Artwork:
The majority of my current work is commissioned portraits. My paintings belong to: Adam Lambert,
Andy Cohen, and two body painting images were commissioned by tennis star Jan-Michael
Gambill and gifted to Elton John and have been officially added in his collection. I did three paintings commissioned by Nike which were displayed in Michael Jordan's JumpHouse during the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans.
Mural Clients Non-residential:
Washington Elementary School. Four month project painting four massive hallways, three stairwells, and a STEAM classroom. 2024
Washington Elementary School. One month exterior mural project. 2023
Target Distribution Center in Ontario, CA. 2023
Bravocon Live Mural painted over the course of three days at the Javits Center in NYC. 2022
Elevator Mural For Todrick Hall's home in LA, CA. Painted the interior of the elevator and then the inside of the opening door on all four floors. 2022
Abraham Lincoln Mural in Costa Mesa, CA for the Fuerst Foundation. 2022
Palm Springs Mural. Backyard mural. 2022
AIDS Food Store Mural. Long Beach, CA 2021
JMS Red mural apartment complex Long Beach, CA 2021
David Higgins mural in Windsor UK. I was supposed to paint this in person but due to Covid I created it digitally and sent the files to be printed there. 2021
LA Art Box. Melrose Ave. LA, CA Ground mural at the entrance on the gallery. 2021
Apartment Complex mural in Long Beach, CA. Painted a mural in the lobby, on the ground floor, and then massive numbers: 1, 2, 3 on each floor both sides of the complex. 2021
Britany Spears Mural on the side of Donkey D's bar in Costa Meas CA. This was in the LA Times. 2021
Dolly Parton Mural in Costa Mesa, CA 2021. This was in the LA Times and on the morning and evening news on all the local LA channels.
Russel Harris Event Group mural project. LA, CA 2020
Weedmaps Mural project in Irvine CA. This was a Covid casualty. This was a massive project I got prior to Covid but due to budget cuts the size and scope was reduced. That said I still completed seven murals in their two Irvine Offices. 2020.
San Antonio TX Lip Mural. 2019
150 ft mural in The Drake Chavez park in Long Beach, CA as sponsored by the Arts Council of Long Beach. Sept 2018. Contact: Griselda Saurez
Doggie mural at Beeples Buddlies at 1450 S Robertson. 4 days to complete. November 2017
137 Virgil Ave. LA, CA
Client hired me to create a scrolling geometric pattern which covers three side of the building.
10 days to complete. Completed September 2016.
Zappos sponsored mural at the corner of 6th and Serrano in Koreatown. LA, CA.
This is part of a 10 city, 10 mural project. 10 days to complete. August 2016.
Project manager: Heather Raburn.
Snow Flower Ice. 4260 Lincoln Blvd. Marina del Rey, CA.
Entrance mural in shaved ice business. Original design.
7 day project. March 2015. Owner: Steve Chen
Nidor Vapor Gallery. Venice, CA. 2013
Episode of Tia and Tamera on The Style Network. Painted a mural on Tamera Mowery’s ceiling.
December 2012.
Janie P. Abbott Elementary School. Lynnwood, CA. 2009
Discovery Science Center. Santa Ana, CA. 2006
Copacatana Tanning Salon. Cypress, CA 2003
Curves Health Clubs. Mission Veijo,Tustin, and two in Orange, CA. 2001 to 2002
THCG Midtown Office. NY, NY 2000
Silverlake Mural, CA. 2013Find Boutique. NY, NY 1999
Murals residential:
Have painted at least 60 + murals in homes in Seattle, NYC, Los Gatos, Ventura, LA and Orange counties over the last 14 years. Projects vary in scale from smaller one-day ventures to massive 60 day long murals which travel over several walls.
Painted murals in Mariah Carey's homes in LA and NYC. 2011
Painted a mural on Tamera Mowery's nursery ceiling for her reality TV show Tia & Tamera. 2012.
