Tuscany Kitchen

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" LINK="#FFCC99" ALINK="#009D74" VLINK="#FF9966"> <div> <B>Murals Fantastic</B>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#996633" FACE="Arial" >   |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Murals Fantastic"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> <IMG SRC="42d58020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Tuscany Kitchen</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...Maybe some grapeleaves over front room entry.</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> <IMG SRC="30b384f40.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Tuscany Kitchen Wall Mural with lights on.</div> <div>  <A NAME="itallian_shelf"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="30b584a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> CLOSE-UP of Flower pot, old European tins with spaghetti, knives, towels & French bread.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="30af1e970.jpg" border=0 width="542" height="151" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Grape leaves over entry.</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="anchor"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="30ad29400.jpg" border=0 width="553" height="576" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> CLOSE-UP  Tuscany scene, cat, Lavender, white feather & embellishment.</div> <div>  <A NAME="hat___umbrellas"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="30ab3d370.jpg" border=0 width="317" height="567" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Hats & hanging umbrellas.</div> <div>  <A NAME="grandma"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="30a9733d0.jpg" border=0 width="371" height="317" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> CLOSE-UP Picture of Grandma painted on wall.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="30a6d5710.jpg" border=0 width="469" height="625" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Hanging Lavender</div> <div>  <A NAME="arch_window___birds"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="30a4becb0.jpg" border=0 width="702" height="459" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Close-up of Thrush & baby birds in nest over door</div> <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>   <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >Murals Fantastic is the online portfolio for San Diego, California artist & muralist Rik Erickson.</FONT><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.</div> </BODY>