PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior Digital Matte Painter and Environment Artist with over 15 years of experience creating photorealistic and stylized environments for feature animation and visual effects. Rooted in a strong traditional art foundation, I specialize in composition, color, lighting, atmospheric design, and visual storytelling to create immersive cinematic worlds. Passionate about visual development and collaborating with artists and creative leadership to refine artistic vision and elevate visual quality.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Matte Painter — Icon Creative Studio

Vancouver, BC | 2025—2026

• Designed and created stylized digital matte paintings, environment extensions, and production-ready assets for multiple animated feature productions.

Senior Matte Painter — Crafty Apes VFX

Vancouver, BC | 2022

• Created photo-real matte paintings for Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves, Spirited, and Lou.

Senior Matte Painter — Animal Logic

Vancouver, BC | 2021

• Created stylized digital matte paintings and environments for DC League of Super-Pets.

Senior Matte Painter — Sony Pictures Imageworks

Vancouver, BC | 2015—2020

• Key Digital Matte Painter on multiple feature animation productions, including the Golden Globe- and Academy Award-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Matte Painter | Environment Artist — Atomic Fiction

Montreal, Quebec | 2014—2015

• Created digital matte paintings and environment work for Robert Zemeckis’ feature film The Walk.

Digital Matte Painter | Environment Artist — MPC

Vancouver, BC | 2013

• Created digital environments and matte paintings for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Maleficent.

Matte Painter | Environment Artist — Spin VFX

Toronto, Ontario | 2013

• Created matte paintings and seamless set extensions for The Borgias.

Senior Matte Painter — Image Engine Design

Vancouver, BC | 2012

• Created digital matte paintings and visual effects environments for the film R.I.P.D.

Matte Painter | Texture Artist — Aardman Animations

Bristol, United Kingdom | 2011—2012

• Created matte paintings, CG textures and marketing stills for The Pirates! Band of Misfits.

Matte Painter | Concept Artist — ImageMovers Digital

San Rafael, California, U.S. | 2008—2009

• Created matte paintings and concept artwork for Disney’s A Christmas Carol and Mars Needs Moms.

EDUCATION

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA | 2007—2008

Master of Fine Arts Program
Animation and Visual Effects — Digital Matte Painting

Digital Matte Painting Mentorship

San Rafael, CA | 2004—2006

Independent Mentorship
Digital Matte Painting and traditional painting under guidance of industry veterans

The State University of New York at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY | 1995—1999

Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude
Faculty of Arts and Letters Award for academic excellence

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

VISUAL DEVELOPMENT & ART DIRECTION

Digital Matte Painting • Environment Design • Visual Development • World Building • Set Extensions • Digital Environments • Composition • Lighting • Atmospheric Design • Atmospheric & Linear Perspective • Concept Paintovers • Color Theory • Art Direction Collaboration • Cross-Department Collaboration

WORKFLOWS

Camera Projection Setups • Camera Matching • Multi-plane Compositing • Environment Integration • Sequence Level Sky Domes • Texture Painting • UV Mapping • Lighting Integration • Photography & Lens Experience • Color-managed DMP workflows • LOG-to-Scene-Linear Color Management • DMP Plate Preparation & Overscan • Layered DMP • Photoshop/Nuke integration • Camera & Color-space Pipelines

SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGY

Adobe Photoshop • Foundry Nuke • Autodesk Maya • Terragen • Unreal Engine • Blender • Houdini • USD Workflows • OpenColorIO (OCIO) • ACES Color Management • AI-Assisted Workflows • Real-Time Workflows • macOS • Windows • Linux • Autodesk ShotGrid • Teradici Remote Production