Mural Musings by Tina Rawson Art

 

One of the  most fun murals I've made to date was this one for a children's preschool in Newbury. They had a wooden box basically that the children played in which I turned into an alpine forest.

Here's the full forest with lake, mountain and castle

Can't you smell the fresh air? Edelweiss is a must in an alpine scene like this one. I created this piece using house paint and acrylics. You can see the rollers under the wooden panels that they used to roll the box under making the children's play more accessible. Such a fun way to build a little world for young children! 

Now I have the opportunity to paint a nursery wall in Wrentham by the ocean. It's a beautiful gray wall on which the parents would like to create a park scene. I've been sent inspiration photos from which I'm gleaning that the like "Parisian" parks, ones full of spring colors, black benches, lilacs, and nice blue skies with white puffy clouds. I thought of the Boston Public Garden. That's a happy place for me, and thought of adding hints of Boston's best park to the wall. Can we all agree that Boston's first garden is still it's best? That cable bridge, the swan boats and the beautiful weeping willows are give me little shivers of joy.

She sent me back pictures of their local park by the sea, also very beautiful but without those iconic touches. I need to noodle this over, because the original picture had lots of touchpoints (see below for the pic from Architectural Digest) which this new direction may not. It would look more like my alpine mountain scene but I think that I can figure this out. It's a really fun challenge - emotionally, artistically and intellectually and I am loving it. I am determined to make sure that they get their perfect nursery in time for baby in June!

By Riley Sheehey, in Architectural Digest

Edelweiss by Tina Rawson below :)