This mural began with two brand new plain closet doors! It is painted in Trompe L’oeil style to look like a real bank of lockers just jam packed with sporting equipment. I had a ball doing these doors (pun intended!!) The client and I collected all sorts of sports paraphernalia to use as models. We added in anything we could think of! Who’d ever have thought painting smelly old sneakers could be such a great idea? Did all of you UConn fans notice the ‘old’ Husky sticker peeling off? Even the masking tape names and the door handles are painted on. I have included a photo of one of the doors ajar, just to help you understand the illusion. To open the closet however, one pulls on real combination locks and a real golf ball which were added after the doors were hung. I am particularly proud and fond of this project.
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Paris Mural
This mural is painted in acrylic on six unwanted wall mirrors which surrounded a table nook in an average size kitchen. It is quite dramatic when viewed in person. I worked with the client to select motifs that suggested Paris street scenes. All the names and numbers in the mural have specific meaning to the family that commissioned it. I had so much fun doing this mural that I didn’t want this project to end!
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