A lovely studio

Wouldn't this be a enchanting place to dream and create?

Art and Decoration   Photo by Alexandre Rety

Art and Decoration   Photo by Alexandre Rety

This is the studio of Belgian Laurence Hannoun. 

Mine is almost nothing like this. We can dream!

I want to live here!

I just fell in love with Claire Basler’s studio/home when I opened the March 2010 issue of Elle Décor UK. An old iron works building on the outskirts of Paris houses this wonderfully talented artist. Claire’s love of flowers and her garden are certainly reflected in her work.

Being surrounded by so much natural light and having the subject you love to paint right at your fingertips sounds heavenly.

The colors mixed with the grays, the old and the new, the shiny and the textured… the combinations work.

Here it is! (All photos from Elle Décor UK, photos by Mads Mogensen)

A few of her paintings (courtesy of http://www.clairebasler.com/):

I love the silver and gold leaf backgrounds in these photos!

Trompe L'oeil Class for DPAP members

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The Trompe L'Oeil Moldings Class comes to the Midwest with Marlow DeMars from the Decorative Painting Apprenticeship Program, DPAP, teaching.

On Saturday, April 10, 2010, Marlow will be teaching the art and mechanics of striping here at our studio!

This is a free workshop for DPAP paid members. Marlow will teach how to mix colors, (grisaille), and how to stripe on several types of moldings. The sample board you take home will contain a variety of moldings that can be used in many interior painted schemes.
A $25 materials fee is required for this workshop (for brushes, paint and boards).

DPAP, a non-profit pending program, was started in March of 2007 with the mission of providing real-world experiences for decorative painting artisans, as well as creating enduring art in public spaces consistent with the goals of public restoration programs. DPAP finds public buildings in need of repair and restoration, suggests design schemes, gathers professionals to teach classes on-site, and recruits students to execute the designs. Marlow DeMars , of Ingalls DeMars Painting in Connecticut, is a co-founder as well as being responsible for creating design schemes and presentation materials.

Please visit http://dpap.org/ for further information on joining DPAP!

Trompe l'oeil is definitely both an art and a science. Join this master to learn it!