Keller’s bedroom
An underwater world for a friend’s first born.
In the summer of 2001 my best childhood friend asked me to help her paint a mural in her son’s bedroom. The concept was hers and she chose the images she wanted replicated on the walls. We worked together.
The first step was texture painting an underwater look for the background using typical latex paint for the home. Next, considering where the bedroom furniture was placed, we projected various sea life animals on the walls and traced the outlines for our paintings.
Then we painted the animal scenes using acrylics. Some we did together, while others we worked on separately.
Unfortunately as this project was completed during the early days of digital photography, I didn’t shoot in-progress photos as I do now and I am missing images for one of the animals I painted.
Corner view - dolphins, sea otters, sea turtle with divers
dolphins close-up, painted by me and my friend, Julie
sea otters close-up, facing sea otter by me, swimming away otter by Julie (If I remember correctly)
sea turtle close-up, sea turtle by me, divers by Julie
orca and amberjacks
orca close-up, we painted this scene together and used glittery paint for the sunlight reflections coming down through the water on the orca's back
spotted manta rays, nearest ray by me, distant ray by Julie
great white shark - painted by me. The shark is hidden behind the door when open. Missing image: next to the door was a dock piling with a pelican that I painted perched on top.
the sun - painted by Julie
mermaid sitting on a rock - painted by Julie