Mountain Mural Cubby

I really need to paint more.
It's like an addiction. If I don't get a good fix, I haphazardly start throwing a brush around when there is a two minute time span in the day...and largely regretting the results.

I loved this Ron Swanson project and was wondering a good place to paint it https://ace_hotel_dev.s3.amazonaws.com/images/PDX-RMS_Standard_front_green_owl_art_20130710_1722.png .
It looks amazing in this boy's nursery http://www.willscasa.com/2014/06/mountain-mural-the-makings-of-a-ron-swanson-nursery/#_a5y_p=1892266
Our cute play kitchen cubby (as sweet as it is) was making me cringe with it's colours that clash with the adjacent room.
So much brightness with Swedish green and Angel Fern!
With this mountain mural, I could entertain the idea of bringing in some of the hunter green I love in other rooms of the house, and subdue the brightness a bit with a chalkboard background.

So I went to work one afternoon, mapping out the mountains with painters tape.
The painting itself was easy. Applying the painters tape was not.

But once I roughed in all the area's, fine detail could be applied to the edges to give the mountains their sharp peaks.

A Little Dear

 A little deer...

...and a duck!

We have been lucky enough to make lifetime friends here in Shanghai.

Ones that we can continue to connect with when we are all back West!

We were lucky to connect recently to celebrate our matching "Bumps" and the second birthday of their daughter, who we still call 'Baby S'! So we brought along a custom canvas for the occasion.

Together Again!

Twist on the Classic Family Tree

Fingerprint Family

O's nursery had a twist on the classic Family Tree. We found a wedding idea to replace the typical guest book: a fingerprint tree. We took this idea and changed it to a Family Tree and tied it into the Woodlands theme.

Signed and sealed

We had family members place their fingerprint on the branches and sign their first and middle names.

Family members that have passed received a special symbol in their honour (Green Apple for Granny Smith, seagull for Grandpa Harold, bluebird for Uncle Warren...)

Big little signature's

 

Birch Baby

 Little Orange Owl

 Birch Tree-Stage One

Birch Branches & Leaves

Art & Health

"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind."
~Bruce Lee

Sweet Pea has teamed up with the newly owned and operated Doctors Choice Clinic (www.doctorschoiceclinic.com) to create a little ambiance for patients on the road to recovery. What better way to symbolize renewal than with the strongest woody tree and fastest growing plant on earth; the bamboo. Bamboo is able to completely regenerate without the need to replant and can be replenished with no negative impact on the environment.

This forest of stalks are painted from mid-view while green shoots boast long-slender leaves. Younger stalks bend to the edges of the 5 x 2.5 foot canvas and the background mirrors colour choices from the clinic, a calm khaki green. In colour therapy, green represents nature, life, self-respect and well-being; all noted in connection with the healing processes taking place through rehabilitation.

On behalf of Sweet Pea Murals, health and happiness to the staff and patients at Doctors Choice.