Below you find a list of some of the popular services I currently offer. If you don't see what you are looking for please feel free to contact me and inquire about new or unique styles!

• Antiquing or Ageing: A technique intended to give the appearance of age or wear.

• Borders: Stenciled and hand painted borders are used to soften the edges of rooms and ceiling lines and add interest to the space.

• Color Wash/Old World: This finish creates the illusion of an old Tuscan plaster effect. By applying multiple layers we can create depth and movement and a hint of drama.

• Combing: A technique of pulling a toothed "comb" through wet paint. The comb can be made of a material such as: rubber, metal, leather, plastic or cardboard.

• Crackle: A finish in which cracking is intentionally produced, allowing the undercoat to show through the cracks. A rapid drying of topcoat over slow drying undercoat produces this interesting technique.

• Cross-hatch or Basket Weave finish: A technique of dragging a toothed "comb" through wet paint in both vertical and horizontal directions to achieve a "basket weave" appearance.

• Distressing: Also a term used to describe a decorative paint finish that gives the appearance of age and wear.

• Faux Finishes: French word meaning "fake or false". Technically, wood-graining, marbleizing, or other painted finishes that are replicating a natural material are faux finishes. However, this term has become an umbrella name to describe all painted decorative finishes.

• Faux Wood Grain: creating the illusion of wood using tools and paint.

• Fresco: An ancient mural technique using wet pigments as paint on un-cured plaster. Faux fresco is a mural technique that gives the appearance of an aged and weathered fresco using contemporary paint products.

• Gilding: The application of metal in any form (gold or other metallic leaf, metallic foil, metallic paint, metallic powder, etc.).

• Glazing: Process of applying a tinted, but transparent paint over a base coat to create a softly modulated, watercolor effect. The darkness of the basecoat and the number of layers of glaze applied can create a rich saturated appearance and works well in dark reds, blues and greens.

• Marbleizing: A faux finish that creates the illusion of marble.

• Metallic finishes: Decorative finishes that use metallic paint in various techniques over other painted finishes. Golds, silvers and bronzes are used over different colored base coats to achieve the appearance of antique gold, burnished bronze or shimmering silver.

• Paint sheen: All house paints and glazing liquids have different sheens and can affect the success of certain decorative paint techniques. They will also affect the final look and appearance of the room. Paint sheens vary from flat (a non reflective, dull finish) to high gloss.

• Pigments: Material mixed into paint bases to create paint colors.

• Rag Roll: A decorative paint technique that involves applying or subtracting color by “rolling” a damp crumpled rag over the wall surface.

• Ragging: A decorative paint finish that is either applied or subtracted with a crumpled damp rag.

• Reference material: Pictures from magazines, books, Internet or personal photos that the artist uses as a guide in color selection, techniques, or mural painting.

• Sample: The finish that is to be painted on the walls or ceiling is painted on a section of wall or on a board to show the client what the final outcome of finish will be.

• Sponging: A broken color effect produced by either applying color or removing color by pouncing with a natural sponge while paint is still wet.

• Stencil: A tool used to apply a repeated image or pattern by dabbing paint on a commercial sponge or stippling brush over the negative space cut out of a sheet of mylar or stiff oak tag.

• Stipple: A decorative treatment also known as"Pouncing". A glaze or paint is applied to the surface and while it is wet, a stippler is pounced onto the surface causing the glaze to disperse into tiny dots. Stippling gives a very even film of glaze while removing brush strokes in a wet glaze.

• Stripes: Stripes are applied over a basecoat or faux finished surface in a width suited to the scale of the room. Stripes can be applied with a subtractive technique and in a subtly contrasting sheen creating a soft and rich effect.

• Subtractive technique: Any paint technique that is first applied and then “subtracted” with a sea sponge, rag, plastic bag, or other tool, creating a subtly textured effect.

• Venetian Plaster: Involves the application of pigmented limestone and marble dust to create the look and feel of authentic stone.