Art related:
My artwork appeared in Transproofed, a film by David Maurice Gil. 2009.
Long Beach Chalk Art Contest.
1rst Place in the Belmont Shore, CA sidewalk chalk art contest 2014.
Won the Belmont Shore, CA sidewalk chalk art contest 2013.
Won the Belmont Shore, CA sidewalk chalk art contest in 2009 (pictured below) and came in 2nd place in 2008.
Gallery ML, Philadelphia, PA. Had five pieces in group show. 2011.
Gallery ML, Philadelphia, PA. Featured artist in show. 2011.
Set design for Royce Multimedia Irvine, CA 2011.
Surfboard I painted with the fantastic fabricator won best in show at the Board Room Show in Del Mar, CA. 2014
Laura Mercier event at The London Hotel in West Hollywood, CA where I hand painted makeup containers to look like macaroons. Hand painted 100 containers with rsvp'd guests names and then hand embellished those makeup containers at the event.
Story boards and Illustration:
Free-lance storyboard artist and illustrator:
TBWA Chiat Day in NY, NY
Select Ad Agency in NY, NY
Both from 1999 to 2001. Clients included: Absolut Vodka, BIC, Orbitz,com, Circuit City, and a variety of web-based glamor sites.
Illustrated all the editors and writers for Gawker.com. 2011.
Received Andy Cohen's "Mazel" on his Watch What Happen's Bravo show and a gallery of my bravo-lebrity illustrations appear on Bravo's site. 2011.
An illustration of agent Timothy Priano appeared in Idoll Magazine. 2012.
Designed and illustrated the cover of professional fitness trainer Trudy Steven's ebook: Pregnancy Without Weight. 2013
Body Paint:
May 2025 I created a living portrait installation at The Museum of Fine Art in Little Rock Arkansas replicating Diego Rivera's painting "Dos Mujeres". I designed the set, which was fabricated there in Little Rock and fabricated/ painted everything back home in Long Beach, CA. I installed everything there in the museum and body painted the two models.
October 2024. Two Halloween looks for celebrity makeup artist James Charles.
June 2021 Painted two models for a Todrick Hall Music Video.
April 2021 Body Painted Eiza Gonzales replicating Alex Isreal's artistry for a Louis Vuitton shoot and campaign.
October 2020. Body Painted the Queen of Halloween Heidi Klum for her Covid redirect instead of the party she throws, it was two looks for a six minute video she did.
January 2020. Demo and workshop at The Long Beach Convention Center for The Powder Group.
January 2019. IMATS LA, CA. Client: Royal and LangNickel.
Oct. 2018. Private party for blogger Just Jared in LA, CA. with Asher Entertainment.
Oct. 2018 NYX Cosmetics private event for influencers.
Sept. Step Up and Dance body paint on two dancers for Todrick Hall in Atlanta, GA.
Nat Geo Event at The Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills. Body painted two models. July 24, 2018
For Asher Entertainment.
Nat Geo Event in NYC, Two nights in two locations . Body painted four models with two assistants.
April 18th and 20th, 2018
For Asher Entertainment
Private Event in LA, CA . Body painted two models.
April 13th, 2018 For Asher Entertainment.
Museum of Latin American Art MOOLA. Day of the Dead event. Oct 2016
January 2015 Feature in Huf Magazine. Body Painted Ford model Daniel Duboy.
Oct. 2015 Painted model Rodiney Santiago at the Shop LASC in West Hollywood at a live event during the Weho Halloween festival. Client: European Body Art.
Oct 2015. Joint project with pop star Selena Gomez and Instagram itself which was shared by both and many other sites. Body painted a model and Selena joined in the fun.
Oct. 2014 Ted 2. Two day body painting.
2014 VMAs. Featured dancer for Beyonce. That dancer begins Beyonce’s segment resting in her lap.
Sponsored artist of MAC Cosmetics at The World Bodypaint Festival in Portscache, Austria. July 2014
June 2014 Cover plus eight page spread in Numero Magazine of my body painting on supermodel and face of Estee Lauder Constance Jablonski.
