Livingmurals

I am a painter by trade with 25 years experience in the Northern Virginia area.
 
 My experience in this field includes new construction, production work, quality custom color residential paint, real estate resale repaints, restaurant redesign and retouch maintenance, exterior home painting,
custom color faux finishes, and wall murals.
With expertise in brushwork, caulking, and drywall finishing,
an atmosphere can be painted where a room once was.
 
When oil paint was popular I excelled in brushwork which enables me to paint a room with a 3" brush
 in a matter of a few hours.  

Working alone I am able to complete entire rooms of Faux Finish in relatively the same amount of time it would take to do a three~coat custom color paint due to my training in production painting.
This experience comes in handy when producing Multi~Layer Faux Finishes as well as
 Crackle, Sandwash, Custom Color Stripes, Venetian Plaster, Bellagio Faux, and Wall Murals.
 
 Over the course of time of creating Custom Faux Finishes for particular jobs a collection of Faux Finish Samples came into existence which I have named "The Sample Gallery". These Samples accompanied by several fan charts of colors and an experienced eye for space have allowed me to offer my customers truly unique decorating options without the additional expense of interior design consultation.

 Before I began painting homes by trade I worked to gain my experience as a freelance artist by doing wall murals, outdoor signs, seasonal window painting, business card design and logos, calligraphy, oil paintings, theatrical scenery and (low to no budget) advertisement for the same.