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?
Larger than life lavender Delphiniums grace the backrest of this vintage chair. The flowers are hand painted in acrylic paint in a hyper-realistic style with a touch of soft focus. I really like the effect and I hope you do too. The chair itself is done in soothing blues, purples and greens. The darkest color is very deep purple. On the back side I painted a Silver Studded Blue butterfly. I also hand caned the seat. It turns out this sturdy chair might be pretty old as I found that the caning holes were clearly hand drilled. They were irregular in size, placement, and spacing, making this quite a challenge for a first time caner! I have included an image of the rescue chair as it first came to me! Look what a little paint and love did to it! If you are interested in possibly purchasing something similar to this piece please Send me an email or leave a comment.
Blue Hydrangeas are among my favorite flowers so I was delighted with the request to paint them on a Lazy Susan. Real Hydrangeas bushes often have blossoms in a variety of stages of blooming so I like to paint them to reflect that. The mottled greenish yellow background seems to glow with sunlight. Even though the butterfly looks real enough to take off in flight, I did not want it to compete for center stage, therefore I chose the subtly charming Western Tailed Blue butterfly for my signature insect. The edges of the discs are painted in gold and a pretty periwinkle blue.
The Lazy Susan was provided by the client. It was unfinished, and of such a fine quality, that I could not resist painting on the intended underside as well. I did a little faux work making it appear as if the small bottom disc were a china plate and I painted this Hydrangea in a style one might see on a dinner plate. There is also a simple design on the yellow portion that shows of the underside of the top disc.
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