Sam Towler Art

The Red Canyon Ridge is an expansion proposal for the land of Frontierland (Disneyland) to occupy the areas of Big Thunder Ranch, the region where Cascade Peak once stood and the land that connects both areas, as well as Backstage area. The complex features a sprawling “dual adventure” E-Ticket attraction, the Red Canyon Ridge Railroad and a small “sub-land” known as the town of Red Canyon Ridge. Right,  a 1/240 scale model of the Red Canyon Ridge Complex. Everything is represented as if the complex was seen from the air. Big Thunder Mountain is represented as a drawing. Being that it is a concept model, not all the details such as Animatronic figures and props were included. Video  Brief overview of model, as "seen from the air" The Town The little western town of Red Canyon Ridge represents a typical mining town where storeowners and operators were optimistic about settling out west and the prospect of success (and maybe some gold). Unlike their colleague Big...

 Painted with acrylic and tempera UV  blacklight paint. Part of a group show "Blacklight Ultraviolet" at the dA gallery in Pomona June 2010. Approx.  26" X 16" X 10". Gatorboard, urethane foam, styrene, discarded tree branches. Mentioned in Inland Empire Weekly .

Concept art for a complete redo of the Disneyland Matterhorn Bobsleds attraction.  Adobe Photoshop 2009

Purpose of project: to create a 1/5 scale futuristic chair from the "23rd centrury". Foam, wire, enamel paint. Transforms into a stepladder. 3.5" X 4.5" X 6" "Chair mode" (The image below is an animated gif; it may take a moment to load) "Stepladder mode"

Purpose of project: Take an existing object and duplicate it 10 times larger (or in this case, 8 times smaller). styrene, wire, photo-paper, sentra, miniature fluorescent bulb. 1/8 scale 4.5" X 5" X 9"   Model vending machine, left, real vending machine (Fullerton College), right  (The image below is an animated gif; it may take a moment to load)

Purpose of Project: Create an object with a volume measuring 1 cubic foot using any kind of line element (wire, pipe-cleaners, string) 24" X 6" X 6" Bailing/Tie wire (The image below is an animated gif; it may take a moment to load)

Purpose of Project: Create five sculptures that show the steps of transformation of a living object to a non-living object or vise-versa. Sculpey, enamel paint, styrene and plywood (bases) Each sculpture approx. 6.5" X 5" X 2" 2009 (This image below is an animated gif; it may take a moment to load)