the 2008 Holiday windows I painted on for BG.

Industrious

Studious

Artistic

Enterprising

Two of the Windows featuring the American Visionary Art Museum.

I painted a sky in one and the "STOP" typeface in the other.