Mural Tour Page 4

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" LINK="#FFCC99" ALINK="#009D74" VLINK="#FF9966"> <bR> <div> Mural Tour Page 4</div> <div> <IMG SRC="28c2ed450.jpg" border=0 width="1005" height="581" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Trompe l'oeil <U>Oriental Garden</U> painted on an exterior retaining wall.  FOO DOGS were added that would "Guard the Entrance"...</div> <div> To the far left I cut and installed a varnished board with: <U>One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" in Chinese.</U></div> <div> Notice the Blue Jay on rock and closer is Koy in water...</div> <div> 8 ft. x 16 ft. + side wall = 170 sq. ft.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id613.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ORIENTAL GARDEN"><U>click for details</U></A></div> <bR> <div> ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="26054cd50.jpg" border=0 width="844" height="469" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> On this mural the Clients called and said they wanted a wall in their kitchen to have a Tuscany mural. They had said they wanted a window looking out over a Tuscan scene.</div> <div> I suggested that they have their cat sitting in the window...I aged-faux color-washed the walls to emulate a smoky old plaster feel. </div> <div> I also suggested that a shelf with kitchen items on it and perhaps a couple of hats and umbrellas by the back door...Added grapeleaves over front room entry. (see details)</div> <bR> <div> They agreed and I began painting. After I got going I thought it might be nice to have an old photograph of grandma next to the shelf...also some hanging lavender </div> <div> seemed like a great idea....I also decided that a trompe l'oeil carved embellishment would look good over the window. Over the door they wanted a window with </div> <div> one pane broken and a bird in it's nest visible...Here is the final result.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id248.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tuscany Kitchen"><U>click for details</U></A>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="id248.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tuscany Kitchen"><U><IMG SRC="28c54b400.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="64" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="28c74e330.jpg" border=0 width="846" height="563" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> On this project, which was a new home construction, I added a series of decorative improvements to add beauty & pizzazz to this</div> <div> new house being built. </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id709.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New House Decorating"><U>click for details</U></A>  <A HREF="id709.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New House Decorating"><U><IMG SRC="28c85c450.jpg" border=0 width="92" height="69" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id210.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Murals Tour Page 5"><U>NEXT PAGE</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> _____________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="muralstrompeloeil.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Murals Trompe Loeil"><U>see all murals </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="muralstrompeloeil.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Murals Trompe Loeil"><U><IMG SRC="28d2833b0.jpg" border=0 width="131" height="59" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <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> <div> Murals Fantastic is the online portfolio for San Diego, California artist & muralist Rik Erickson.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> All images are © Copyright 2000 - 2001 by Rik Erickson, and may not be reproduced, </div> <div> copied, displayed, or used in any way without written permission.</div> <div> All rights reserved.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#A6CAF0" FACE="Times New Roman" >  </FONT></div> </BODY>