SyFy Network. I was one of five body paint experts profiled in a one hour special titled “Naked and Painted.” July 2013.
AT&T Commercial #bethefan starring Eric Stonestreet from Modern family. Painted a football fan to look like a tiger. September 2013.
Sami Beigi music video. Painted featured dancer. July 2013.
Guest artist on a mentoring panel for upcoming makeup artists for The Powder Group at The Makeup Show in LA. March 2, 2013.
Cover of NEXT Magazine February 2013 featuring my body paint and photography.
Painted Tennis star Jan-Michael Gambill with a large HIV awareness ribbon across his torso and the final photograph was given to his good friend Elton John. That photo appeared in Jan-Michael’s home town newspaper, The Spokeman Review in Spokane, WA. 2012 There were two looks from this shoot we did and both photos are currently in Elton John’s art archives.
Paint By Number. Six city travelling body painting event I did with MAC Cosmetics. My original artwork was used for the: flyer, backdrop, and body paint design. This project took me to: NYC, LA, Chicago, Vancouver,Toronto, and Miami.
Chroma Coalition August 2012. One of six featured body painters in LA, CA.
IMATS Makeup featured in August 2012 issue of Make-Up Artist Magazine.
July 2012, Part of a team of body painters who painted Chris Brown’s backup dancers at the BET Awards in LA, CA. Lead artist: Tyson Fountaine.
LA IMATS. International Makeup Artist Trade Show. Two days body painting my original designs for MAC Cosmetics. June 2012.
Painted Mariah Carey’s 8 month pregnant belly for Life&Style Magazine. April 2012.
On Makeup Magazine. 6 page profile of my anime body paint. July 2011.
A majority of my body paint work is privately commissioned (a lot like my mural and portrait work.) A large number are: maternity and couples as well as for private individuals.
The majority of my current work is commissioned portraits. My paintings belong to: Adam Lambert,
Andy Cohen, and two body painting images were commissioned by tennis star Jan-Michael
Gambill and gifted to Elton John and have been officially added in his collection. I did three paintings commissioned by Nike which were displayed in Michael Jordan's JumpHouse during the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans.
Mural Clients Non-residential:
Washington Elementary School. Four month project painting four massive hallways, three stairwells, and a STEAM classroom. 2024
Washington Elementary School. One month exterior mural project. 2023
Target Distribution Center in Ontario, CA. 2023
Bravocon Live Mural painted over the course of three days at the Javits Center in NYC. 2022
Elevator Mural For Todrick Hall's home in LA, CA. Painted the interior of the elevator and then the inside of the opening door on all four floors. 2022
Abraham Lincoln Mural in Costa Mesa, CA for the Fuerst Foundation. 2022
Palm Springs Mural. Backyard mural. 2022
AIDS Food Store Mural. Long Beach, CA 2021
JMS Red mural apartment complex Long Beach, CA 2021
David Higgins mural in Windsor UK. I was supposed to paint this in person but due to Covid I created it digitally and sent the files to be printed there. 2021
LA Art Box. Melrose Ave. LA, CA Ground mural at the entrance on the gallery. 2021
Apartment Complex mural in Long Beach, CA. Painted a mural in the lobby, on the ground floor, and then massive numbers: 1, 2, 3 on each floor both sides of the complex. 2021
Britany Spears Mural on the side of Donkey D's bar in Costa Meas CA. This was in the LA Times. 2021
Dolly Parton Mural in Costa Mesa, CA 2021. This was in the LA Times and on the morning and evening news on all the local LA channels.
Russel Harris Event Group mural project. LA, CA 2020
Weedmaps Mural project in Irvine CA. This was a Covid casualty. This was a massive project I got prior to Covid but due to budget cuts the size and scope was reduced. That said I still completed seven murals in their two Irvine Offices. 2020.
