Can I just tell you how much fun it is to paint for little girls? Don’t get me wrong, I love my boys, and I love painting for boys. But there’s just something magical about little girls. Maybe it’s because I was one, huh? This mural-on-canvas is for a blogger buddy’s little girl. I traced […]

My favorite thing about painting commissioned murals is the collaboration with the clients. I love seeing and hearing their ideas and then translating them into wall art – especially baby murals. This couple knew they were expecting a little boy and chose Kidsline’s Antique Toys bedding. It’s a darling motif with old fashioned cars, boats […]

I took some new pictures of this Safari mural Tuesday when we did the live shot for Good Day Sacramento. The last time I took pictures was over 2 years ago, before the baby was born, and there wasn’t any furniture in the room. The day bed is so cute, under the gorillas and lion […]

When you’re a self-employed artist, you’ll take any job that comes your way. Such was the case when a ‘regular’ client commissioned me to paint the tile behind her cooktop. I met Gayle when I was a floral designer at a crafts store and did the flowers for her daughter’s wedding. She knew I also […]

I’m ‘borrowing’ the title from a fellow blogger – Domestically-Speaking – because it’s just so apropos for this project. Normally, I wouldn’t paint around any window, particularly a transom window above a door. But look closely – the window is shorter in width than the door. It was really noticeably in person because the door […]

If your home was built in the past 10-15 years, especially on the West Coast, there’s a good chance you have an architectural niche somewhere. HousePaintingTutorials.com While niches add architectural interest, many are quite shallow and so you can’t put anything in them like vases, object d’art, etc. Most people will paint inside the niche, […]