Hollywood Backlots


We had paint crews in several locations in Detroit while working on the movie, 8 Mile staring Eminem. During the time the Detroit Stamping Plant was being prepped for filming, I was working in a trailer park located on 8 Mile Road, which was the dividing line of the have’s from the have-nots. One of my co-workers […]

Laundry


I had been drawing movie and television sets, props and people for the Hollywood Backlots since 1977. However, it wasn’t until September 2001 when I did my first watercolor painting. I remember the date well because I was to have taken a flight out of Los Angeles destined for Detroit in mid September of 2001. I was […]