Thursday, January 29, 2009

A-I-N-S-L-E-Y

An order had been submitted about a month ago for a seven tile spread that would match a nursery valance. I was thrilled because first I have wanted to work on a large canvas spread - 7 letters makes up a pretty substantial piece of wall art and second the bedding was just absolutely adorable!  Abstract with swirls and flowers and shapes - just beautiful.  I jumped at the chance and wanted to share with you one of my very favorite pieces I have done to this point.  

When Sarah, my client, contacted me and attached an image of the valance in the room and told me that the room was painted pink, I immediate had ideas on how to matte and hang this piece.  Normally, I would matte these pieces on white matte board.  I do this for a few reasons - first off the white usually pops of any colored wall and second it holds all the tiles even so that you don't have to make a zillion holes or use a laser level to get the plumb.  I thought with this spread though that it would be really beautiful to double matte it using both white and chocolate brown matte board and attaching pink polka dot ribbon - the piece can be hung from the ribbon - but I also added holes to the back of the matte board for a more secure hang, not to mention keeping the matte board and canvas' from warping.  It turned out better than I could have hoped.



I lucked out when I asked, Leslie, my photographer, to do an "action" shot and her daughter's bedroom just happens to be pink!! Perfect!


S-L close up


Bottom view

I received a nice note from Sarah and Matt regarding their painting (and for the record the box was HUGE!):

Hi Ann,
 
We received the painting yesterday and you were right the box was huge:)  We love the painting. It awesome to be able to display her name in a unquie and beauitful way. It matches her room perfectly! It is so much better than just putting wood letters up on the wall it it will last a lifetime. You did a beauiful job on the painting and provided excellect customer service. Thanks so much.
Matt and Sarah Hall

Thank you so much to the Hall's for allowing me to work on something so special for your daughter - it was so much fun to do!  It was absolutely my pleasure!!!! Enjoy!

I still have a birthday post and another girlfriend to cover, so stay tuned, I'm not done yet!  Also, I've tweeked the website a bit, added stuff mostly, check it out and enjoy!

Thanks!

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5 Comments:

Blogger Betsy King said...

Oooh, I really like this one. It's for Matt & Sarah too!? Awesome!

(Hey, am I racking up any commission here?) ;-D

I would love to see the bedding. Super cute!! That's really going to grow with her too.

January 29, 2009 at 8:11 PM  
Blogger h.Lo said...

Wow! This is amazing, Annie. Totally takes your work to a new level. Congrats on another beautiful piece.

January 29, 2009 at 9:06 PM  
Blogger Val said...

Very nice, a gorgeous job you did. Something she can grow with!! Keep up the good work!
Val

January 30, 2009 at 10:33 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks so much! We love it. Yes, we totally wanted something that would last as she gets older.

February 1, 2009 at 4:33 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That is so cool Annie!! Just beautiful!!

Love, Hea

February 5, 2009 at 11:09 AM  

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