Creative Artistry & FX - Suzanne Patterson

Suzanne Patterson, of Creative Artistry & FX, is a (team) Emmy Award* winning makeup artist, and special makeup effects artist. Primarily serving the Washington, DC, Virginia, and Maryland region, Suzanne is regarded as a national expert on (HD) High Definition Makeup and a sought after HD makeup artist for television and video productions. Her makeup and hair grooming expertise frequently serves National Politicians, corporate executives, and famous personalities in and around the nation's Capital.

Suzanne also conducts makeup training workshops that are focused on the technology and technique of makeup for High Definition work, and special effects makeup. She is a nationally recognized airbrush makeup artist and authority, and her airbrush makeup classes are highly regarded among students who attend from around the world.

With a strong background in cosmetic chemistry she has been a product development consultant for several cosmetic companies, including creating several innovative products for HDTV makeup and special makeup effects use. These products are featured in her internet store, PaintandPowderstore.com that supplies the makeup industry as well as the general public.

Suzanne has worked with and designed makeup for some of Hollywood's biggest stars such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Magic Johnson, Tim Allen, Charlie Sheen, Queen Latifah, and other numerous celebrities, professional athletes, and high profile clients. Her company, Creative Artistry & FX, provides an extensive range of professional makeup services, special makeup effects, and hair styling for film, television and print.

Her decades of experience include movies, television series and specials, documentaries, national commercials and ad campaigns, and network televised sports. Various productions in which she has been the makeup department head have won multiple major industry awards, such as the Emmy, Telly, Cine Eagle, Aegis, Omni Intermedia, and International Davey Awards.

She recently produced and directed the acclaimed video, "Heroes Hail and Welcome", and in which she personally received the Telly Award, the Aegis Award, and the Aurora Award for the production.

Suzanne is a veteran magazine feature article author, and her previous editorial experience includes Associate Editor of 1st Hold Magazine, Airbrush Editor of Face Painting International Magazine, and West Coast Contributing Editor for FilmCrew Magazine.

*Team Emmy, National Capital Region

A Partial Listing of Recent Clients:

Network and Cable Television Production:

NBC Sports (various series and specials)
NBC-4 Washington DC Bureau (various news promos)
ABC Network (various series and specials)
WJLA-ABC Washington DC Bureau (various commercials, promos, and series)
CBS Network (various sports programs and specials)
PBS Network (various series and specials)
Turner Broadcasting Network (series)
HGTV Network (series)
USA Network (series)
TV Land Network (various specials)
Fox Network (various sports series and specials)
The History Channel (various series and specials)
Arts and Entertainment Channel (various specials)
The Travel Channel (series)
Discovery Channel (series)
ESPN (various specials)
Fox Sports Channel (various series)
National Geographic Television (various specials)
NHK Japan Broadcasting (television special)
Speed TV (series)
The Weather Channel

Commercials, Film and Video Clients:

686 Production Group, Tel-Aviv, Israel
National Basketball Association (NBA)
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Dominion Power Company
Eagle Outfitters
United Parcel Service
Banana Republic Clothing Stores
American Diabetes Association
American Red Cross Association
McDonald’s
Safeway Grocery Stores
Merchant’s Tire and Auto Stores
Coca Cola
Allegheny Power Company
QWest
Ritz Cameras
NCAA Atlantic Coast Conference
Howard University Hospital
Sheehy Auto Stores
NOVEC Power Company
INOVA Health Systems
Sprint / Nextel
University of Maryland
American Cancer Society
Riggs Bank
George Mason University
Hill Crest Laboratories
Wachovia Bank
Ernst & Young
BB&T Bank
Denise Austin Book and Media Tour
Geico ("caveman" commercial franchise)
Homes.com (commercial ad campaign)
WebMD
Johnson & Johnson
The Motley Fool (commercial ad campaign)

Government / Military / Industrial Film and Video Clients:

US Department of Defense
US Department of State
US Department of Treasury
US Department of Agriculture
US Department of Commerce
US Department of Energy
US Department of Education
US Citizenship and Immigration Services
US Post Office
National Association of Letter Carriers
Office of the United States Courts
Office of the Inspector General
District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department
Army National Guard
United States Army
United States Air Force
United States Navy
United States Coast Guard
United States Pentagon Police
Army Knowledge Online (AKO)
Lockheed Martin
Northrup Grumman
Global TeleSystems
Intelsat Satellite Systems
Saab Aircraft
Booz / Allen / Hamilton
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Symantec
AVAYA Telecommunications Systems
Political and Historical Film, Video and Print:

Numerous US Senatorial and Congressional election campaigns
Numerous Virginia, DC, and Maryland State Senate election campaigns
Numerous Past & Current Presidential Cabinet Members
Media Research Counsel
Mercatus Center for Law
Heritage Center
George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens (Mount Vernon Ladies Association)
Monticello/The Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Center for American Studies

Commercial Print:

The Arizona Republic
The Washington Post
Sports Illustrated
First for Women Magazine
Prevention Magazine
People Magazine
MBNA Bank
Baseball Weekly
Spotlight for Health Magazine
City of Cincinnati Tourism Association
Keppler Associates Annual Corporate Catalog
INOVA Health Association Ad Campaigns
Entertainment Weekly Magazine
Independence Airlines
US Airways
Banana Republic Clothing Stores
Colgan Air
Continental Airlines
United Airlines
KSI Regional Print Campaign
Discovery Channel Corporate Campaign
Animal Planet Executive Campaign
Ernst & Young Executive Campaign
CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) Executive Campaign
Sprint/Nextel CEO Photo Shoot for Magazine Cover
American Society of Plastic Surgeons Medical Tourism Campaign
Dominion Power Company Print Campaign
Homes.com Print Campaign

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Suzanne Patterson (Professional Makeup Artist) is a Virginia makeup artist who works primarily in the Washington, DC, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and North Carolina regional markets, as well as other National makeup artist markets. Suzanne provides exceptional makeup artistry for clients who want the very best in professional makeup application for their project or production. Suzanne's skills include airbrush makeup application, hand applied makeup, hair styling, wardrobe styling, and special makeup effects (FX) for advertising, entertainment, and commercial productions in video, print, film, photography, televsion, live broadcast, and stage. As a Team Emmy Award winning artist with over 30 years experience, Suzanne Patterson also teaches and instructs aspiring and professional makeup artists in makeup artistry fundamentals and advanced makeup techniques, airbrush makeup, color and light theory as related to makeup. Suzanne offers information about makeup products and gives recommendations and advice on products for professional and personal use on her Recommendations page, helping with guidance and advice to all makeup artists working in many makeup artistry venues worldwide. Her makeup, special makeup effects, wardrobe styling and hair styling resume and client list is extensive, including all major television and cable networks, magazine and print publications. She has worked with many major political and corporate high profile clients and celebrities as well as many entertainment celebrities both local and national. Suzanne Patterson of Creative Artistry & FX, professional makeup artist, airbrush artist, hair stylist, wardrobe stylist, special effects (FX) makeup artist, airbrush instructor tteacher, writer.