C A R O L I N E S H E L L E Y
SCENIC ARTIST / PAINTER | SET DEC / PROPS PAINTER
PROFILE
Experienced scenic artist / painter & creative, with over 15 years experience. An established history of working in the entertainment & fashion industries. Painting scenery primarily for large scale TV, Film, Theatre: West End, national &international tours and designer retail window & interior displays. Skilled in painting techniques for hard & soft scenery, murals and creating high quality effects. Regularly working in workshops and on location / site, in different teams & independently. Experience leading sections of larger projects and managing less experienced painters. Extensive knowledge of production & administration processes. Proficiency in meeting short deadlines, proactive & adaptable.
Passionate about creating convincing environments, whether realistic or fantastical.
Looking to do more Film and HETV work.
SKILLS
Techniques: research, interpreting (models / designs / CAD drawings / reference images), translating (scaling and drawing up), colour mixing, preparing (filling, sanding, priming), Trompe L’Oeil, spraying, texturing (tool application & hopper), basic polycarving (including hot wire), faux finishes (wood graining, marbling, stone, concrete, brick, metal, iron, gold, silver, brass, copper), wood staining, lettering, wallpaper painting, tapestry painting, stenciling, aging and distressing, lining in, finishes (matt, silk-matt, silk, satin, gloss, traffic).
Materials: velour / gauze / canvas (softs / cloths), woods, metals, plastics, polystyrene, fillers, texture (Idendun, Jesmonite, rubber crumb, polyfibres, vermiculite, sand, sawdust, artex, one coat plaster).
Paints: Oil & water based. Scenic (Rosco, Bristol, Flints, Mylands, Hato), emulsion, dyes, metallic, fluorescent, invisible UV, UV, fabric, plastic, wood stains, waxes. Shellac, meths, button polish. Glazes & varnishes. Spray Paints.
Paints: Oil & water based. 1K paints & thinners. Scenic (Rosco, Bristol, Flints, Mylands, Hato), emulsion, dyes, metallic, fluorescent, invisible UV, UV, fabric, plastic, wood stains, waxes. Shellac, meths, button polish. Glazes & varnishes. Spray Paints.
Equipment: OWN: spray guns, mini spray gun, brushes, drawing equipment, basic texture tools, grainers, PPE USE: hopper, textured rollers, hand tools
Digital: Apple Mac & Windows PC. Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, basic html coding. Social media presence, websites (portfolio & ecommerce store) & blog.
SCREEN (Film / TV / Music Video)
The Buccaneers [Season 1] (AppleTV+), The Forge Entertainment - G1 Scenery
Scenic Painter
September - December 2022
Worzel Gummidge [Season 1 Ep. 1] (BBC / Leopard Pictures), Footprint Scenery
Scenic Painter (Dailies)
June 2019
Don’t Turn Out The Light (Tom Fletcher), TMF Productions
Art Director
March - April 2019
Time Crashers [Season 1 Ep.3] (Channel 4 / Wall 2 Wall), Helen Atherton
Scenic Painter (Dailies)
April 2015
Lee Kern’s Celebrity Bedlam (E4 / Objective Productions), Erin Moore
Props Painter
2012
The Fast Show: Faster (BBC2 / Fosters Funny), CINECO
Scenic Painter
April 2011
The Legend of Dick and Dom (BBC), Helen Atherton
Scenic Painter (Dailies)
2009
DISPLAY & OTHER (Display / Mural / Theming)
Wimbledon 2022 (Bond St.), Ralph Lauren
Scenic Artist
June 2022 Window DISPLAY
Black Mirror Labyrinth (Thorpe Park), Freemont Baxter
Scenic Artist
March 2020 THEMING
Dynamic Forms (Schroders, City of London), Hugo Dalton
Scenic Painter
2019 MURAL
Entrance Mural (Shaftesbury Avenue), Happy Entertainment
Artist
2018 MURAL
Various Schemes (Bond St. - London / Glasgow / Europe), Ralph Lauren
Scenic Artist
August 2009 – November 2018 Window & Interior DISPLAY
Love Story Collection (Print / Online), NEXT (Erin Moore)
Scenic Artist
2015 ADVERTISEMENT
Blood Swept Lands & Seas of Red (Tower of London), Historic Royal Palace
Poppy Planter Designer: Paul Cummins / Tom Piper
2014 INSTALLATION (Sculpture)
Bally (Harrods, Knightsbridge), Millington Associates
Scenic Artist
2013 Window DISPLAY
Theatre Window (Knightsbridge, London), Egg
Scenic Artist
2011 Window DISPLAY
P4P (Party 4 Patrick), Patrick Evans Foundation
