Native Gardens Scenic Model
Concept created during Advanced Scenic Design class, white model and ground plan with sight lines was designed in Vectorworks, paint over done in Photoshop.
This set is for a script about two neighbors in Washington D.C., with one recently moving in and discovering the fence is 2 ft. past their property line. The dispute over the fence line, styles of gardening and what truly makes someone American sit at the heart of the piece.
I wanted to place the houses as back-to-back neighbors instead of side-to-side neighbors to allow for a greater divide in the architecture and playing space between the houses and the fence. This also let the large oak tree feel more balanced in space between the houses, while remaining imposing in the space. The tree would have a separate trunk and foliage layers, with the foliage being made of multiple flat layers hung one after another, in order to create depth in the tree and have such a tall structure that is also narrow.
Scenic Painting
Work completed for community theatre productions and various course work.