Thursday, October 21, 2010

chandelier painted over old watercolor

RE use of old w/c painting of landscape over painted with chandelier design.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

GO GREEN revamp it! vintage chair and wood boxes


REVAMP IT!

Hand painted custom designs and podged flowers
on vintage wood chair and vintage wood boxes.
b green with b art c designs.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Klimt inspired custom painted purse


Custom Klimt inspired design - hand painted vintage purse.

Vintage custom painted Chandelier Chalkboard


Vintage frame, ribbon and lace with custom painted chalkboard
for Justine's bridal shower gift.

custom painted mailbox The Reay's


Custom designed and hand painted mailbox

Saturday, July 17, 2010

custom painted milk can


Custom painted tremclad on metal milkcan.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

custom painted skin stretcher


Antique skin stretcher custom painted acrylic on wood with
 woodland animals...
deer, coyote, fox and mink.

Custom Faux painted garage door


Transformed an unsuitable but affordable white vinyl garage door on a vintage barn garage.
Custom faux painted with acrylic paint. TA DA!!

painted pebbles


custom hand painting beach pebbles

hand painted bird bell


 Metal bird with bell - custom painted with tremclad paint
before - rusted metal bird 

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

custom painted growth chart

Designed and hand painted growth chart personalized with
Jailah's favourite pets.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

LORD and BURNHAM greenhouse

this Lord & Burham built greenhouse is part of my studio space at Dufferin Gardens Studios
in St. Catharines.
I own a piece of history according to this piece....

Glass Garden Builders > Lord & Burnham historyThe 126 Year Lord & Burnham Legacy:1856-1982For more than a century and a quarter, Lord & Burnham was the premier greenhouse designer and builder throughout the United States and Canada.Lord & Burnham got its start in 1856 in Massachusetts, when Frederick Lord - a carpenter with a talent for building greenhouses - founded Lord's Horticultural Manufacturing Co.Lord then set up shop on the banks of the Hudson River in Irvington, New York - a site which remained a Lord & Burnham production facility - and its headquarters -- for the next 126 years.The Burnham in Lord & Burnham is William Addison Burnham, Lord's son-in-law, with whom he formed a partnership to build greenhouses throughout North America.At its height, Lord & Burnham operated production facilities in Irvington, New York, Des Moines, Iowa and St. Catharines, Ontario. Burnham Corporation, a maker of industrial boilers, discontinued Lord & Burnham - then its greenhouse division -- in 1982, one year after its 125th anniversary.If you own a Lord & Burnham greenhouse, you own a piece of history.

hand painted driftwood sign serendipity

Designed and hand-painted custom sign on driftwood.

Monday, May 10, 2010

wooden hand painted fish bowl

Hand painted fish design on vintage wood salad bowl.
For decorative use only.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Ravens and Frida custom painted table

Custom painted found wood table with decoupage of raven images and hand painted Fridas.
REvitalize and transform discarded furniture with custom designs and hand painting.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

hand painted vintage handbag red & white

Custom hand painted bird and flower motif on second-hand vintage spectator hand bag.
Floral design hand painted on second hand vintage purse. Imparting renewed desirability on  beautifully made pre-loved purses.

Monday, April 19, 2010

re-imagined hand painted wood bowls LiL Nipper

Found wood salad bowl with hand painted designs of my LiL Nipper. Dog quotes surround the bowl.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

tableau de cru


I collect discarded frames and repurpose them as stylish vintage inspired chalkboards.
Adding hand painted chandeliers, birdcages, wine glasses and creating custom designs and
monograms.

domino art fridge magnets


These RENEWed dominos are now playing at being art fridge magnets!

Raven hand painted vintage purse



Custom hand-painted Raven and feather design on throw away purse.
RENEWable, ECO conscious style.
AM always amazed at 2nd hand stores with the impression of an obvious consumer society with
so much wealth or credit that these stores are brimming with discards, unwanted, orphaned things,
and i imagine and improvise and add FLOURISH to things to breathe new life into them.
Restore their desirability.