Scenic Artist
2010 EVENT
Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Wimbledon, London), Ricards Lodge High School
Scenic Artist
2009 EDUCATION
The Grinch (UK Schools Tour), Bigfoot Theatre Company
Scenic Artist
2008 EDUCATION
Giraffe Restaurant Sculpture (Giraffe - Heathrow T5),
Scenic Artist
2007 DISPLAY
Stolichnaya Vodka Party (Shepards Bush Empire), Objective Construction
Scenic Artist
2007 EVENT
STAGE (Theatre / Live / Immersive Experience)
Snow White (Wolverhampton Grand), Wolverhampton Grand
Scenic Artist MI Workshops
2023
Nickelodeon The Experience (The Luna Cinema), U.K. Tour
Scenic Artist Illusion Design and Construct
2022
Dirty Dancing (Secret Cinema), Gunnersbury, London
Scenic Artist Illusion Design and Construct
2022
Girl on an Altar, Kiln Theatre, London
Scenic Artist Illusion Design and Construct
2022
Peaky Blinders The Rise (Immersive Everywhere), Camden
Scenic Artist Illusion Design and Construct
2022
Rusalka (English National Opera), London Coliseum
Scenic Artist Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
2020
The Comedy of Errors (RSC 2021), S-U-A / U.K. Tour / Barbican
Scenic Artist Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
2020
The Winter’s Tale (BBC 2021), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, S-U-A
Scenic Artist Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
2020
The Whip (RSC), Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Scenic Artist Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
2020
Fairview (Young Vic), Young Vic, London
Scenic Artist Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
2019
As You Like It / Taming of the Shrew / Barbican + U.K. Tour
Measure for Measure (RSC),
Scenic Artist Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
2019 - 2020
The Boy In The Dress (RSC), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, S-U-A
Scenic Artist Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
2019 - 2020
Cinderella (English National Ballet), U.K. Tour
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2018
Jellyfish (National Theatre), Dorfman Theatre
Scenic Artist Footprint Scenery
2019
Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, London Palladium
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2019
On Your Feet, Curve Leicester / London Coliseum / U.K. Tour
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2019
Amelie The Musical, Watermill Theatre / U.K. Tour
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2019
The King and I (Lincoln Center), U.K. Tour
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2019
War Horse (National Theatre), International Tour
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2019
Annie, UK Tour
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2019
White Christmas, Curve Leicester (2018) / Dominion Theatre (2021)
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2018
War Horse (National Theatre), Lyttelton Theatre & UK Tour
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2018
Nativity! The Musical, Eventim Apollo & U.K. Tour
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2018
Motown The Musical, U.K. Tour
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2018
Benidorm Live, U.K. Tour
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2018
The Importance of Being Earnest, Vaudeville Theatre
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2018
Me and My Girl, Chichester Festival Theatre
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2018
The King and I (Lincoln Center), London Palladium
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2018
An Ideal Husband, Vaudeville Theatre, London
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2018
An Officer and a Gentleman, U.K. Tour
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2018
Frozen, Theatre Royal Haymarket
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2018
Peppa Pig Live, Singapore
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2018
Lady Windermere’s Fan, Vaudeville Theatre
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2017
A Woman of No Importance, Vaudeville Theatre
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2017
