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"Under the sea" nursery painted in very soft colors of aqua, greens and blues....you can see the nursery bedding on the crib.
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Some of the "creatures" that live under the sea..
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The entire room was painted to look like an underwater scene.
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More fishes and sea grasses.
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A playful dolphin watches over all the fishes..
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I wonder if the sea creatures realize they're being "watched".
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I couldnt resist painting this sea horse....its similar to one on the baby quilt pattern.
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Another view of the diver looking down at the fishes...
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Little alcove at the entrance of the nursery we decided to do as a beach scene.
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Toile mural painted in green hues. Scene is taken from the toile fabric used for the nursery bedding.
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Close up of little girl in swing.
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Custom light switch covers to coordinate with the toile fabric.
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"Jemima Puddle Duck" greets you as you enter the nursery.
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"Jeremy" fisher frog tries his luck..the scene is painted over the changing table.
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"Peter" rabbit outside his favorite garden..
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View from where the crib is located.
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I freehanded.."On the day you were born, the sunlight danced in your hair, stars twinkled in your eyes, the moonbeams kissed your cheeks, and the angels sang your sweet name." around the top of the room as a border.
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Some little mice peaking out of their hole.
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Full view of the end panel of the crib...Her fabric is greens, yellow, and blues...
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Fishing scene painted on end panel of a new crib...Clients wanted a little blonde boy fishing with ducks on the pond..(He's a big outdoorsman)
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I painted a white kitty hiding in the hole in the tree above Jonah's head.
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This is "Jonah"(Golden Retriever) the expecting couples 4-legged baby for the past 8 years.
The are now expecting their first baby (a girl) in October. The nursery bedding has doggies on it..
Its so cute!!
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Another view of Morelli's room when she arrives next week...I also painted the saying..
"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself" around the room.
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Toile bunny scene depicted from the nursery bedding...The client wanted a watercolor feel to the mural.
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This is the sketch on paper I submitted to the client prior to getting the job..Only a portion of this scene was shown on the fabric used for the bedding..I thought it was too cute not to be scene, sooo it became the mural..
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Toile scene painted in the corner of the nursery.
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Amara's kingdom...looking out over the countryside at the neighboring castle.
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Closeup view of castle on the hill...lots of stone detailing.
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View of mural with the crib/canopy in place.
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A nursery fit for a Princess.
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Ivy spilling over castle walls...the sky was done rolling white and pale blue double loaded on roller..then lightly sponged with damp spong.
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Now Amara can stand inside her castle wall and gaze over at the castle in the distance.
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Faux stone wall and tower the first day of painting.
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Another closeup view of the stone wall...Stone effect achieved using 3 colors/glaze rolled onto wall and stippled.
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Yet another view of the wall..all stones/groutlines were freehanded...
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Finished tower...Amara's kingdom.
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Another view of finished mural
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Fantasy Nursery in DreamHome 2001 in Columbia, SC. Mural was painted to accent bedding.
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Woodlands animal nursery...
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Cute raccoom peeking out of hollowin tree.
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Skunk hiding inside log...lots of daisies and butterflies...All elements were freehanded..
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Frog pond...and turtles, dragonflies buzzing ahead.
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Mother bluebird....watching over her nest...
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Tree in corner of woodlands nursery...squirrels, rabbits..
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Sweet bunnies painted on "new" nursery furniture. Also bunnies painted sitting atop the window.
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Another view of the armoire I painted the bunny scenes on.
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Bunny painted on front of new changing table.
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Closeup pic of bunnies on armoire.
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Playful bunnies painted on front of dresser..added blue flowers along the bottom and sides.
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Closeup of bunnies...
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More bunnies and flowers on top of the closet door.
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Bunny trying to climb up the side of the window..
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Bunny playing with butterfly painted above one of the windows.
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View of picket fence, flowers and butterflies entering the nursery.
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Picket fence and flowers along one wall of nursery.
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Birdhouse and bluebirds
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Toucan hiding among the bamboo...
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Closeup of mom and baby monkey...I think she's smiling at you..
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Mama monkey and baby enjoying a banana over the closet door.
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Friendly hippo next to crib....
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Jungle theme nursery....
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Birdhouse and sweet blue birds overlooking Elizabeths bed..Birdhouse colors from fabric.
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Birds holding swag over door...
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Hollyhocks peeking over picket fence.
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Tree painted in corner of nursery...
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Picket fence painted along wall in nursery.
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Knobs on dresser were custom painted to match fabric.
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Custom mirror painted to coordinate with fabric used in nursery.
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Whimsical flower and butterfly painted over crib...I used the sparkle glaze on the wings and petals..Her comforter has whimical bugs/flowers on it..
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I painted a daisy garland over the doors and added a small one next to the light switch...
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Whimsical butterfly and flowers accenting lightswitch
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Another garland painted over yet another door..
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Up close view of the garland...picked up colors from her nursery bedding.
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Justins tree...I painted this in a nursery...Justin should be here soon..
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Another view of Justins tree
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Justins nursery...
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Tree painted in corner of the nursery.."Pooh Bear" is being used as the theme.
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Another view of the tree...theres a hee hive hanging in the tree with bees buzzing around it
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You can see how the tree is painted in the corner
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Client wanted a rainbow added to this mural..I added the flowers/fairies earlier in the month.
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Flower fairies and flowers I added to the already existing tree mural
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Butterfly fairy reaching out for the foxglove..
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Buttercup fairy zipping thru the air..
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Tree painted in corner of the nursery originally last year...I extended the grassy area down the long wall and added more flowers and the fairies to make if more "girlish"..
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Client wanted a waterfall on the opposite wall at the entrance...
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NEW ADDITIONS to the castle mural I did a few weeks ago. (flowers, butterflies, lizard, dragonfly,bird's nest in tree.)
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(AFTER ADDITIONS)
I also added ivy on the faux stone walls and filler flowers in the background greenery..
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(BEFORE ADDITIONS)
Client wants me to add more to this wall..Ill be adding flowers, butterflies, lizards and maybe a rabbit.
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NEW ADDITIONS...
I painted ivy, bunny and robin on the faux stone wall.
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NEW ADDITION..
Close up of the cute lil bunny inside the faux stonewall.
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(BEFORE ADDITIONS)
As you can see, I painted all the wall space
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Heres the dragon going into his cave.
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Another view of the guard.
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I painted the attic doors to look like a drawbridge....The guard watches over all who enter...
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I wanted it to feel as if the children were inside their castle looking at the neighboring castle
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The neighboring castle in the distance
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Client wanted a castle theme in the playroom for her grandchildren. I think they will have hours of fun in their castle settings.
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Elephant is painted where the baby's changing table will be located.
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Starting to paint in all the foilage on the bottom half of wall..
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View of the elephant from the entry of the nursery.
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Giraffe wearing a pink bow and monkey overlooking crib.
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View of giraffe and monkey without the crib
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Basecoated in everything the first morning of painting.
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Little monkey picked a flower as he was swinging on the vine...
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Tiger peeking out of all the lush foilage....
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