Mural Artists Behind the Scene

Mural Artists (Behind the Scene) Most of you are enjoying looking at murals and many of you would love a mural in your homes or offices. However, not everyone can afford one, at least this is what most of you are thinking... Murals are not as expensive as it seems. Here is some 'food for thought' for you - when getting an artist to paint a mural, you are not planning to replace the mural too soon or you won't replace it at all! How much do you pay for your furniture that you are going to get rid of in two-three years? And how much does the mural cost? While questioning the 'expensive' or 'affordable' one would have to question why murals are what they are and how they are done. There are many things involved. Besides its intellectual and artistic side, mural work is a very physical task. The artist has to have liability insurance that he has to pay for. He has to bring and install one or more scaffolds (or rent these) and set up the working space. Working on a scaffold demands physical effort while climbing up and down during the day. If standing for a long time legs and feet become tired. Is sitting on a stool, back is never straight and one gets back pain. If painting on a high wall, one has to reach for every corner, and he might find himself standing on top of his toes for a very long time! Same thing happens when painting the very bottom of the wall - one has to sit with his back bend forward or in a squatting position. When painting a ceiling things get worse - one has to paint standing or sitting with his head bend toward the back, which is an awkward and dangerous position for one's head. When sitting in this position for long time, one gets head, neck, and back pain. Therefore, don't be surprised if the artist will work six hours instead of eight, or he will take longer breaks while stretching and lying down in floor. Things get more complicated when the artist has to transfer the drawing or use cutouts and such. As you can see, the process of mural art painting is not only about inspiration, but also about many challenges, and I hope you will appreciate it in a different way. In conclusion, I would like to invite you to read Michelangelo's despairing poem while painting the Sistine Chapel: "Here like a cat in a Lombardy sewer!Swelter and toil! With my neck puffed out like a pigeon, belly hanging like an empty sack, beard pointing at the ceiling, and my brain fallen backwards in my head! Breastbone bulging like a harpy's and my face, from drips and droplets, patterned like a marble pavement. Ribs are poking in my guts; the only way to counterweight my shoulders is to stick my butt out. Don't know where my feet are- they're just dancing by themselves! In front I've sagged and stretched; behind, my back is tauter than an archer's bow!" I am a professional mural, fiber artist, and college professor. My mural portfolio consists of hand-painted public and residential murals in various styles, most of them located in South Florida. I am versed in both representational (realistic) and abstract art, and I am always looking forward to projects that challenge my thinking in generating original ideas. Most of my murals are painted in naturalistic style, using the trompe l'oeil effects (from French "to trick the eye". Georgeta Fondos http://www.muralsbygeorgeta.com/ Rate this Article

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Georgeta Fondos has published 11 articles. Article submitted on October 27, 2013. Word count: 506

Abstract wall art provides you multiple ways to decorate and express yourself. A variety of those items are unique and express concepts that can be left to opinion.

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Art Emporio is an exciting and inspiring way to buy art in India. With Wonderful range of thousands of Art Prints, Posters, Canvas Prints, Photography, Oil Paintings we are proud to be the India's most vast, customer friendly, Affordable Art Store.

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Can you recall your earliest memory of abstract wall art. Let's take a minute to reflect on the function of abstract arts throughout the evolution of the art world.

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A canvas wall art can be bought for a number of reasons. There are some people who purchase paintings as an investment while there are some who purchase them for décor. There are such people too who simply buy paintings and wall hangings because they like to see such stuff hanging on the walls.

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Mural Artists Behind the Scene