Evita, Johannesburg, South Africa / Australia
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2017
Beautiful, U.K. Tour
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2017
42ND Street, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2016 - 2017
The Bodyguard, U.S. Tour
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2016
Sister Act, U.K. Tour
Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery
2016
Mack and Mabel, Chichester Festival Theatre
Scenic Artist TR2
2015
The Drowned Man, Temple Studios, Paddington
Scenic Artist Punchdrunk
2013
Applause (LSMT), Bridewell Theatre
Scenic Artist London School of Musical Theatre
2013
The Seagull (Headlong), Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
Scenic Artist Headlong
2013
Newspaper Boy and Origami Girl, Theatre Peckham
Scenic Artist Theatre Peckham
2012
Carnival (LSMT), Bridewell Theatre
Scenic Artist London School of Musical Theatre
2012
Oliver (SAMS), Stamford Corn Exchange, Lincolnshire
Scenic Artist Stamford Amateur Musical Society
2012
Aladdin, Cinderella, Peter Pan (10 Pantomimes), Various
Scenic Artist Polka Dot Pantomimes
2012
Electra, Gate Theatre, London
Scenic Artist Gate Theatre
2011
Various Pantomimes, Various
Scenic Artist Polka Dot Pantomimes
2011
Various Productions (40 Shows), Loch Sheldrake, NY, USA
Scenic Artist Stage Door Manor
2011
Explosion of a Memory (BA DATE), Studio 1, RCSSD
Scenic Artist Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
2010
Money (Shunt), Bermondsey Street, London
Scenic Artist Shunt
2009
Crimes of the Heart, Union Theatre, London
Scenic Artist JRAFF Productions
2009
HMS Pinafore, U.K. Tour
Scenic Artist Carl Rosa Opera
2009
Caesar, Studio Theatre, The Broadway, London
Scenic Artist The Broadway Studio Theatre
2009
Private Peaceful, U.K. Tour
Scenic Artist Scamp Theatre
2009
Babes In The Wood (PLOS), Putney Arts Theatre, London
Scenic Artist Putney Light Operatic Society
2008
Cinderella, Rhodes Arts Complex, Bishops Stortford
Scenic Artist Rhodes Arts Complex
2008
The Night Before Christmas, Rose Theatre, Kingston
Scenic Artist Object Construction
2008
I Am Falling, Sadler's Wells / The Gate Theatre, London
Scenic Artist Gate Theatre
2008
My Best Friend, The Courtyard Theatre, London
Scenic Artist Downstageleft
2008
Kafka's Dick, Watford Palace Theatre
Scenic Artist Watford Palace Theatre
2008
The Flying Machine, Unicorn Theatre, London
Scenic Artist Unicorn Theatre
2008
State Fair, Arts Ed, Chiswick, London
Scenic Artist Arts Educational Schools
2007
The Masque of the Red Death, Battersea Arts Centre (BAC)
Scenic Artist Punchdrunk
2007
Private Peaceful, U.K. Tour
Scenic Artist Scamp Theatre
2007
The Lesson, Arcola Theatre, Dalston, London
Scenic Artist Arcola Theatre
2007
Aladdin, Queens Theatre, Hornchurch
Scenic Artist Hewitt Performing Arts
2007
KEY APPOINTMENTS
Scenic Painter G1 Scenery Freelance September 2022 – December 2022 (4 Months)
Scenic Artist (Grade 2/3) Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) Full Time (Fixed Term) August 2019 – February 2020 (6 Months)
Senior Scenic Artist Rocket Scenery Freelance (Recurring) July 2016 – August 2019 (3 Years 1 Month)
Scenic Artist Ralph Lauren Freelance (Recurring) August 2009 – November 2018 (9 Years 4 Months)
Office Assistant Almeida Theatre Part Time (Internship) April – September 2014 (6 Months)
Scenic Artist / Counselor Stagedoor Manor (NY, USA) Full Time (Fixed Term) June – August 2011 (3 Months)
TRAINING EDUCATION
Props Painting (Makinarium - Pinewood) September 2023 MA Arts Administration & Cultural Policy (PASS with DISTINCTION)
MEWPS (TAL Card) December 2019 Goldsmiths, University of London 2014
Abrasive Wheels (Safe Use) December 2019
Harness Awareness April 2019 BA (Hons) Theatre Practice: Scenic Art (2:1)
Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, University of London 2008
REFERENCES
Kirsty Glover Head of Department Scenic Painter G1 Scenery Contact details on request
Rebecca Ashley Head of Scenic Art Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) Contact details on request
Fernando Vasquez Production Manager Ralph Lauren Contact details on request