Mural Painting

Add a sky mural painting to a ceiling and suddenly you're dining al fresco. Paint a forest mural around your master tub and you can bathe in the peace of a woodland glade. And a full wall mural can bring the tranquility of a mountain lake touched by the afternoon sun into a home filled with troubled teenagers.

Mural ideas can cover just about any subject with any level of detail and can be painted pretty much anywhere. They can be used as centerpieces or backgrounds, to bring the outdoors in, to bring the hills of Tuscany into the desert of Arizona or a baseball star into a son's bedroom.

Window murals painted in the right place can open up a view in a way no wall hung painting can. Paint a mural in a niche and you can feel like you're looking into a different world - whether it be an Italian lake, a beach or a tropical island.

Sports wall murals are big for games rooms although the life size mural of Reggie Jackson was painted in a child's bedroom - as was the one of Fenway Park.

People usually have a clear idea of what they want in their mural, some even providing photographic references, but many need help with the specifics. So the first stage is often a sketch bringing together the different elements - although if the photographic references are good enough, I'll work direct from them and just prepare a full size working tracing.

I did this for the Reggie Jackson mural: using a photo of Ken Griffey Jr. to get the pose and to prepare the full size drawing from and then using a selection of photos of Reggie Jackson to get the uniform and facial details right as I was painting on the wall.

Although subjects for kid's room murals> can be just as varied as those for other rooms, animals seem to be a favorite along with cartoon characters and fish.

But Animal murals can also add fun to more prosaic locations. Like a Paradise Valley laundry room petting zoo with a squirrel, rabbit, 2 puppies, a prairie dog and 3 ducks.

Other children's wall murals painted in non-kids rooms include a Troll's playground in a Phoenix laundry room, a dragonfly design for a guest suite in North Scottsdale and a tree house for a medical center reception area in Paradise Valley.

Click on the mural images to the right for larger pictures and more detail about each project. Some of these are big files so they may take some time to show up.

For more information, to see my portfolio, request a free consultation or estimate, or simply to ask a question, contact me - Doug Morris: 480.232.9778 | doug(a)fineartdecor.com.