Murals
Brush and pigment, drawn to the space before it is painted.
One space, painted by hand.
A mural is drawn to the room before it is painted. Elevations, photographs, where the windows sit, and where the eye lands when you walk in. Scale is the thing that cannot be corrected once paint is on the wall, so most of the work happens before any of it looks like painting.
How it’s Made.
It starts as a drawing. Elevations and photographs first, then a study drawn to scale and sent for approval, then a color study, then paint. Nothing is committed until the drawing is signed off, because a mural is the one finish on this list that cannot be adjusted afterwards.
The painting works back to front. Distance first, then the middle, then the detail that carries the piece. Everything is checked from where people will actually stand, which on anything large means walking away from it more than working on it.
The Subjects
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Birds, branches and blossom, painted in the eighteenth century manner, usually over a toned or metallic ground.
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Panoramic work, wrapped around a space or broken into panels.
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Composition drawn out of the architecture rather than applied on top of it.
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Known as the 5th wall. Painted overhead to make the room feel finished.
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Painted in the studio and installed. The right approach when the site is not ready, when the schedule will not hold, or when the work may need to move with the client.
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Every mural begins as a drawing, not a quote. Send us the space, the elevations and whatever has caught your eye, and we will tell you what the work would involve before anyone commits to anything.