This recent mural panel design was the result of some fabulous collaboration with the homeowner and interior designer Jessica Tollman of Briar Design.
Jessica and the homeowner (Rebecca) called me in to do some interesting ceiling treatments (more to come on this in the near future!), including the idea to do a geometric pattern on the sunroom ceiling. Rebecca wanted the pattern in golds to pick up on tones in the adjacent spaces and liked a grid-pattern ceiling from my website as the inspiration. As the three of us looked at the space, Jessica suggested incorporating circles to also tie in to some of the art in the space. After talking through their ideas, I did a quick sketch incorporating the grid idea with partial circles, using 2 different colors of gold. Rebecca and Jessica liked the idea – so I was on to creating a scale concept painting!
When I came back with the concept, Rebecca had a new art installation in the room. Between the new installation and the chandelier, Rebecca and Jessica decided that my ceiling concept would be too busy in the space – but they loved the design! As we walked with the design back toward the entrance, Rebecca noticed that it worked perfectly in the stairway just off the entry foyer. We held it up and then taped off a size that would work best for the space– and ultimately decided to do the same pattern as a 40”x48” mural panel! To better match with the space, I needed to alter one of the 2 gold colors I used – so I updated my board with the new color to get Rebecca’s final approval.
With final approval in hand, I was off to painting this canvas! Delivering it was fun, as both Rebecca and Jessica felt it was just perfect in this space! The colors tie in nicely with other elements in the adjacent spaces, the shapes work great with the nearby light fixtures and the different reflections of the metallic paints add a great level of depth and interest!
Enjoy!
Jason
Showing the light fixture (also notice the gold ball in the background lamp). Odd lighting makes the light look pink and the painting look green — in reality they are very close!
View going down the stairs