1. Thomas Carson thomascarsonmedia@gmail.com
900 Oak St. #10
San Francisco, CA 94117
415-595-4752
Employment
Zipaint Design, San Francisco, CA - Freelance Artist/Designer/Photographer, 2005-present
Created Fantasy Environments for “Imagine” New Year’s Eve Party Event for Powered By Lightning
Productions. Scenic Artist for Banana Republic Advertising Photo shoot. Production Artist with East
West Float Builders creating Floats for San Francisco Chinese New Year’s Parade. Portrait Photographer
for Cirque Du Soleil show “Kurios” in San Francisco. Decorative Painting and Interior Design for various
retail business and coffee shop interiors; Display Signage for various small business clients; Color
Consulting for paint, fabrics, and other material palettes for residential remodeling projects.
Norman Petersen Design, San Francisco, CA - Decorative Painter/ Project Assistant, 2002-05
Supervisor of Decorative Painting projects in the creative renovation of various properties in Noe Valley
and Protero Hill- featured in California Home+Design magazine and 7x7 Magazine.
Boomerang Club, San Francisco, CA - Sound/Lighting Technician, 1999-2001
Audio mixing full House P.A. system (Bi-amp/24 channel board + outboard effects) and Light Design for
live Rock and Jazz bands in a 300+ capacity nightclub environment.
Feature Film and Television Film Industry CA, NY, VA - Art Director/Set Dresser/Scenic Painter, 1989-
2000
Production work as Art Director, Propsman, Set Dresser, and Scenic Painter on various Feature Films and
Television Series including Angel Blue, A Woman Named Jackie, Deuce Coupe, Love Field, Blind Vision,
My Name is Bill W., Portrait of America, Nuts, Punch Line, The Equalizer, Playing For Keeps, Finnegan
Begin Again - among others
Education
M.F.A. Design-Photo/Film Virginia Commonwealth University
B.A. Fine Arts College of William and Mary