painting
Lucy dacus for Matador Records
Commissioned hand-painted canvas backdrops for Matador Records’ Press Release for Lucy Dacus’ 2021 album Home Video, photographed at Brooklyn Grain studio.
Photographer: Ebru Yildiz
Light: Mike O’Shea
Make-up: Nana Hiramatsu
Hair: Akira Yamada
shit & champagne
Hand-painted promotional poster for 2020 feature film release of Shit & Champagne, featuring the original cast members from two sold out runs of the stage production and Alaska 5000, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 2. (Art direction by Beff Leppard)
showtime's dexter season 8/final season promotional commercial
Hand-painted blood-splattery promotional ad campaign for final season of Showtime's Dexter, 2013. Winner of 2 Gold and 1 Silver BDA awards
Select draft rounds leading up to the final piece approved by Executive Producer and star Michael C. Hall; a cocktail of acrylic, india ink, pigment, gel medium, and water strategically splattered from via paintbrush and eyedropper onto canvas board. Riding the bus home late one night from the studio after working on this project, passengers scattered away...and I realized that I looked like I was covered in blood :/
Showtime's Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
Hand-painted promotional ad campaign titling sequences for Showtime's Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States, 2012. Winner of Silver BDA Award.
Handpainted unique typeface and spatters (orginally painted at approximately 8"x10" per letter in heavy acrylic on watercolor paper; 24"x30" red and blue acrylic abstract paintings on canvas board; and acrylic on canvas board portrait of the director (cut from final sequence).
greenpoint beer & ale's constant reassurance american pale ale
In 2016, Brooklyn neighborhood brewers Greenpoint Beer & Ale Co. asked me if I would design a can for a new beer to be launched in 2017. So I did! The project inspired me to work on a brand new painting specifically for the can. The resulting design ensured a sure standout on the shelves from all other beers--cans sold out in 2 weeks. greenpointbeer.com
Original 40"x36" Flashe and Enamel Painting on Panel for Label reference; and additional promotional shots