Living and Dining Rooms

Adjoining living rooms in a landmarked Manhattan townhouse were conceived and designed to complement each other in concept and atmosphere. The photo on the left shows wall patterning, based on Fortuni fabric designs and rendered in paint and gold, above a painted trompe l’oeil dado. The photo on the right shows trompe l’oeil faux stone wall paneling with an egg and dart border design and gothic floral ornaments. The floor is a faux inlay, realized in hand tinted stains over oak boards. It’s design is based on Chinese paving patterns. The chairs were designed and painted as adaptations of the famous “Philadelphia Chair”.

Living and Dining Room

These adjoining Living and Dining Rooms in a historic Long Island Mansion were designed to complement and contrast with one another, creating distinct atmospheres for each that harmonize in a sense of time, place and culture. For the Living Room a coarse woven linen wall fabric was stained a rich yellow and an oversized damask pattern was stenciled on top. For the Dining Room the ceiling was decorated as trompe l’oeil coffers and the wall paneling painted with a two-tone weathered gray finish.

Faux Bois Paneled Bedroom

The entire walls and ceiling of this Upper East Side Bedroom were painted in faux maple burl panels that, in combination with the stained floor pattern and the room’s maple furnishings, transform this space into a precious treasure box with the warmth and charm of a humidor or cedar chest.

Billiard Room

The walls of this Billiards Room, in a residence on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, were painted as faux shagreen in a rectangular and diamond pattern, making a subtle pun out of “Pool Shark”. Shades and screens of faux goat hide were created for the room’s windows and book cases. The natural tones harmonize with the room’s leather upholstery and the gloss burgundy strié painted for the walls in the adjoining study.

Trompe L’oeil Panels

The walls of the Living and Dining areas of this luxurious Tribeca home were decorated with large floor to ceiling trompe l’oeil panels. These hand painted panels were custom designed for this project, filtering an 18th century French Boiserie concept through an Art Deco aesthetic to dramatize the room’s classical/contemporary character. The walls surrounding the panels were decorated with a traditional oil glaze paint finish.

Stairway and Hall stencil

The walls of the Entry Foyer, Main Hallways and Staircase in this Manhattan duplex were decorated with stylized branch pattern designed specifically for this project. The pattern was rendered via a four color stencil system and hand painted refinements over a complex architectural space including a 25’ tall wall.

French Rococo Mural

A panoramic mural painted in the style of French Rococo was designed and painted for this opulent Grand Dining Room in a New Jersey mansion. The composition combines scenes from the paintings of Jean Honoré Fragonard and views of the Palace de Versailles with bucolic rural vistas from Forêt de Rambouillet, to bring to life a fantasy of Louis XIV splendor.

Orientalist Bazaar Mural

Murals depicting a Middle Eastern bazaar were painted for the Grand Living Room of a royal palace in Riyadh, KSA. The murals, thirty feet tall, expand from a classic Hollywood mural centered above the fireplace. The murals were painted in New York and then installed and elaborated upon on site in Saudi Arabia. The look and imagery were inspired by and derived from the 18th century European Orientalist genrists. The style and techniques seamlessly match those employed in the original central vignette, an exotic mural by Douglas Riseborough from a Silver Screen era mansion in Beverly Hills.

Grand Entry Hall

A patron’s deep appreciation of Neo-Classic architecture was the inspiration for the design of this Grand Entry Hall in a mansion near Santa Fe, New Mexico. The upper paneled portion of the 20’ high walls were painted as a combination of faux marbles that coordinate with the marble of the room’s floor. The lower walls were painted in a plaster-sand finish with a subtle color gradation that radiates light while giving the room a strong sense of solidity. Door frames and moldings were painted as Carrara marble matching the panels above. And accent details such as column brackets were painted as faux oxidized steel.

Preserve 24 (pic 1 of 4)

A two year project working with San Franciscan artist Brian Goggin to realize his vision of a conceptual artwork/restaurant for New York’s Lower East Side. A series of paintings were created illustrating a fictional expedition to the Arctic to retrieve a block of glacial ice for preservation. Nearly every surface of this two story restaurant, including signage, furniture and the sculptures Brian Goggin designed for it, were painted, antiqued and distressed to bring this Jules Verne-like fantasy of a Steampunk Explorers’ club to life.

Preserve 24 (pic 2 of 4)

A two year project working with San Franciscan artist Brian Goggin to realize his vision of a conceptual artwork/restaurant for New York’s Lower East Side. A series of paintings were created illustrating a fictional expedition to the Arctic to retrieve a block of glacial ice for preservation. Nearly every surface of this two story restaurant, including signage, furniture and the sculptures Brian Goggin designed for it, were painted, antiqued and distressed to bring this Jules Verne-like fantasy of a Steampunk Explorers’ club to life.

Preserve 24 (pic 3 of 4)

A two year project working with San Franciscan artist Brian Goggin to realize his vision of a conceptual artwork/restaurant for New York’s Lower East Side. A series of paintings were created illustrating a fictional expedition to the Arctic to retrieve a block of glacial ice for preservation. Nearly every surface of this two story restaurant, including signage, furniture and the sculptures Brian Goggin designed for it, were painted, antiqued and distressed to bring this Jules Verne-like fantasy of a Steampunk Explorers’ club to life.

Painted Reproductions (pic 4 of 4)

A two year project working with San Franciscan artist Brian Goggin to realize his vision of a conceptual artwork/restaurant for New York’s Lower East Side. A series of paintings were created illustrating a fictional expedition to the Arctic to retrieve a block of glacial ice for preservation. Nearly every surface of this two story restaurant, including signage, furniture and the sculptures Brian Goggin designed for it, were painted, antiqued and distressed to bring this Jules Verne-like fantasy of a Steampunk Explorers’ club to life.

Painted Reproductions (pic 1 of 2)

Finely rendered, highly accurate reproductions of paintings from nearly any period or style may be commissioned as well as paintings done “in the manner of”. On this page are examples of copies from paintings by Henri Rousseau, John Kensett, Balthasar van der Ast, and Jan Breughel the Elder as well as an original abstract work by Rockwell Artisan Studio.

Painted Reproductions (pic 1 of 2)

Finely rendered, highly accurate reproductions of paintings from nearly any period or style may be commissioned as well as paintings done “in the manner of”. On this page are examples of copies from paintings by Henri Rousseau, John Kensett, Balthasar van der Ast, and Jan Breughel the Elder as well as an original abstract work by Rockwell Artisan Studio.

Some views of Rockwell Artisan Studio with various projects in progress.