Mural Artists (Behind the Scene) Most of you are enjoying looking at murals and many of you would love a mural in your homes or offices. However, not everyone can afford one, at least this is what most of you are thinking... Murals are not as expensive as it seems. Here is some 'food for thought' for you - when getting an artist to paint a mural, you are not planning to replace the mural too soon or you won't replace it at all! How much do you pay for your furniture that you are going to get rid of in two-three years? And how much does the mural cost? While questioning the 'expensive' or 'affordable' one would have to question why murals are what they are and how they are done. There are many things involved. Besides its intellectual and artistic side, mural work is a very physical task. The artist has to have liability insurance that he has to pay for. He has to bring and install one or more scaffolds (or rent these) and set up the working space. Working on a scaffold demands physical effort while climbing up and down during the day. If standing for a long time legs and feet become tired. Is sitting on a stool, back is never straight and one gets back pain. If painting on a high wall, one has to reach for every corner, and he might find himself standing on top of his toes for a very long time! Same thing happens when painting the very bottom of the wall - one has to sit with his back bend forward or in a squatting position. When painting a ceiling things get worse - one has to paint standing or sitting with his head bend toward the back, which is an awkward and dangerous position for one's head. When sitting in this position for long time, one gets head, neck, and back pain. Therefore, don't be surprised if the artist will work six hours instead of eight, or he will take longer breaks while stretching and lying down in floor. Things get more complicated when the artist has to transfer the drawing or use cutouts and such. As you can see, the process of mural art painting is not only about inspiration, but also about many challenges, and I hope you will appreciate it in a different way. In conclusion, I would like to invite you to read Michelangelo's despairing poem while painting the Sistine Chapel: "Here like a cat in a Lombardy sewer!Swelter and toil! With my neck puffed out like a pigeon, belly hanging like an empty sack, beard pointing at the ceiling, and my brain fallen backwards in my head! Breastbone bulging like a harpy's and my face, from drips and droplets, patterned like a marble pavement. Ribs are poking in my guts; the only way to counterweight my shoulders is to stick my butt out. Don't know where my feet are- they're just dancing by themselves! In front I've sagged and stretched; behind, my back is tauter than an archer's bow!" I am a professional mural, fiber artist, and college professor. My mural portfolio consists of hand-painted public and residential murals in various styles, most of them located in South Florida. I am versed in both representational (realistic) and abstract art, and I am always looking forward to projects that challenge my thinking in generating original ideas. Most of my murals are painted in naturalistic style, using the trompe l'oeil effects (from French "to trick the eye". Georgeta Fondos http://www.muralsbygeorgeta.com/ Rate this Article

Mural Artists Behind the SceneRating: 5.0/5 (7 votes cast)

Georgeta Fondos has published 11 articles. Article submitted on October 27, 2013. Word count: 506

Abstract wall art provides you multiple ways to decorate and express yourself. A variety of those items are unique and express concepts that can be left to opinion.

Written by: Arold Augustin

Art Emporio is an exciting and inspiring way to buy art in India. With Wonderful range of thousands of Art Prints, Posters, Canvas Prints, Photography, Oil Paintings we are proud to be the India's most vast, customer friendly, Affordable Art Store.

Written by: Ravinder Kumar

Can you recall your earliest memory of abstract wall art. Let's take a minute to reflect on the function of abstract arts throughout the evolution of the art world.

Written by: Pam Renovato

A canvas wall art can be bought for a number of reasons. There are some people who purchase paintings as an investment while there are some who purchase them for décor. There are such people too who simply buy paintings and wall hangings because they like to see such stuff hanging on the walls.

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The Story Behind Boy With a Pipe by Pablo Picasso

Boy with a Pipe is painted by Pablo Picasso in 1905 and becomes one of his greatest works. Boy with a Pipe is a work during Picasso's rose period. He was 24 years old at that time when he settled in Montmartre, France. Picasso called the young Parisian boy in as "Little Louis", who often spent his spare time in Picasso's studio. Picasso made him the model of this painting. This oil painting depicts "Little Louis" in blue clothes holding a pipe in his left hand and wearing a garland with two bunches of flowers behind as the background, which had something in common with Chinese painting. Experts believe that the garland that the boy wore was temporarily added when the painter was about to finish the paintings. Whatever, it looks very harmonious with the whole paintings.

Boy with a Pipe receives a great popularity. Critics believe that it has the same mystery as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. This work reveals a kind of poetic mood and everyone would easily be attracted by it. A half year after the painting was sold in 2004, we finally knew the owner of it and accidentally we got to know a love story behind it.

Steve Georg was the person who spent a large sum of money to buy this work. He was not mad but crazy fro the love. Steve Georg and Betty Whitney grew up together in Berlin. After Picasso's Boy with a Pipe was finished in 1905, it was finally collected by Steve Georg's father. In fact Steve Georg looks quite a bit similar with the "Little Louis" in the painting. Betty really loved it. These two children liked to play a game; whenever Betty wanted something she would write a note posting behind the painting and once Steve saw the notes he would always try to satisfy Betty's requirements.

A war in 1935 made them apart. After Betty returned America safely she tries to find Steve but nothing. She was sad and in 1949 he married an English ambassador and went to London the next year. Accidentally she saw the painting in Sotheby's auction. Betty bought this painting with 28000 dollars. Looking at this familiar painting she became quite exciting. The painting was well preserved and the boy in the painting was just like Steve in her mind. Luckily, Steve survived in the war and 28 years later they met again. To enjoy this painting together became their common dreams.

The Story Behind Boy With a Pipe by Pablo Picasso

Boy with a Pipe is painted by Pablo Picasso in 1905 and becomes one of his greatest works. Boy with a Pipe is a work during Picasso's rose period. He was 24 years old at that time when he settled in Montmartre, France. Picasso called the young Parisian boy in as "Little Louis", who often spent his spare time in Picasso's studio. Picasso made him the model of this painting. This oil painting depicts "Little Louis" in blue clothes holding a pipe in his left hand and wearing a garland with two bunches of flowers behind as the background, which had something in common with Chinese painting. Experts believe that the garland that the boy wore was temporarily added when the painter was about to finish the paintings. Whatever, it looks very harmonious with the whole paintings.

