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Woodland Vintage Icebox

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This vintage icebox was covered with thick red paint when it was brought to me.  After much discussion the owner chose to have it professionally stripped.  When it was paint free we found this gorgeous wood underneath so we scrapped the original plans to paint it an all-over color, opting just to embellish it.  We chose a woodland theme with critters, wild flowers and other flora.  Where I could, I used the wood grain as part of my design, see how the there are rings of ‘water’ near the Loon?  The Pine cone and Maple seeds are painted in Trompe L’oeil  style but the latch and hinges are real. I painted one of my favorite wild flowers, Blue Chickory,  climbing up the sides.

Chair, Children's, Commisioned Work

Child’s Rocker with Trompe L’oeil Marbles

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What a joy to paint this child’s rocking chair! I painted an old fashioned freight train across the back rest and kept the color scheme low key.  Of course I couldn’t  resist adding detail to the cars.  But the best part of this piece is the Tompe L’oeil on the seat where I painted a few leaves and two marbles.The light glinting through the glass is what makes it all work! My grandson was eighteen months old when he was shown this chair and his little hand scrabbled at a leaf trying to pick it up. Is that affirmation or what? The rear side of my painted chairs is never ignored. In this case I thought a little red caboose would be very appropriate, do you agree?

Featured Work, Table

Cosmos Table

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This pretty blue, yellow, green and cream table is adorned with White Cosmos.  On the table top the flowers appear to be growing from a spot just off to the lower left edge.  They almost sway in the breeze.  On the lower shelf is a single flower painted Trompe L’oeil style.  The tri-color surfaces of the table are faux textured just enough to lessen the intensity of the colors without becoming busy.  My signature insect in this piece is a little lady bug.  Do you see her crawling up the stem?