Brandon Ross Productions

             Here is something I'm truly proud of.  The final cut of the music video portion of the short film "Old Man Cabbage" directed by my good friend Raymond Carr.  When Ray asked me to step up and Production Design, I had self doubts.  We knew what we wanted to see on film and what sort of tone the film would have.  But I worried right up till shoot day, if we could set and dress our primary location... The Goat Farm Art Center in Atlanta, GA.  A few days of amazing work by our art and production team turned an incredibly dusty and dirty old room into our nightclub/speak-easy.  A big thanks to my art dept. team, Blair Crimmins and the Hookers and to Raymond for giving us the opportunity to create something we're all proud of.  

       First, so much thanks to the Center for Puppetry Arts, Micheal Haverty and XPT (Experimental Puppet Theater) and my amazing collaborator, Julia Hill!          After being accepted into the 2011 XPT showcase as the only art installation, Julia and I teamed up once again to create our most ambitious and unique creature to date. Over 3 months of planning, sketching, and experimenting with materials, we knew we wanted to create something we'd never seen before. Through trial and error, inspiration and injury (fiberglass hurts!), "Picasso" the gorilla was born.       "Picasso" is almost entirely constructed of fiberglass rods and "kite" connectors.  His skin is a light-weight fabric that is attached "panel by panel" to each quadrant.  His legs hide jumping stilts, allowing the puppeteer to jump and run.  We fabricated custom arm stilts that lock your arms into a comfortable position transferring ...

        A truly special evening of Dali artwork, performances by Atlanta's amazing "fringe" art and music community, and a chance for me to work with Julia Hill and the OPA to once again create another beautiful puppet.  This time, we re-invented Flo the Flamingo.  She is a stilt puppet with "reins" to control her head.  The entire puppet body (including neck and head) is comfortably balanced on a shoulder harness, so the puppeteer can move the head around freely without tipping the weight.  A jacket, skirt and fake legs completed the picture and got a laugh out of everyone who saw her that night.  The stilts are basic wooden peg stilts that strap securely to any size foot and leg.  Construction time was about three consecutive days. That's Julia riding Flo and Leeah Cebulski on stilts to the right.  Feel free to check out all the photos and video on the Art Portfolio page.   

A recent commission, this impressionistic landscape was intended to have an "Italian" feel but reflect some of the Kiskel's ideas and wishes. The view of a distant farm house, nestled in the foot hills of mountains sounded wonderful to paint.  With the Kiskel's and pets in the foreground, it makes the " Kiskel Villa" dream, feel a little closer to coming true.  The painting is 5' X 4' in Acrylic.

Welcome to my Blog and Website.  Please take a look at my work and let me know what challenging and creative project you would like me to work on.   This will be a work in progress for a few months.  Thanks and Happy Holidays.