Lucy-Mae's Faeries
Location - Kettering 2006
This lovely new fairy mural merits some explanation, as it is painted in the room of a little girl who needs 24 hour care, and is looked after by her amazing adopted parents and a team of equally wonderful nurses. Growing up now and no longer a toddler, mum decided her room needed a facelift. The idea behind the mural was to try and create a nurturing, loving and also stimulating atmosphere for Lucy-mae and everyone involved in her life, so that they may feel inspired with both positive and calming feelings, enhancing all their lives with a positive energy that would reflect back on to Lucy-mae.
The central figure is mother nature having a wild hair day, the sunset was based on a photograph I took of nearby Rutland Water, and the faeries
are based on Brian Froud and Linda Berqkvist's work, plus some of my own. The woodland backround was purposefully painted a little dark to highlight the bright and colourful faeries, and is quite realistic, plus the theme was continued behind those areas were furniture will go, for example in this first picture, a chest of drawers lives in the space bottom left.
The tall double swing doors lead to the bathroom and are protected with a couple of coats of tough varnish from bumps and knocks. The room has a calm serenity about it and has taken on a new life of its own.
There are 3 full pages of images showing different parts of this mural, and it's well worth
seeing them all if you ask me, so please use the numbered links on each page, above right
and below right to navigate between them.
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