Mel's Stairway Mural, 2009 7 x 13 feet patterned after M.C.Escher's 1938 woodcut "Metamorphosis"
Mel's Mural, detail 1. Fish are traced & outlined in first two rows at bottom.
Mel's Mural, detail 2. Background color is scumbled in various shades of brown & gray.
Mel's Mural, detail 3. Bottom fish is highly realistic.
Mel's Mural, detail 4. Edging lines come in.
Mel's Mural, detail 5. Fish features gradually become simpler as rows go up.
Mel's Mural, detail 6. Starting into the crossover where fish morph into birds. Very tricky spacing required to pull off gradual illusion.
White Pine Acupuncture office bathroom mural, 2010 left wall, about 6 x 8 feet acrylic paint on latex
Sylvia's Powder Room Mural, 2000 about 3 x 5 feet, acrylic paints on latex.
Vittorio's Italian Restaurant Mural "Grand Canal in Venice" 2003 about 8 x 28 feet acrylic paint on latex.
Quilters Marketplace mural, 2002 first doorway embellishment, later extended to entire front.
Marilyn's Entryway Mural, 2002 about 5 x 9 feet, acrylic paint on latex.
Lee's Storm Shutter Mural, 2001 "Blissful Beach" acrylic paints on latex & stucco, design based on her mosaic planter.
Initial inspiration for mural. This mosaic wall-sconce held a potted plant on Lee's patio.
Her utility room door was originally dark brown. I suggested she make it match her wall-sconce planter.
Close-up of Utility Room door, in progress.
A painted arch was added above door, to resemble her wall-sconce. Close-up of stucco wall.
Marla's kitchen back-splash design. Painted to match her favorite teapot.
Inspiration for wall design. Marla's favorite teapot.
Corner of kitchen, showing how design needed to flow around electrical fixtures.
Far left end of design, incorporating more fixtures.
Close-up of Marla's kitchen wall designs.
Close-up over the stove-top.
Finished design really livened up the space.
More details.
Men's Bathroom near Pho-Fusion Vietnamese restaurant at The DownTown Market. Central wall as you walk in.
Close-up of standing Crane.
Cricket and snake on your left as you walk in.
Behind door, near sinks.
Flying crane above mirror & sinks. Notice standing crane reflected in mirror.
Bird perched on bamboo stalk; far wall as you walk in.
Ants & lizard inside stall.
Frog, bamboo, ants, second stall.
Lizard & bamboo above urinal.
Bird perched on bamboo, far wall.
Detail, standing crane.
Detail of lizard.
Detail of lizard & ants.
Close-up of cricket.
Close-up of ants.
Close-up of flying crane.
Close-up of bird.
