I painted this for myself after a lovely Croatian holiday with lovely people from Slovenia. The feeling of a luke warm shower in the garden as evening fell after the most boiling of days was amazing. I have a picture of this but I can’t find the original – which I’m sad about, I’d put it up in my bathroom if I could find it…
Now, I don’t claim to be a trompe l’oeil expert, but, on reflection, I’m pretty pleased with this. Positioned by the owners so that whilst sitting inside they can survey their small town garden, and, through a (fake) shady arbour, the vista of their (imaginary) estate beyond. The real fountain just in front of it was a touch of genius on their part too.
Greek Island holiday inspired, click on images to see more detail.
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Glass and ceramic mosaic on the theme of its own legs, a close up of the bent metal work decorations. If you’ve got some nice old legs in a shed waiting for a nice top half let’s talk. Any kind of image is possible. This one is roughly 28 x 28 inches, or 74 x 74cm.
I’m quite cross with myself for not taking more photos of this closer up. It’s my favourite thing I’ve made I think, water lilies, frogs, fish, dragon flies, water plants…made for the garden of an Edwardian house, so in a nouveau style. It’s all there if you squint. Tsk! And the owners have moved house… 😦 Made with Glass and ceramic mosaic. Sigh.
I do like a nice underwater world, this is a simple fish in a mix of ceramic and glass mosaic, 6 x 6 inches (16 x 16cm).
This is a place, crossed paths on a common, that I hope means a lot to its owners, and very impressionistic. It’s a 6 x 6 inch (16cm x 16cm) mosaic in smalti glass, with a touch of green mirrored glass for sparkle.
This is the little sister of the larger smalti patchwork. It’s 6 x 6 inches (16cm x 16cm), quite big enough to be practical for a pan stand or to fill a mini wall space. Smalti glass comes in all colours, so the possibilities for colourways are endless.
This is a ‘hidden’ message. Within the mosaic it says Jim 75, and was made for Jim, when he was 75. (I didn’t really need to explain that did I.) It could have blatantly just been a design made from the name Jim and numbers 7 and 5, but I figured that something that looked like gentle rolling hills etc., in greens would be easier on the eye and better for the owner to use without drawing too much attention to Jim’s name, or age – if you see what I mean, but still be a nice reminder of his special birthday. I hope that’s clear. So the point I’m trying to make is, hidden messages, more hidden than this even, can be employed in a mosaic. The mosaic is 1 x 1 foot (33cm x 33cm).
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