Monthly Archives: December 2009
Custom art for the Benchmark Project
posted on December 29, 2009 in Analog, Custom Art, Public Art
and tagged Benchmark project, Botticelli, painted furniture, Public Art Project, San Diego
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Finally found the folder with the original images from this custom art project done for the Benchmark Project in San Diego during the 2003 Super Bowl festivities…
Faux painting for kids playrooms | circus theme
posted on December 28, 2009 in Analog, Faux Finishes
and tagged ceiling finish, circus playroom, Faux Finishes, trompe l'oeil, wall finishes
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Discussion of relationship between the faux finishes in this room & my ideas about faux, trompe l’oeil & a few other choice decorative painting words.
Kids murals | Circus theme hero wall details
posted on December 28, 2009 in Analog, Kids Murals
and tagged Faux Painting, kids murals, Murals, playroom
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In most of the commercial entertainment work settings of my career, the “hero wall” is either the biggest, showiest feature of the set we were creating, whether a three dimensional feature or painted surface, or the most prominent, first-impression-is-everything element …
Happy Holidays!
posted on December 24, 2009 in Updates
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Happy Holidays from Pittsburgh!
Kids murals| Circus tent wall murals continued
posted on December 23, 2009 in Analog, Kids Murals
and tagged kids murals, Murals, playroom
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Here’s the next stage of development of the trompe l’oeil mural feature of the circus playroom. The circus tent wall curtain has been developed in volume so that it feels pulled and rolled, and the interior of the mural has …
Kids murals | Circus theme room
posted on December 22, 2009 in Analog, Kids Murals
and tagged Faux Finishes, kids murals, Murals, playroom
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The circus themed room I painted in 2008 is one of my favorite projects for one of my favorite clients– okay, their grandson, actually. This picture (and the next few to be published here) show the development of his playroom …
Faux wood grain picture frame moulding
posted on December 22, 2009 in Analog, Faux Finishes
and tagged custom framing, Faux Painting, faux wood grain, picture frame
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One of many really custom picture framing projects I worked on in San Diego while associated with The Frame Maker. This job specified the moulding represented in the joined corner sample at the top of the picture, but that color …
San Diego Chargers vintage logo mural
posted on December 21, 2009 in Analog, Murals
and tagged brick, San Diego Chargers, wall mural
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This is the other San Diego sports logo mural I painted in 2008 for Lucky D’s, a local throwback rock and roll themed sports bar in San Diego’s East Village. This is the original Chargers’ logo after they settled in …
In 2003, I made a series of cool composite molds of architectural capitals for two different precast concrete yards in San Diego.
Richard Serra | Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
posted on December 14, 2009 in Analog, Custom Art, Fine Art
and tagged MCASD, picture-framing, Richard Serra, San Diego
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Most don’t know how much time I’ve spent in the custom picture framing world. I’ve had the privilege to work with a lot of amazing art…
Faux wood grain mantelpiece detail
posted on December 13, 2009 in Analog, Faux Finishes
and tagged faux wood grain, fireplace, fireplace surround, mantel
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a detail shot of the wood grain faux painting project I just posted, one of several faux wood mantels I did in San Diego.
faux wood grain painted mantel
posted on December 13, 2009 in Analog, Faux Finishes
and tagged Faux Painting, faux wood grain, fireplace, mantel
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This faux wood finish was done with shellac, alkyd glazes and oil varnish back in the day before I solved the water-based faux wood painting dilemma…
Interior garden mural
posted on December 10, 2009 in Analog, Custom Art, Murals, Project Design
and tagged garden murals, interior murals, wall mural
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a spliced together photo that tries to capture the feeling of this full surround garden mural designed for a private master bathroom in Del Mar, California
Polished venetian plaster wall finish
posted on December 8, 2009 in Analog, Custom Art, Faux Finishes
and tagged Art Gallery, concrete, San Diego, venetian plaster, wall finishes
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these venetian plaster wall panels were designed to resemble rough or raw concrete ground down and polished for the backdrop of an art gallery in a contemporary private home.
