Resume

Skills

• Beauty, fantasy, and body/face painting makeups. Character makeups, aging, wound, and blood effects using makeup materials.  Armatures and human/creature characters using various types of clay. 
• Make various types of molds using HydroCal, Ultra Cal 30, silicone, fiberglass, and bondo resin.  Create hair pieces using the techniques on hand laying, punching, and ventilating. 
• Create makeup prosthetics using latex, foam latex, gelatin, and silicone. Prosthetic application.  Create realistic wearable dentures and prosthetic eyes.  Create lifecasts of the face and body.  Create props and set pieces using kit bashing, foam carving, vacuuming, and fabricating. 
• Render digital sculptures in ZBrush. 
• Produce latex masks or display heads.

Education

• Douglas Education Center, Monessen, PA — Associate in Specialized Business Degree -Tom Savini's Special Make-Up Effects Program   June 2022 - February 2024
• Laurel Business Institute, Uniontown, PA — Associate in Specialized Business Degree with a focus in Business Administration     Sept. 2006- Jan. 2009

Work Experience

Wash. Co. Sheriff’s Office - Washington, PA  Makeup Artist      Sept. - October 2023

Jack Hughes Productions - Grove City, PA   Special Effects Artist      July 2023

Jack Hughes Productions/Hillview Manor -  New Castle, PA   Makeup Artist     June 2023

Douglas Education Center - Monessen, PA    Administration Work Study 

Short Film: 48 Hour Film Project - Mother’s Dying Wish - Duquesne, PA  Special Makeup Effects Artist    Oct. 2022  

His Place Coffee - Monessen, PA   Face Painter      Sep.  2022 to Feb. 2024

Fright Farm - Smithfield, PA  Makeup Artist/Haunt Actor     Sep.  2021  to Oct. 2021  * Award - Most Versatile Actor