Faux Painting: Staying Neutral in a World of Controversy

This week has certainly been a swirl of controversy and banter over major issues. In case you were asleep all week, here’s what you missed:

* NASCAR weighs in on the banning of the Confederate flag: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/27/nascar-chairman-confederate-flag_n_7679300.html

*The Supreme court ruled constitutional rights for same sex marriage nationwidehttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html?_r=0

 

* Apple reversed its trial streaming royalties position , and will now pay royalties to the rights holders. Apple also then weighed in the Confederate flag issue  http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/06/27/this-week-on-appleinsider-apple-music-royalty-reversal-iphone-rumors-confederate-controversy-more

Whether you're burning the red-white -and blue of the  Confederacy or proudly waving the brilliant rainbow flag, sometimes you just want/need neutrals. Calming colors like taupe, beige, or cream. Perfect colors for the Mediterranean influence in our Southwest Florida interiors.

Here’s a glimpse of perfectly neutral ceilings and walls:

On the Ceiling:

On the Walls:

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Mural Painting & Fine Art: You’ve Got the Cutest Little Baby Face

Mural Painting & Fine Art: You’ve Got the Cutest Little Baby Face

Everyone who knows me, knows that I love children! They are truly a blessing from above. Everything is new and exciting for them. Through their eyes we see the world for the first time- again. And those cheeks- just want to squish them! So I’m always delighted when I’m asked to incorporate a child into a mural piece or illustration. The works have been as varied as the children themselves ….

                                      Meet Zak. As you can probably guess, Zak loves water sports:

A kids bath was turned in to a “pool bath” with the entire room appearing as if under water and the kids are painted swimming in the “pool”:

Two little brothers sharing a room are painted into the scenes that wrap all around their bedroom:

My nephew Joey is the central character in the children’s help book “Joey’s Magic Ears”

Children play Ring-around the Rosies in this pencil sketch created for a baby nursery:

Illustration in ink created for a Geography Chapter on the European continent:

I’ll forever cherish these drawings of my children as babies:

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Mural Creations: Ship Ahoy!

Mural Creations: Ship Ahoy!

Ahoy, matey! And welcome aboard! Traveling on the majestic seas to exotic places or letting the wind guide your way through a sun-dappled day is a fantasy for most and here in sunny Florida a reality we indulge in quite often.

Whatever you’re mode of waterway transport; you can enjoy it even on dry land if it’s painted into a mural. So lather on some sunscreen, slip on your sunshades, and grab a fishing pole… and let’s go to the boat show!

Close-up view of the customer’s boat " The Reyanne"  painted into a master bedroom beach scene mural:

You can almost feel the breeze as it carries the sails in this lanai mural:

It can soothe the soul to lie back on a sandy beach and view the boats in the distance:

The kids can splash around in the tub pretending to set sail and explore the world while viewing this ship painted for a children’s bathroom:

This child’s room definitely inspires the imagination with their own submarine bed and underwater room wrap mural:

View from within submarine bed looking out into the room :

Some ships carry a noble mission to protect our land. This ship is an excerpt from a military collage mural for the ROTC at East Lee County High School:

But beware! Where there are ships, there are pirates!

Painted for the Medieval Festival Knife throwing contest.

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Mural Painting: Everything's Just "Beachy"

Mural Painting: Everything’s Just “Beachy”

Sparkling blue skies, crashing waves, sun-kissed skin, and wiggling your toes in the sand…life is always perfect at the Beach! Everyone fantasizes of endless summer days, but there is the reality for most of work and responsibilities making it not always so easy get to that perfect escape. What to do? … Have your own private beach painted in your home. Enjoy your custom painted get-away while you lounge indoors or grab a cocktail, kick back on your lanai, and get lost in your mural created paradise.

A courtyard pool now nestles next to the beach :

This entry wall beach scene welcomes the owner home:

A colorful parrot joins in for cocktails in this lanai beach scene:

The homeowner's favorite scripture and bird is painted in to this master bedroom mural:

A beach scene sets the tone for relaxing in this dry bar niche:

A duo painted beach mural gives this thin entry hall expansion to the great outdoors:

You can dream of Hawaii as you drift asleep in this guest room beach scene:

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