Transforming a room in a few days is the thrill of mural painting.  This is a relatively quick way to make a big statement.  In these next two photos you can see that the faux architecture  and statue of Michelangelo have really created a different atmosphere in this room. This mural is 18'feet high and 13' wide with the statue being 7'6" tall.
 The rounded stairway is also an example of changing an environment.  It is impossible to photograph this mural properly but because both sides and the ceiling are done in this stairwell the world changes as soon as you begin to descend the stairs. Here the walls on the left are done in a textured stone block and the right side has two separate scenes looking out onto a landscape of the ocean.

It has been a busy spring so far and I have had several fun projects.  I have been painting on textured walls and using stencils in bathrooms with silver leaf along with a mural and a couple of canvas paintings.
What a great job to so what is fun and pleasing.  Thanks for all your support.

This mural is in a foyer and is 9 feet tall and 11 feet wide

This painting is of a mountain peak called Ama Dablam which is very near Mt. Everest in Nepal

A stenciled pattern done then added gold and silver leaf

A lot of gold leaf on the walls 

One little boy likes baseball and the other little boy likes football.  So they both got what they wanted.  I painted the Yankee stadium for one boy and the Green Bay packers stadium for the other boy.

I have also had the chance to gather several pictures and create a mural of the night life in New Orleans.  This night scene is all about the music and dancing in the streets of New Orleans.

It has been a while since I posted new pictures here.  I have kept up with my monthly newsletter that shows many of the new projects I am working on.  If you want to be a part of that please drop me an e-mail at  sthuntington@gmail.com and I will add you to my list.
I have been given the opportunity to paint two stadiums for two little boys in their bedrooms.  One is a football fan and the other is a baseball fan.  I have had plenty of time to do the work so they really got a lot of details and some personal touches.  I finished the New Yankee stadium and am currently working on Lambeau Field stadium.

I have also added several new pictures under the catagories of childrens rooms and faux finishes.

Lots of murals and faux finishes and quite a few texture faux finishes have been completed in the past month. I have had some great mural jobs and the most challenging one was of the Eifel tower in a short room. I had to use the ceiling to make it appear much larger. I did like the purple clouds in the sky.

Route 66 garage mural

I have had the great opportunity to paint a fun mural on the backside of a 4 car garage. The famous route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica,CA has a lot of famous landmarks along the way. I created a collage that is 46 feet long and 6 feet high of many of the stops along the way.

Bahamas Maps

One fun project this month was somewhat of a challenge for me. I had a blank canvas of walls in a workout room. All the walls are 14 feet high, and somehow I needed to fill them with a map of the Bahamas. I decided to get from the client the island chains that he most frequented and those that are special to him. Having done this, I proposed that we imagine the walls as if they were showing parts of a table top that has maps laid on top of one another in an overlapped pattern.

We also wanted to create a look of antique old maps. For this I researched many old maps and used lots of the interesting compasses and drawings on them. I also found some ships that I reduced down to just a tone on tone look.

Transforming Michelle's terrace level

Michelle wanted a truly stunning terrace level for parties and friends. She put in new stone tile, I did faux finishes on all the walls, including bathrooms, we spruced up the bar, I did a venetian plaster on the ceiling and a mural on the wall. We put in a first class wine cellar with faux, murals, wine barrels, brick, stone. Next to the main room is the billiard room where I painted the card motiff on the ceiling. A great place and very comfortable. From blah to bold.

A real indoor treehouse playroom

The month of November was filled with creating a playroom fit for a little king. Yes we built a full scale treehouse and surrounded it with wall to wall , ceiling, bathroom, and closet murals. I have to say I really didn't know what I was doing going into this project but one bite at a time it turned out magnificent. Truly the finished project was something I could be very proud of.. I have to give credit to Sue who worked hand in hand with all the ideas, Linda for all her help and running around to make it successful, Mat for his mad building skills and Brad my helper.