Scenic Art

Metamorphoses

Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Scenic Design: Dan Ostling; Scenic Charge: Lisa Lazar

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Realistic, but painterly up close, muslin drop. Basic shapes laid out with charcoal, masked with kitty litter and cheese cloth. Blue background sprayed with Gloria sprayer. Clouds painted in with fitch and sash brushes.

December 2018 - January 2019

Metamorphoses

Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Scenic Design: Dan Ostling; Scenic Charge: Lisa Lazar

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March 2019 - May 2019

Paradise Square

Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Scenic Design: Allen Moyer; Scenic Charge: Lisa Lazar

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Concrete back walls painted on lauan flats and muslin sheets to cover existing theatre architecture. Texturing with paper pulp and elastomeric, applied with trowels.

Multiple glazes and washes of different tones and sheens applied with lay in brushes and foam rollers to create interest.

Trash mound serving as ground row made from muslin applied on plywood and chicken wire structure. Texturing with mulch and elastomeric. Dimensional objects applied by props department. Entire mound sprayed with Binks sprayer for even application. Toning glazes sprayed with Gloria sprayer.

Two identical signs, one broken. Pounced from print out, then painted with acrylic paint. Gold letters gilded with imitation leaf (last image shows different gold paint samples).

October 2018 - January 2019

Fairview

Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Scenic Design: Mimi Lien; Scenic Charge: Lisa Lazar

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Faux stone fireplace made to look tacky and "scenic." Carved styrofoam from pounce. Primed with foamcoat. Multiple glaze coats for rock color.

September - October 2018

Various Faux Finishes

Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Scenic Charge: Lisa Lazar

Wood grain for Pike Street, Berkeley Repertory Theatre (design: Mikiko Suzuki McAdams, charge: Lisa Lazar). Glazes on oak. October 2018.

Brick for A Doll's House, Part 2, Berkeley Repertory Theatre (design: Andrew Boyce, charge: Lisa Lazar. Texture with paint and paper pulp sprayed with hopper. Various glazes for brick. Grout with fine cork and joint compound piped on. September 2018.

Twelfth Night

Interlochen Center for the Arts; Scenic Design: Kyle Blasius

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Sandstone brick walls and floor. Roller scumble with base colors, sprays to tone and even out scumble. Flogging with light and dark colors. Bricks and pattern lined with help of stencil. Glazes over top to pick out different colored bricks. Sponged moss on floor and some walls.

June - July 2018