by Mickey Baxter-Spade on March 17, 2010
Trompe L’oeil Wall Pocket Now why would someone want a hand painted wall pocket filled with flowers, in trompe l’oeil style, painted on their wall? Why not just buy a wall pocket and fill it with silk flowers? In this case the area needing embellishment was the wall above the commode in the master bath. [...]
by Mickey Baxter-Spade on June 3, 2009
Wall pockets are a quick, fun, even elegant way of dressing up a small area. This one was done for a client who wanted to hang a piece of art at the end of her garden tub but it wasn’t possible because of a pocket door in that wall. As my eyes roamed the room [...]
by Mickey Baxter-Spade on February 6, 2009
As I was finishing the painting in the kitchen I was asked to look at the master bedroom. The home owner had a favorite quote that she wanted painted over the double entry doors to the bedroom. After measuring the space it was back to my studio to decide on letter styles, color, size and a little something [...]