Whimsical Fantasy
Mural
I recently had a
request to create “something” for a picnic bench. Ah- a blank canvas. Joy!!! Seeing a chance to leave the norm of requests,
I pounced on it. The first challenge was getting the surface to a paintable
stage. The bench was made of extremely rough wood. With a bit of sanding, surface
fill, more sanding, and priming it was eventually ready. Next up was to hone
down a flurry of ideas. Often the ideas come so fast and furious it can take
days to whittle them down into something that makes sense. In this case, perhaps
making unreal sense is more like it. The mural piece is a whimsical fantasy of
artistic joy. A combination of happy things- water, animals, art brushes,
crayons, drawing paper, paint, paint spatter, bubbles, and candy. Makes sense,
right? When completed the entire piece from top to sides received a coat of
Sherwin Williams Anti-graffiti clear top- coat. The anti-graffiti coating is
akin to painting with a liquid plastic. It repels everything- water, dirt and
grime, paint, and even spray paint. (Thus, anti-graffiti). Here’s a tour around this extremely fun,
definitely unique, one of a kind mural painted picnic bench:
The table top : A roll of painters butcher paper was the inspiration for the "peel back" revealing a boy and his dog swimming up from a watering hole.
A view pulling up, you can see the seat portion of the picnic bench. Have to admit, it's loads of fun when you swoosh and splatter paint around randomly:
Close- up of the boy and dog:
Close-up of paint pots:
The paint tube appears to ooze down the side of the table:
My sweet little gerbil, Cream Puff, lives on in this mural holding one of my favorite objects- a Crayola Crayon :
The brilliant clear color of candy is a total delight:
Love the side angle view of the paint brushes in water:
My parakeet, Patches, served as the inspiration and model for this adorable bird :
To have your own unique mural created for walls or furniture, contact me at Swan Studios Inc
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