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?
This little table is about 12″ square and 3 feet tall. It is painted in Trompe L’oeil style to look like someone has left behind evidence of walking the dog. Looking down on the top of the table you see the leash that was ‘dropped’ there along with a few pretty stones which the walker collected. The leash was painted to resemble the actual leash owned by the client. One of the stones on the table top is a piece of soapstone, another is river polished marble. On the lower shelf is the old tennis ball the dog was playing with, along with a maple leaf. I used the original red surface and only embellished it with objects. Just a little surprise; ants crawling up the side! Have you noticed I try to have some sort of critter somewhere in everything I paint? Sometimes you will find a lady bug or dragon fly beside my signature, which in this case is inside the drawer.
This vintage table was probably designed to hold a television back when televisions were big and fat, but as soon as I saw it I knew it had a higher purpose! It stands 27 1/2 inches tall and its top is 24″ X 21″. And it does something special! The whole top turns 360 degrees in BOTH directions!!! What better use than to play Scrabble on!!! I painted a faux pink marble top with a regulation size Scrabble-like board centered in the middle. Yes, I know, there are no labels on the pink, red and blue squares, but if you love to play Scrabble then you know what the colors mean without the labels, right? I also painted all four of the table’s side skirts with soft pink wild roses for a touch of charm. It is sturdy with legs that can be easily unscrewed and removed for transport.
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The request for this vintage tray (provided by the client) was for “lots and lots of scallop shells”. I tried to paint them as if they were randomly scattered on the tray to avoid making the piece look like a summer camp project of glued-down shells. I included a star fish as well as a variety of sizes and kinds of shells, all facing many directions. I had an actual shell or critter model for every item I painted. One of my models was an enormous orange shell. If you look at my Scallop Shell Lazy Susan you will see the inside of this same shell which is actually purple and white! The tray has a glass insert that protects all my painted shells. I did not change the nice mahogany finish of the rim or the background surface, I merely touched up a couple bad spots and sealed the entire piece. I also painted the handles metallic gold.
