Motorcycle mania

As a resident of Sparks Nevada, specifically the suburb of Spanish Springs, I am surrounded on a daily basis with all things motocross. In the summer, there is hardly a day when I don't hear the sound of a dirt bike in the hills behind my house or see the dust flying overhead. While I am not a motorcycle rider, I do appreciate those who do ride. Over the years I've been asked to do a few murals depicting a motorcyclist or two(or seven).
I was recently commissioned to create two separate murals for a couple of motocross brothers. For the seven year old, I designed a very graphic mural with him flying through the air, doing the "trick"of his choice, a no-hander. I added the wavy checkerboard border and paint splotches to make this more fun.
For big brother, we needed something more sophisticated. He chose to be depicted crossing a finish line in an arena. We made this a full wall mural, purposefully creating the bottom third of the wall less detailed so that the bed will be able to be in front of the mural without losing anything.
Both of these murals were very challenging, as all motorcycle murals seem to be, and satisfying. Thanks to these two great kids for letting me create their new rooms.

Sophisticated teen room

It's been a long and busy summer and I'm finally getting some down time to sit and post a few blog entries. I had a fabulous family employ my services to redo almost the entire house these past few months and I had a wonderful time doing it. I don't think I can pick a favorite room, so I'm sure I'll be chronicling all of them.

The first I'd like to brag about was for a dear 16 year old girl who is, of course, growing up and wanted something modern and more sophisticated for her room.

"Mom" and I started with the shower curtain that was purchased for her daughter's bathroom. As many accessories are today, the colors were aqua and chocolate. Our teen was very adamant that we needed to include fleur de lis in the design. As I do with many of my murals, I first mocked up an idea or two on the computer of a design for the main wall. A few revisions and this is what we came up with. There is nothing quite as satisfying as a sweet

sixteen year old telling you "you are my hero for making my room so cool". :)