Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

ANDERSON’S DIORAMA So for a few years now,  I’ve been doing landscape murals for Wildlife Images in Scottsdale that were painted in after some company or guy or whoever fabricated these really cool fiberglass rocks. They look super real, so strong you can dance on them yet light enough to pick up a huge boulder [...]

So the marks are put around the words “tile work” because this is 100% paint.  Not real tile.  Several years ago I worked in a set dept. that did all kinds of sets for plays, movies, events and industries.  The joke when i worked there was the bossman would hand us a piece of wood [...]

This European countryside mural was done out by Red Mountain in a beautiful castle-like stone home.  This is in the front room behind the most beautiful piano I’ve ever seen (or played!).

Recently finished:  Underwater Mural for Wildlife Images          This mural presented some learning opportunities and challenges. The mural was to be installed about 6′ up in a giant hole in the wall of a very large trophy room.  The bottom half of the mural is an underwater scene, and the top part [...]

This townscape was done in a woman’s kitchen behind her dining room table.  Several elements from the kitchen were incorporated into the mural. The table and chairs of course, their name on the cafe, her bike, flowers, the color palate and other things to make this the ultimate custom mural! 

The images for these murals were before the age of digital.  I wish I’d taken more pics of the work I did, but just wasn’t thinking!  I did manage a few photos though.  Here’s a few! This one was quite awesome to do!  It’s done with CANS OF SPRAY PAINT, plus a power sprayer for [...]

NO!  IT’S NOT MY PANTRY!   AS IF I’D HAVE A BIG MIXING BOWL OF BREAD RISING ON MY SHELVES!  But do you like the way I “signed ” the mural?  In the R lower corner is my can of  campbells “Juliana” sopa that my mom got me from Mexico!  I read the ingredient list [...]