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I am an experienced freelance scenic artist/carpenter, bringing seven years of hands-on experience in the creative industry. I am comfortable working as both a painter and carpenter, and I have been employed by art fabrication and events companies, as well as roles in interior design and fine art installation. I thrive on big builds and installations, combining practical making with creative vision. My skills span project management, team leadership, environmental texturing, paint spraying, sculpture, and carpentry, and I enjoy collaborating with teams to deliver engaging, safe, and high-quality scenic environments.…I am an experienced freelance scenic artist/carpenter, bringing seven years of hands-on experience in the creative industry. I am comfortable working as both a painter and carpenter, and I have been employed by art fabrication and events companies, as well as roles in interior design and fine art installation. I thrive on big builds and installations, combining practical making with creative vision. My skills span project management, team leadership, environmental texturing, paint spraying, sculpture, and carpentry, and I enjoy collaborating with teams to deliver engaging, safe, and high-quality scenic environments.

Paul Murphy

Production Manager, Production Designer, Artist, +2

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I am an experienced freelance scenic artist/carpenter, bringing seven years of hands-on experience in the creative industry. I am comfortable working as both a painter and carpenter, and I have been employed by art fabrication and events companies, as well as roles in interior design and fine art installation. I thrive on big builds and installations, combining practical making with creative vision. My skills span project management, team leadership, environmental texturing, paint spraying, sculpture, and carpentry, and I enjoy collaborating with teams to deliver engaging, safe, and high-quality scenic environments.…I am an experienced freelance scenic artist/carpenter, bringing seven years of hands-on experience in the creative industry. I am comfortable working as both a painter and carpenter, and I have been employed by art fabrication and events companies, as well as roles in interior design and fine art installation. I thrive on big builds and installations, combining practical making with creative vision. My skills span project management, team leadership, environmental texturing, paint spraying, sculpture, and carpentry, and I enjoy collaborating with teams to deliver engaging, safe, and high-quality scenic environments.

Available to hire

I am an experienced freelance scenic artist/carpenter, bringing seven years of hands-on experience in the creative industry. I am comfortable working as both a painter and carpenter, and I have been employed by art fabrication and events companies, as well as roles in interior design and fine art installation.

I thrive on big builds and installations, combining practical making with creative vision. My skills span project management, team leadership, environmental texturing, paint spraying, sculpture, and carpentry, and I enjoy collaborating with teams to deliver engaging, safe, and high-quality scenic environments.

Skills

Set Design

Artwork

Illustration

Experience Level

Set Design

Expert

Artwork

Intermediate

Illustration

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Lead Scenic Charge Hand at Event Concept

January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023

Supervisor/ Workshop coordinator, Health and safety officer, Painter and Carpenter.

Scenic Artist at Richard Olivieri

January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021

Worked on Coldplay, Higher Power video; Lead Painter.

Building Restoration at DBR

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021

Mortar repair, re-pointing and shelter coating for St Peters Church, Brighton.

Scenic Artist/Carpenter at Blackfriars

January 1, 2019 - Present

Standby carpenter, global conference for media freedom, World Class 2019; Bar construction and painting; The NATO leaders Meeting; Carpenter, Painter and set dresser.

Painter/Scenic at Scena, East Croydon

January 1, 2017 - Present

Painter/scenic duties for various productions including Star Wars Premier, Battle of Britain, Walking with Dinosaurs; MWC Barcelona, Google Android; Joseph, Andrew Lloyd Webber, London Palladium.

Scenic Artist/Carpenter - Production management - Set painter/Carpenter at Craftwork Projects, Brighton

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2017

Production management and set painting/carpentry for film and TV documentaries; titles awaiting release; BBC Beatles documentary (aired June 2017).

Head of Painting at MDM Props, London

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2017

Head painter on a number of projects; produced scale Berlin model; oversaw a team of 10-15 painters; 20ft fibreglass sculpture installed at Smithsonian (Black History Month, 2016).

Scenic Artist/Carpenter at True Staging, Billericay

January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2016

Set builder/painter for large-scale catwalks and interior designs/installations; logistics planning, stock management.