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All posts by Sue Banks
Wild White Rose on Stone
This life size wild white rose is painted on a chunk of stone. Simple and elegant with a little bit of purple ribbon.
Magnolia SideTable
The life size Magnolias painted on this side table look real enough to inhale their delicate aroma! It looks as if you could just stroke the petals and feel the leathery character of the blossoms. This small pale pink table was my first time experimenting with a diffuse background to suggest a distant backdrop. The art is only about a foot square. The table was purchased new from an unpainted furniture store. This piece is one of my all time favorites.
Scallops on a Faux Marble Lazy Susan
This was one of the most challenging subjects requested of me by a client. Scallop sea shells! I had no idea before doing research for this piece how varied Scallop shells were. A Special thank you to my seashell and starfish collecting friends for loaning me so many specimens as models! I especially enjoyed painting the insides of the shells. Particularly difficult were the grey toned shells from Cape Cod because the tops were dark while the deeper grooves were light colored. This made creating depth a real challenge. I am so pleased with the way the star fish came out, as well as some of the other kinds of sea shells! And the barnacles! They were great little details to paint. Since the underside of the lazy Susan (supplied by the client) was as finely finished as the top, it is just as easy to use upside down, therefore I painted it a faux pink marble as an alternative.