San Antonio TX Lip Mural. 2019
150 ft mural in The Drake Chavez park in Long Beach, CA as sponsored by the Arts Council of Long Beach. Sept 2018. Contact: Griselda Saurez
Doggie mural at Beeples Buddlies at 1450 S Robertson. 4 days to complete. November 2017
137 Virgil Ave. LA, CA
Client hired me to create a scrolling geometric pattern which covers three side of the building.
10 days to complete. Completed September 2016.
Zappos sponsored mural at the corner of 6th and Serrano in Koreatown. LA, CA.
This is part of a 10 city, 10 mural project. 10 days to complete. August 2016.
Project manager: Heather Raburn.
Snow Flower Ice. 4260 Lincoln Blvd. Marina del Rey, CA.
Entrance mural in shaved ice business. Original design.
7 day project. March 2015. Owner: Steve Chen
Nidor Vapor Gallery. Venice, CA. 2013
Episode of Tia and Tamera on The Style Network. Painted a mural on Tamera Mowery’s ceiling.
December 2012.
Janie P. Abbott Elementary School. Lynnwood, CA. 2009
Discovery Science Center. Santa Ana, CA. 2006
Copacatana Tanning Salon. Cypress, CA 2003
Curves Health Clubs. Mission Veijo,Tustin, and two in Orange, CA. 2001 to 2002
THCG Midtown Office. NY, NY 2000
Silverlake Mural, CA. 2013Find Boutique. NY, NY 1999
Murals residential:
Have painted at least 60 + murals in homes in Seattle, NYC, Los Gatos, Ventura, LA and Orange counties over the last 14 years. Projects vary in scale from smaller one-day ventures to massive 60 day long murals which travel over several walls.
Painted murals in Mariah Carey's homes in LA and NYC. 2011
Painted a mural on Tamera Mowery's nursery ceiling for her reality TV show Tia & Tamera. 2012.
Art related:
My artwork appeared in Transproofed, a film by David Maurice Gil. 2009.
Long Beach Chalk Art Contest.
1rst Place in the Belmont Shore, CA sidewalk chalk art contest 2014.
Won the Belmont Shore, CA sidewalk chalk art contest 2013.
Won the Belmont Shore, CA sidewalk chalk art contest in 2009 (pictured below) and came in 2nd place in 2008.
Gallery ML, Philadelphia, PA. Had five pieces in group show. 2011.
Gallery ML, Philadelphia, PA. Featured artist in show. 2011.
Set design for Royce Multimedia Irvine, CA 2011.
Surfboard I painted with the fantastic fabricator won best in show at the Board Room Show in Del Mar, CA. 2014
Laura Mercier event at The London Hotel in West Hollywood, CA where I hand painted makeup containers to look like macaroons. Hand painted 100 containers with rsvp'd guests names and then hand embellished those makeup containers at the event.
Story boards and Illustration:
Free-lance storyboard artist and illustrator:
TBWA Chiat Day in NY, NY
Select Ad Agency in NY, NY
Both from 1999 to 2001. Clients included: Absolut Vodka, BIC, Orbitz,com, Circuit City, and a variety of web-based glamor sites.
Illustrated all the editors and writers for Gawker.com. 2011.
Received Andy Cohen's "Mazel" on his Watch What Happen's Bravo show and a gallery of my bravo-lebrity illustrations appear on Bravo's site. 2011.
An illustration of agent Timothy Priano appeared in Idoll Magazine. 2012.
Designed and illustrated the cover of professional fitness trainer Trudy Steven's ebook: Pregnancy Without Weight. 2013
Body Paint:
May 2025 I created a living portrait installation at The Museum of Fine Art in Little Rock Arkansas replicating Diego Rivera's painting "Dos Mujeres". I designed the set, which was fabricated there in Little Rock and fabricated/ painted everything back home in Long Beach, CA. I installed everything there in the museum and body painted the two models.
