Category Archives: Chair

Chair, New

Water Lily Pond Bench

October 6, 2014 Sue Banks Leave a comment

This vintage all wood bench is painted with a view of a Water Lily pond with unusual red, pink and yellow pads. A large fuchsia flower jumps off the surface with intense realism. I love the way the light hits the water at the top of the scene and how you can look into the murkiness of foliage below the water. Of course there is a frog!! I captured these botanical beauties at the Minneapolis Zoo a few years ago. I painted the graceful legs of the bench in four shades of green that darken as they descend, with gold and copper colored highlights. It is currently available for sale at $425 plus shipping and handling. The seat is 20 1/2″ X 14″ and is 16″ off the floor. The handles add an additional 3″. Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this table.

Cabinet, Chair, Commisioned Work

Folk Art Set

September 20, 2014 Sue Banks Leave a comment

Something a little different for me is this folk art set. The client first requested the chair with a house and red barn in a traditional folk art style. A few months later I painted her jelly cabinet to complete a set. Both sides of the jelly cabinet have pastoral scenes as well.

Chair, Children's, Commisioned Work, New

Butterflies, Wild Flowers and Stripes on a Child’s Chair

May 24, 2014 Sue Banks Leave a comment

This little chair is a charmer with wonderful ‘bones’. It inspired me to paint the cohesive wide soft stripes behind the flowers and butterflies. All the butterflies are real species and most are native to the Northeastern US which is where the little girl who now owns this chair lives. Of course I would never ignore the back!! Don’t you just love Lunar moths? I chose to paint wild flowers like Chicory and wild Asters which are so much less formal and more likely to be part of a child’s real world.

Chair, Commisioned Work

Clematis Rocking Chair

March 21, 2014 Sue Banks Leave a comment

This sturdy old wooden rocking chair was painted a pale, pale green and then transformed into a canvas for charming, delicate Cosmos. There are flowers in all stages of life, and a variety of insects scattered throughout the flora! I gently speckled the surface and chose a cool palette of greens, purples and blues. Details are painted even in the hard to see places!