My maternal artist grandmother told me when I was very young, that nature was "God's
paintbrush". This statement amazed me. I would think of everything I saw in terms of
something painted by the Etheric Master. I found myself trying to experience and
understand that kind of creation, by painting things exactly as I saw them. Trying my
hand later at trompe 'l'oeil (fool the eye), and faux finishes, afforded me a discipline and
appreciation of nature and it's intricacies.
Granny was right; it's already been 'done' by The Master. However, only when you pay
extreme attention to detail and really 'look' at something, can you actually 'see' it.
paintbrush". This statement amazed me. I would think of everything I saw in terms of
something painted by the Etheric Master. I found myself trying to experience and
understand that kind of creation, by painting things exactly as I saw them. Trying my
hand later at trompe 'l'oeil (fool the eye), and faux finishes, afforded me a discipline and
appreciation of nature and it's intricacies.
Granny was right; it's already been 'done' by The Master. However, only when you pay
extreme attention to detail and really 'look' at something, can you actually 'see' it.
| Faux "Pecky Pecan" Wood Grain And Faux Door Knobs Six pairs of elevator doors 2002 Broyhill Furniture, High Point, NC Work in progress to left |
| Faux Flagstone Interior Chimney Jim and Cathy Barber Greensboro NC 2001 |
| Faux Marble "Bricks" (was red brick) 2000 |
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| Faux Wood Cabinets Ellison Home 508 Country Club Dr 2000 Greensboro, NC |
| Trompe l'oeil Arbor Ellison Home 508 Country Club Dr 2000 Greensboro, NC |
| Lattice and Sky Trompe l'oeil 2001 VanHoy Home |
| Roses with a ' J ' on Lattice Painted over sink on Kitchen Soffit 2000 Rhonda and Michael Jobe Greensboro, NC |
| Painted Bathroom Walls Jim and Cathy Barber Greensboro NC 1999 |
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| Foyer Lattice With Clematis 2003 |
| 'Tuscan' Finish 2004 |
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| Marble Columns and Bridge 2008 |
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