October 2024. Two Halloween looks for celebrity makeup artist James Charles.
June 2021 Painted two models for a Todrick Hall Music Video.
April 2021 Body Painted Eiza Gonzales replicating Alex Isreal's artistry for a Louis Vuitton shoot and campaign.
October 2020. Body Painted the Queen of Halloween Heidi Klum for her Covid redirect instead of the party she throws, it was two looks for a six minute video she did.
January 2020. Demo and workshop at The Long Beach Convention Center for The Powder Group.
January 2019. IMATS LA, CA. Client: Royal and LangNickel.
Oct. 2018. Private party for blogger Just Jared in LA, CA. with Asher Entertainment.
Oct. 2018 NYX Cosmetics private event for influencers.
Sept. Step Up and Dance body paint on two dancers for Todrick Hall in Atlanta, GA.
Nat Geo Event at The Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills. Body painted two models. July 24, 2018
For Asher Entertainment.
Nat Geo Event in NYC, Two nights in two locations . Body painted four models with two assistants.
April 18th and 20th, 2018
For Asher Entertainment
Private Event in LA, CA . Body painted two models.
April 13th, 2018 For Asher Entertainment.
Museum of Latin American Art MOOLA. Day of the Dead event. Oct 2016
January 2015 Feature in Huf Magazine. Body Painted Ford model Daniel Duboy.
Oct. 2015 Painted model Rodiney Santiago at the Shop LASC in West Hollywood at a live event during the Weho Halloween festival. Client: European Body Art.
Oct 2015. Joint project with pop star Selena Gomez and Instagram itself which was shared by both and many other sites. Body painted a model and Selena joined in the fun.
Oct. 2014 Ted 2. Two day body painting.
2014 VMAs. Featured dancer for Beyonce. That dancer begins Beyonce’s segment resting in her lap.
Sponsored artist of MAC Cosmetics at The World Bodypaint Festival in Portscache, Austria. July 2014
June 2014 Cover plus eight page spread in Numero Magazine of my body painting on supermodel and face of Estee Lauder Constance Jablonski.
SyFy Network. I was one of five body paint experts profiled in a one hour special titled “Naked and Painted.” July 2013.
AT&T Commercial #bethefan starring Eric Stonestreet from Modern family. Painted a football fan to look like a tiger. September 2013.
Sami Beigi music video. Painted featured dancer. July 2013.
Guest artist on a mentoring panel for upcoming makeup artists for The Powder Group at The Makeup Show in LA. March 2, 2013.
Cover of NEXT Magazine February 2013 featuring my body paint and photography.
Painted Tennis star Jan-Michael Gambill with a large HIV awareness ribbon across his torso and the final photograph was given to his good friend Elton John. That photo appeared in Jan-Michael’s home town newspaper, The Spokeman Review in Spokane, WA. 2012 There were two looks from this shoot we did and both photos are currently in Elton John’s art archives.
Paint By Number. Six city travelling body painting event I did with MAC Cosmetics. My original artwork was used for the: flyer, backdrop, and body paint design. This project took me to: NYC, LA, Chicago, Vancouver,Toronto, and Miami.
Chroma Coalition August 2012. One of six featured body painters in LA, CA.
IMATS Makeup featured in August 2012 issue of Make-Up Artist Magazine.
July 2012, Part of a team of body painters who painted Chris Brown’s backup dancers at the BET Awards in LA, CA. Lead artist: Tyson Fountaine.
LA IMATS. International Makeup Artist Trade Show. Two days body painting my original designs for MAC Cosmetics. June 2012.
Painted Mariah Carey’s 8 month pregnant belly for Life&Style Magazine. April 2012.
On Makeup Magazine. 6 page profile of my anime body paint. July 2011.
A majority of my body paint work is privately commissioned (a lot like my mural and portrait work.) A large number are: maternity and couples as well as for private individuals.