Happy National Mother Ocean Day

Happy National Mother Ocean Day

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Cats by Swan Studios Inc.

Cats from my custom mural works and book illustrations

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May the 4th be With You !

 

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Happy Earth Day

Happy Earth Day

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Happy Easter

Happy Easter !

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Palm Frond Entry

Palm Frond Entry

If you live in SW Florida, most likely you have a love for palm trees. I sure do. And thankfully, my customers love them too. The palm tree and palm frond motifs are a highly requested item to have painted both indoors and outdoors.

Here’s fun recent motif of the Fan Palm panted to dance across the walls of a condo entry way:

For this mural I created my own stencil onsite. Drawing the first leaf onto butcher paper to get the scale the way we wanted. Then just duplicated it along the 2 walls so that it looks more like large motif wallpaper.

Most of the time, I just freehand the palms. Here’s a few more concepts I’ve painted:

 

Layers of Sand Faux Finish

Layers of Sand Faux Finish

The laid-back lifestyle enjoying days on the beach is one of the many reasons people choose to live here in beautiful SW Florida. Even if their days aren’t always literally on the beach, the beach still influences their lifestyle and home décor. (I’ve never taken an official count but I’m pretty sure every home here has at least one shell in it somewhere). Today’s modern soft natural aesthetic works perfectly for those wanting the gentle shades of sand and whisper grey in their home to bring the beach indoors. And that’s exactly what this faux finish does for this primary bath.

The goal was to have the room bright white and airy while keeping in mind that the original tile would remain. The base color is Sherwin Williams 7005.

 Two shades of creamy/sand color were layered on in a mock watercolor effect. Here I used Sherwin Williams SW6099 Sand Dollar and SW 6106 Kilim Beige.

The last step was to periodically streak in Silver metallic.

The overall effect is similar to layers of sand you see in glass jars and absolutely perfect for the home that has soft neutrals all through out

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