In Las Vegas the tendency might be to look up at all the bright lights. But if that’s all you do, you’re likely to miss some exceptional magic right under your feet. In the glitzy theme world of Las Vegas, concrete is everywhere.
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Read about outstanding and talented men and women who make the decorative concrete industry what it is today.
Concrete Entrepreneur Founds Three Businesses
A decade after he entered the concrete industry as an installer, Keefe Duhon is owner/president of three separate and successful companies based in New Iberia, Louisiana.
Color Sets Alabama Concrete Artisan Apart From Peers
You might say Jeremy Bayliss, owner of DelRailey Designs in Dothan, Alabama, is a colorful man. Literally. Out of all the decorative concrete services he offers to customers, he says, “Color sets me apart from everything else.”
Artisan Jesse Escalera Creates Concrete Masterpieces
For a guy who started from the bottom up, Jesse Escalera has managed to make a name for himself over the years through his backyard masterpieces.
Get to know Joshua Annis of Joshua James Artistry
With a passion for art and a love of sculpting, painting and pottery, Joshua Annis had the opportunity of a lifetime presented to him at a young age and at a time when he had no direction in his life and then along came concrete.
Vertical Carving Artist Creates Themed Spaces
Being in the construction industry his whole life, Dion Battles made the unsurprising leap to decorative concrete, specifically the vertical carving and theming part of the industry, after the nationwide recession hit the residential building industry hard in 2007.
Growing Up in the Concrete Business
Dan Lynch, a concrete artisan known for his concrete floors that look like wood, grew up in Southern Louisiana, near New Orleans, with five sisters, three brothers and a father who did concrete work. In his N’awlins drawl, Lynch says he’s “53 years young,” and he’s the only one of his siblings who still does concrete work.
Concrete Artisan in Arizona Works his Magic with Metallics
Jon Kopp of Quality Epoxy LLC in Gilbert, Arizona, got into metallic systems strictly by accident. And now, after 20 years in business, he wouldn’t change anything.
Dana Boyer, ConcretiZen: Turning Art Into Concrete Profit
Boyer is the owner of ConcretiZen, based in Apache Junction, Ariz. She does it all — art pieces, driveways, pool decks, countertops, floors. She takes residential and commercial jobs, coloring, texturing, stamping, polishing, sandblasting or engraving concrete.
Taking a Chance on Concrete Staining, Gaye Goodman, Faux Real LLC
Longtime artist and acid stain master Gaye Goodman, 66, wasn’t always a guru of colored concrete.
She spent the early part of her career creating batiks and abstract paintings. Forms found in nature often served as her inspiration. She finally landed in the decorative concrete industry and truly blossomed.
