I love when clients asks for unusual themes!! Beach Volleyball on a wooden file box! Such fun!!
Beach Volleyball on a Box
Tag Archives: Ocean
Hot Air Balloon Festival at the Beach on a Storage Container
I am not sure what this vintage bucket on three legs was originally meant to store, but I can picture it it holding anything from magazines to umbrellas to knitting supplies to hats and mittens to a large potted plant! I had fun painting the ocean scene with a lighthouse, beach, island village and seven hot air balloons. The views are loosely based on southern New England locales. I photographed every one of the balloons in the sky at festivals in Connecticut. The bucket is all wood with the exception of the two metal bands. The divider inside is easily removed. It weighs 7 pounds and stands 20″ tall (not counting the handle). The bucket is 10.5″ deep and tapers from 12.5″ in diameter at the bottom to 11″ diameter at the top. It is currently available for sale at $125 plus shipping and handling.
Caribbean Octopus
Another fun request from a client!! Who knew Octopi could be so colorful, changing colors like a chameleon. This Caribbean Octopus is painted on the slats on the top level of a three shelf shoe rack. I eased the color down the sides of the slats so that even viewed from an angle the picture is continuous. Final destination of the piece is a summer home in the Caribbean, how perfect!
Jimmy Buffet Tribute Chairs
This unusual request came from a Jimmy Buffet fan. There are two each of these themed, denim, director’s chairs. One set of chairs is themed “Cheeseburger in Paradise” and sports a whimsical cheeseburger ‘lounging’ on a beach chaise. The Parrot is a favorite Buffet symbol and I painted each seat with a slightly differently angled bird. A faux ketchup packet is painted on the arm rest. The other set of chairs is themed “It’s Five O’clock Somewhere”. One of the Five O’clock chairs has a yellow Hibiscus, the other a pink Hibiscus. On the arm rest is a fool the eye cocktail umbrella. Various cocktails share the back rest with a Bird of Paradise. The title of each chair is painted on the rear.