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, […]

When I launched my Nursery Mural Registry, I knew I wanted to go back on local TV to get the word out to local mommies. So I called the zany fools great guys at Good Day Sacramento. One of the reporters emailed me back the next day and wanted to set up a live shot. […]

Usually, when I paint a mural, I meet with the client, discuss their wants and needs, get a feeling for them and their home, then design and create a rendering for them to approve. Not so the case in my current project – painting sets for Capital Christian Center’s Christmas show. It’s an elaborate Dickens-style […]