Winter is coming

A quick mural, completed in a half day, for a couple who wanted to "frame" their old snowshoes with a winter scene.  The project was finished with a light brushing of "Ice Cap" glitter glaze on the tree branches.

The BLU Restaurant Project

With fall upon us, I thought it best to get back to my routine of blog posting my latest work.  It was a very productive summer, with plenty of variety to my workload.  The largest project was the new BLU Restaurant at 20 Water Street in East Greenwich.  The dining room is now open, so you can go and see my work up close!

Restaurant design rendering under the direction of Skovron Interior Design.  This was my first rendering in a very long time, which had a heck of a learning curve for me.  Thank goodness my husband paid attention in drafting class, and he is a really good teacher! (Angles in this image are distorted due to my camera.)

The three piece abstract on aluminum for the dining room was great fun to do.

The collaboration with Lucid Glass & Skovron Interior Design to create a Miami style bar was exciting.  Each section of acrylic was hand painted and arranged by me, then assembled and installed by the artisans at Lucid Glass Studio.

And finally, the original tavern sign was refurbished.

Pumpkin Guitar Body

Hand painted guitar bodies are some of the more enjoyable projects I get to experience. Highly personal, this client is building the guitar for his girlfriend, nicknamed "Pumpkin" (awww.)  Her initial was created on the back with a curly vine and the leaf on the front was positioned to "Rock On!"

Dragonfly Triptych

As the metallics and metals catch the light, the pieces change.

Just messing around in the studio, playing with some metallic plasters and silver and copper leaf.  Each canvas is 1 foot square with a 1 inch deep edge that does not require framing.

Faux Bois Master Suite

Faux Bois is the artistic imitation of wood and woodgrain.  In this master suite, the new construction was made with several different woods, including oak, poplar and pre-primed windows.  The clients had purchased distressed and gold leaf embellished furniture which I was requested to match.  All doors, windows, molding, grates, coffers and cabinetry was finished with a 5 step treatment which included applying gold leaf and antiquing it.  The project took about 3.5 weeks to complete.  A very labor intensive project, but the results were stunning.

Detail

Before

Giving Jesus a Hand

A perfect Mother's Day project...

These are the before and after pictures of the Madonna Della Difesa statue that has been handed down in my family since the early 20th century.  My mother recently inherited it and asked a couple of months back if I could try to fix it.  With Mother's Day approaching I thought it was the right time to undertake the tricky prosthetic for the baby Jesus.  Crafted from "Sculpey" and then baked, it took two tries to get it right.  The Madonna received a deep cleaning facial, manicure, a little bling with new gold leaf and refurbishing of her crackled paint gown.  A pretty appropriate Mother's Day gift for her!  I think I made my own mom very happy yesterday, as the hug seemed to last forever.

Little Spring Projects

With a bit of spring fever, I personalized a mailbox and made a child's monogram wall hanging.  Bright and pleasant, like the warm & sunny days ahead!