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Murals
All murals are free hand designs
painted with acrylic paint and glazes...
Date(s): January 7, 2002. Album by Nelta B. Mathias. Photos by Nelta B. Mathias. 1 - 66 of 66 Total. 4783 Visits.
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Beachy scene painted on one wall in a small bedroom.  We wanted the look of sleeping under an outdoor porch, thatch roof and all..

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Twin beds will go in front of the beach fences.

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Garden scene painted on louvre doors in my bathroom.

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Pelican standing on pilings...We painted the bathroom a beautiful aqua blue color...I did clouds all around the top of the bath..

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"Uga", standing in front of the hedges...
Client got permission from Univer. of Ga for me to paint the mascot.


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These Georgia bulldog fans will be ready to tailgate this football season...Go Dawgs!!
It was so temptimg for me to put a tiger paw on that dogs hinnie...lol


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Scene painted on the back of the new RV..

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Topiary was freehanded on the wall...Ive just got to have one of these in my own home..its just way too cool..

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The outside shower doors on the back of our beachhouse...The cute  blonde surfer is one of my best creations....

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I loved the pelican so much I just had to do it at the beach...afterall..they are flying overhead all day...

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You know I had to paint a palm tree....grinning....

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Mural painted on wall in media room of model home in Columbia, SC.

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Palm tree, monkey, stonewall were painted on this end wall to go with the jungle theme in the room.

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Another view prior to furnishing the room.

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Monkey enjoying a banana...he could be enjoying some tv show...lol

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Closeup of faux stone wall...used 3 glaze mixtures on roller..applied then used a sponge to blend and take off glaze.

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Greek style veranda mural painted in clients kitchen.

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Faux window painted over clients sink in kitchen..all elements are freehanded...painted faus stone blocks on all the kitchen walls.

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"Cloud God" looking down from the heavens over the Parthenon.

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Giraffe peeking in over shower.

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In the bamboo...painted behind the toilet in bathroom.

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Ribbons, cherubs and rose garland painted on recessed ceiling in clients home.

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Sky effect was created with several glaze mixtures applied and then blended..

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Faux window adds interest to a plain wall beneath staircase in kitchen.

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Nautical mural painted as headboard in boys room in model home in Lexington, SC.

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Irish saying and rose border freehanded around entry hall in clients home,

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Wreath and topiary painted on landing of stairs in same clients home

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Garden theme mural painted on puppet theater for a church in Columbia, SC...

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Puppet theater consists of 3 sides...I painted them as one continuous garden wall..

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The blank canvas before I started painting.

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Front panel view of the garden scene..

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Side panel view....

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The other side view...I had to add a lizard and some bugs for the young men...

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My sisters bathroom...Palm tree grove over the shower...theres a fullsize palm painted just outside the shower...

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I painted green bamboo in this corner...little monkey above door is enjoying a sprout.

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Close up view of content monkey....

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We hung a small hook on the tree trunk to hang a towel...it looked soo cool..

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Clouds painted around the bath.

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Sunroom/breakfast area in clients home...I added another urn with vines growing up and over the opening into the kitchen.

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I extended the colums around the wall and over the french doors.

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You can see where I extended the colums around the door. I had painted the colums on the wall a few months back.

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Another view of the breakfast area...

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This topairy is about 5ft. tall also...Used a print of the clients for inspiration for the shape...

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The faux tile backsplash painted in the kitchen. Ill paint each tile with gloss varnish to protect it and give it more of a tile look.

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Cherry painted on faux tile.

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She also wanted lemons to go with her fruit theme.

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Closeup of fruit garland painted over each archway in the kitchen. I painted the garland over 5 archways in the kitchen.

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Fruit garland painted over large opening(bar area). The reds just pop against the subtle gold background.

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Another view of one of the archways in the large kitchen. You can see some of the columns/grapes in the adjoining sunroom.

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Fruit swag painted over the sink..This will be faux tile at the bottom when I finish.

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Large potted vine in the corner of the bar area in the kitchen.

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Vine goes up and drapes over the window.

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I added another pedestal and potted palm on this wall of the hallway.

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Sega palm and faux pedestal painted on wall opposite the full wall mural in hallway. The red echos the decor in the sitting room.

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Another view of the pedestall and palm

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Columns and wall painted the entire length of the hallway.
The landscape color is the actual wall basecoat color. The client wanted to leave it this color..


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The mural certainly opened up the long hallway and made it seem more spacious..All I know is IT WAS A LOOOONG HALL.

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When you enter in the front foyer the hall runs left and right..I painted the faux colums and wall the full length of the wall.

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Looking out an open window was the view I was after...The hanging monkey ISNT painted...

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Palmetto tree painted in corner with the same trunk design painted on each end.

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Various plants/fronds painted on cement floor.  Carpet was ripped up and cement painted black.

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Closeup view of the Palmetto tree in corner.

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"Oh Mr. Wilson".....I painted the birdhouses and birds on the gate to work with the "Mr. Wilson" cutout the client already had on the top of her gate..I think its soo cute...

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Grape swags painted on the 4 walls of a tray ceiling in clients new kitchen.

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The berry fabric and grapes in the swags bring her kitchen decor  colors up to the white tray ceiling.