Mark Holthusen

Mary Kathryn Nagle’s story illuminates the tragic consequences of commercial exploits, including the removal of Native American people and the attempted eradication of their culture, that gave rise to the America we know today. Securities trader Jane Snake is torn between worlds. Her return to Wall Street in 2008 brings her to Manahatta (“island of many hills” in Lenape), the homeland her Native American ancestors were violently forced to leave in the 1600s.

I had the pleasure of working with the SF agency Odysseus Arms to create this social campaign for Hotel Tonight.  Keep your eye out on Tinder, Grindr, Instagram and Facebook. .  

I created a short fashion film for M.PATMOS a NYC knitwear company.  The short is based on the crime spree of the barefoot bandit.   

2016 Posters for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

2016 Posters for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Off the Rails: posters for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2017

2016 Posters for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

2016 Posters for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Initial costume design sketches for the upcoming Tiger Lillies show, Poe: Imp of the Perverse.

Portraits of the worlds leading financial planners and accountants for the CFA institute.  

Portraits of the worlds leading financial planners and accountants for the CFA institute.  

Helena is dreading her sister’s wedding. The groom, Duarte, should have been hers. And she knows that her sister, Belmira, only wants to escape their quiet Brazilian town for an exciting new life in the city. But three days before the wedding, fishermen pull a mysterious stranger out of the river—a man with no past who offers both sisters an alluring, possibly dangerous future. In this world premiere, Amazon folklore and lyric storytelling blend into a heartrending tale of love, grudges, transformation . . . and the ever-present river, giving and taking away.

Working with Mekanism on this photo and video project with Playboy Playmate, Instagram and youtube star Amanda Cerny for Smith & Forge hard cider for their ads in the 2016 Sport Illustrated Swimsuit issue.