Kids murals | ocean, rocks, beach
posted on December 8, 2009 in Analog, Kids Murals
and tagged kids murals, Murals, ocean mural, wall mural
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This is the opposite end of the little girls’ room from the Torrey Pine sheltered reading corner, where you enter from the main house. The single door on the left is the door to the hallway; the double doors on …
Faux Painting at SeaWorld San Diego
posted on December 7, 2009 in Analog, Scenic Painting
and tagged Faux Painting, San Diego, Scenic Painting, SeaWorld
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The idea of this faux finish was that the tower belonged in the city of the sea people who performing the “Cirque de la Mer” show, and had been dragged up from the ocean depths…
Tile mosaic bench installation
posted on December 7, 2009 in Analog, Project Design, Public Art
and tagged Cesar Chavez, San Diego, tile mosaics, Trolley Station
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More pictures never before published of the Cesar Chavez Trolley Station public art project, setting the tile mosaic benches in place.
Cesar Chavez tile mosaic installation
posted on December 6, 2009 in Analog, Public Art
and tagged San Diego, tile mosaics, Trolley Station
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Here’s anothe rview of some of the smaller benches. I liked the abstract quality of the “spring” rain-on-new-fields panel on the foreground triangular bench. All of the smaller benches are agriculturally themed, while the long benches visible in the background …
Cesar Chavez Trolley Station tile mosaic murals
posted on December 4, 2009 in Analog, Public Art
and tagged Cesar Chavez, Public Art, San Diego, tile mosaics, Trolley Station
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Here the single seat concrete benches are seen with tile mosaics installed & curing, waiting for final placement at the trolley station.
Capitals at Currant | finished picture
posted on December 4, 2009 in Analog, Custom Art
and tagged architectural detail, capitals, composite molds, Currant, mold-making
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Here’s a close up of how the composite panel capitals painted up into the over all design of the restaurant Currant in San Diego, CA.
Tuscan mural painted on pantry doors
posted on December 4, 2009 in Analog, Murals
and tagged interior design, Murals, trompe l'oeil, tuscany
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This picture of the Tuscan landscape mural has never been published before, though I have put up others of this same job. This view is how you first encounter the mural panel when entering the kitchen from the entryway/foyer of …
Embedded Venetian plaster
posted on December 3, 2009 in Analog, Custom Art, Faux Finishes
and tagged embedded plaster, fireplace, Mike Brown, venetian plaster
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A nice detail shot of this venetian plaster finish embedded with natural materials by photographer Mike Brown.
custom architectural capitals for Currant
posted on December 3, 2009 in Analog, Custom Art, Project Design
and tagged aquaresin, architectural details, capitals, Currant, mold-making, polyester resin
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People who know me know I am passionate about architecture, architectural consistency & detail, and green architectural design….
Love AutoFocus WordPress Theme for my online portfolio
posted on December 2, 2009 in Digital, WordPress websites
and tagged Art Portfolio, artist portfolio, artist sites, wordpress
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I’m not usually so thrilled over the all the great free Wordpress themes out there, but Auto Focus is pretty cool.
Scenic painting | SeaWorld, San Diego
posted on December 2, 2009 in Analog, Scenic Painting
and tagged Faux Painting, Faux Stone, San Diego, SeaWorld
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This is a one day bit of faux stone painting fun on the SeaWorld installation in San Diego.
Venetian plaster with a twist
posted on December 2, 2009 in Analog, Custom Art, Faux Finishes
and tagged Faux Finishes, fireplace, interior design, San Diego, venetian plaster, wall finishes
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I love this embedded venetian plaster job, and I never miss a chance to share this testimonial from a San Diego client in 2006.
Kids murals: ocean beach themed kids room
posted on December 2, 2009 in Analog, Kids Murals, Murals, Project Design
and tagged beach mural, kids murals, ocean mural, torrey pine, wall mural
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Fun kids mural, completely surrounding bedoom in painted beach & ocean, with this featured reading corner sheltered under Torrrey Pine tree.
Faux stone wall finish details
posted on December 1, 2009 in Analog, Faux Finishes
and tagged Faux Finishes, Faux Stone
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I took a lot of these kinds of shots to show the level of detail and the interrelationship of the painted details with the real ones.