Boy with a Pipe receives a great popularity. Critics believe that it has the same mystery as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. This work reveals a kind of poetic mood and everyone would easily be attracted by it. A half year after the painting was sold in 2004, we finally knew the owner of it and accidentally we got to know a love story behind it.

Steve Georg was the person who spent a large sum of money to buy this work. He was not mad but crazy fro the love. Steve Georg and Betty Whitney grew up together in Berlin. After Picasso's Boy with a Pipe was finished in 1905, it was finally collected by Steve Georg's father. In fact Steve Georg looks quite a bit similar with the "Little Louis" in the painting. Betty really loved it. These two children liked to play a game; whenever Betty wanted something she would write a note posting behind the painting and once Steve saw the notes he would always try to satisfy Betty's requirements.

A war in 1935 made them apart. After Betty returned America safely she tries to find Steve but nothing. She was sad and in 1949 he married an English ambassador and went to London the next year. Accidentally she saw the painting in Sotheby's auction. Betty bought this painting with 28000 dollars. Looking at this familiar painting she became quite exciting. The painting was well preserved and the boy in the painting was just like Steve in her mind. Luckily, Steve survived in the war and 28 years later they met again. To enjoy this painting together became their common dreams.

Hunting Decals - The Inspiration Behind Their Creation

Have you noticed hunting decals lately?

Hunting decals are the inspirations of artists, graphic designers, hunters and nature enthusiasts. The "thrill" is not only in the hunt. Designing truck window decals is truly a fun experience. Hunters love them too!

Younger artists and truckers love grim reapers on horses, skulls, weapons and other imaginary forces of nature. Some are intimidating. Deer skulls, ghost riders and dark sided weaponry ward off the squeamish. They attract those interested in getting their hands bloody. These sticker creators seem to evoke fearlessness.

Decal artists graphically portray some of the most famous hunting decals by using inventions of the greatest makers of weaponry in the United States. In fact, the American Flag representation sometimes mingles with the graphics of the weapon. The love of the America and the weapon is the inspiration behind some truck window decals.

New "threats" to disarm hunters evoke even more creative decals.

Protective rights amendment stickers are now becoming even more popular. This is due to the threat of our government trying to "disarm" America. American hunters pose no threat and obey hunting season laws. Serious hunters hunt to eat. They obtain licenses and follow the rules. These stickers help relay the message that we need to protect gun rights.

Some hunting decals represent the animal. The hunter envisions the sheer size and statue of the animal as shown in the decal. The artist focuses on bears, birds, boars, deer, elks and hogs. These are among the more favorite hunted animals. Radical young gifted artists design larger raging animal decals. The stickers imply that huge animals crash through rear windows.

Decal designers graphically imitate positions of the hunter.

Some sticker design artists depict the very basics of the "art of the hunt." They show their versions of the hunter using the weapon. A tree stand with the hunter aiming at his target is a good example. Some companies even design logos of women hunters positioned for the kill, too!

Camouflage, or "Camo," has always been the rage of all ages. Camouflage blends in well with the forest making the hunter unnoticeable. Antlers, deer, elks, guns, hearts and other designs combine with camouflage and flag graphics. Three-dimensional stickers with camo adds another interesting look.

Advertisers use their brand names in logos and decals.

Are hunters aware that they are advertising by placing their "Brand Name" logo in their back window? There are advertisements for supplements, logos for companies that make weapons and "tools of the hunt." Bows and arrows sport company logos underneath. Sometimes logos or names of companies are the only graphic decal; along with lettering. Hunters are proud of their weapons.

Funny stickers and graphically offensive decals are bound to sneak into the picture. Some are actually very funny, sexually explicit or downright nasty. However, you don't see very many of those. Hunters love the sport and love their visions of the hunt. Oh, don't forget the Sasquatch hunter! LOL

You're bound to see a sticker designed for anything you can eat or stuff. Not only is there animals to hunt but artists design decals of animals that hunt animals. Dogs and hounds chase or retrieve tasty meals for their owners. Artists render the owners favorite dog pointing for his master.

Today, hunting decals are like tattoos. These truck window decals are just as beautiful as rugged. The artist portrays his vision of the hunt and makes beautiful imagery or "tattoos" for your truck or vehicle window.

Cheryl Veon loves writing and educating the consumer about products. Visit Truck Window Decals Center for information on how to choose the decals that are right for your truck window.