"Garden Next to the Sea"

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" LINK="#FFCC99" ALINK="#009D74" VLINK="#FF9966"> <div>  "Garden Next to the Sea"</div> <div> This particular project took approximately five weeks to complete. The theme is "Garden Next to the Sea".</div> <div> It is a trompe l'oeil of a somewhat formal garden scene with a maiden statue on the lawn, " In it, you will see </div> <div> trompe l'oeil decorative carvings, a small Finch on the ledge, a path to the sea with an <U>art bench</U> ...which the client likes to collect</div> <div> and has several on property. The longest part of the job was completing the <U>ANTIQUED ITALIAN MARMARINO PLASTER</U> treatment over all walls. </div> <div> The walls were originally a 70's knock-down splatter texture and needed to be updated to a smoother, old-world look & feel. (see below)</div> <bR> <div> <B>BEDROOM</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="2e355ba40.jpg" border=0 width="603" height="420" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Curtain, three windows with ocean view, maiden statue on lawn with Finch on sill...Entrance to garden walkway with sea in background.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="2e296cf20.jpg" border=0 width="364" height="498" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">       <IMG SRC="2e2661f90.jpg" border=0 width="353" height="505" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Detail of trompe l'oeil carved stone work and House Finch on ledge.</div> <bR> <div>     </div> <div> Detail of garden maiden statue and pink curtain...</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d0ea8fe0.jpg" border=0 width="680" height="510" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Detail of ART BENCH & garden work.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2e2aa02b0.jpg" border=0 width="416" height="299" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Detail trompe cherub face over arch</div> <div> ___________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> <B>BATHROOM</B></div> <div> In the bath area, the Marmarino wall treatment was continued. I then painted this trompe l'oeil marble niche with</div> <div> Calla Lilies in glass. The ceiling had a sky mural with seagulls & trompe l'oeil decorative-white iron corner brackets...</div> <div> along with pink roses & clinging vines...plus stencil work & misc.</div> <div>  <A NAME="cala_lillies"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="2e2b7dc80.jpg" border=0 width="381" height="456" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A good trompe l'oeil "Tricks The Eye"</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2e2cf5780.jpg" border=0 width="501" height="376" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sky mural, stencil work, seagulls...Notice, here again, the Marmarino Old-World Italian Plaster treatment with subtle laver & blue highlights.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="2e2ef4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Six trompe l'oeil wrought iron corner brackets were painted with clinging vines and roses. </div> <div> The Marmarino treatment had 6 stages that were performed on all wall area surfaces.</div> <div> A <U>DISTRESSED ROPE CEILING BORDER</U> and LAVENDER AND BLUE highlights were added over a burnt-umber patina.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2e2fef730.jpg" border=0 width="495" height="371" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> There is nothing nicer than birds flying overhead...</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2e36e6320.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="306" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Here I am sketching in the niche over the 4th stage of the Marmarino wall treatment.</div> <div>  Marmarino is imported Venetian Plaster from Italy & consists of pure <U>white marble dust, limestone & binder</U>.</div> <div> Notice the brown <I>"voids"</I> which are purposefully left behind in some areas to show textural depth,  feel and an old-world appearance.</div> <bR> <div> ______________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Details on how this mural was painted</div> <div> <A HREF="gardennexttotheseaprogresspictures.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Garden Next to The Sea Progress Pictures"><U><IMG SRC="2d4b896c0.jpg" border=0 width="137" height="108" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   <script type="text/javascript"> var page_name = ''; var invisible = ''; function sE(){return true;}window.onError=sE; var ui='rik';var rn=Math.random();var base=top.document; var qry=ui+':3::'+escape(base.referrer)+'::'+screen.width +'x'+screen.height+'::'+screen.colorDepth+'::'+escape(page_name) +'::'+invisible+'::'+rn+'::'+escape(base.URL); document.write('<a href="http://www.web-stat.com/stats/'+ui+'.htm'); document.write('"><img src="http://server4.web-stat.com/count.pl?'); document.write(qry+'" border="0" alt="web stats analysis"/><\/a>'); </script><noscript><a href="http://www.web-stat.com"> <img src="http://server4.web-stat.com/3/rik.gif" border="0" alt="web stats analysis"></a></noscript>   </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </BODY>