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My Secret Life As A Scenic Artist
by John on 10/21/2008 2:16:04 PM


Faux Rock Fountain

Although I'd love to earn a full-time living as a fine artist, I often use my painting and sculpting skills for what the industry calls scenic art.

Shown above, a faux rock fountain created for a private homeowner. She wanted it to have a North Carolina look and a trailing pool. This project entailed first sculpting the "stones" from high-density styrofoam then coating the structure with cement. The cement can be dyed to create any color and as I smooth it on I create the textures for the selected stones and rocks. 

Here's another one -- this client wanted a Southwestern "faux stone" pond in front of his home (the photo only shows a third of the pond 2-foot deep pond I created) and I added trickling water feature show here.

   

My other scenic art projects include faux and trompe l'oeil painting effects for the Italian Pavilion at EPCOT and broken tile wall mosaics for Sea World.




Here's a 3-D faux marble project I was commissioned to do for a private home. 



I fabricated separate faux marble panels to "surround" this fireplace and added a faux marble mantlepiece (finished all round) plus the register. The gloss coating gives it a polished marble look and it even feels like marble when you touch it. When I transported the panels for installation in a pick-up truck, the lady at the toll booth thought the panels were real marble. Nice compliment.  

I'm asked to do a lot of faux finish work -- especially aged Tuscan effects -- for private home owners. I'm thinking about adding a section to my website for scenic art and faux work. Think readers would be interested?    

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Sherry
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Yes...your work is fantastic...have you heard of MuralsPlus? They also have faux painting...you will find a treasure trove of ideas there...and you can contribute as a professional artist.









 
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