Murals by Los Angeles Muralist Gabrielle

How to make a room look bigger – Restaurant Mural

Mural for a restaurant featuring a Swiss city at the beautiful Zurich Lake

The restaurant had a small and long room which they used for private parties but it was not booked as it should.

The wall where you see the mural is a fold-able door which is connected to the main room of the restaurant.

We faux finished this wall first, then added a window mural to open up the small space. The intention was to make the room look bigger with an additional window. The result was fabulous! The restaurant owner told us later that it was much easier for him to rent out the room for private parties and events.

We do all kinds of commercial mural and wall finishes.

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Greek Wall Mural for the Backyard

: Greek Mural

This is a wall of a garage which was white. My clients did some very nice landscaping and added a pavilion tent which looked very good with the typical Greek colors blue and white.

It is a typical Greek setting that you will find on very many Greek islands. If you are a fan of Greece and have a backyard wall you will like this wall mural.

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admin, November 10th 2009 | Tags: european art, european master mural, european mural, european muralist, Garden Mural, greek mural, los angeles mural, los angeles mural art, los angeles muralist, los angeles murals, mural, mural art, mural painter, muralist, murals, wall art, wall painting
Posted in Backyard Mural, Commercial Murals, Floral Murals, Garden Mural, Landscape Murals, Nature Mural, Outdoor Mural, Trompe L'Oeil Mural

Wine Cellar Door Trompe L’Oeil

: Wine Cellar Door

This breath taking mural is in the basement of a private resicende in Granada Hills and is on the opposite side of the wine cellar. The walls are faux finished and add a nice rustique look to the staircase which is leading down to the wine cellar.

Yes, it is painted!

What can I say – click on the picture to see more!

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admin, November 2nd 2009 | Tags: bel air muralist, granada hills, granada hills mural, handpainted mural, los angeles artist, los angeles mural, los angeles muralist, mural, mural art, mural painter, muralist, Trompe L'Oeil Mural, trompe loeil, trompeloeil, wine cellar door, Wine Cellar Mural
Posted in Commercial Murals, Entry area Murals, Faux Finish Art, Hallway Murals, Italian Mural, Restaurant Murals, Trompe L'Oeil Mural, Wine Cellar Mural

Charlie Chaplin Mural – A Hollywood Legend

: Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin was one of the greatest Hollywood Stars. At a time when sound was not an option in the movies, and where black and white were the only colors, his artistic abilities were indeed outstanding.

It was an honor and a pleasure to paint him in life size as a mural amongst other Hollywood stars like Marilyn Monroe and James Dean.

The mural is from a scene of the movie “Goldrush”. I am not sure if this is the movie where he ate a sole of a shoe instead of a steak…?

If you like some of your Hollywood stars painted on the walls, send me an email
or go to www.artcomm.us

It is a great addition for a game room or office spaces.

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admin, October 30th 2009 | Tags: black and white, black and white mural, charlie chaplin, figurative mural, hollywood, hollywood mural, hollywood star, hollywood stars, los angeles art, los angeles artist, los angeles mural, los angeles muralist, mural, mural art, mural paining, mural painter, muralist, murals, wall art, wall painting
Posted in Commercial Murals, Figurative Murals, Game room Mural, Hallway Murals, Restaurant Murals, Trompe L'Oeil Mural

How to make a room look bigger

Choose a templateFor the bathroom I got a picture (in this case from the Interior Designer) and I used it as a template; it was a tropical scene which the client liked a lot.
Step 2
Make the draft (design)

You can do a little drawing or use your painting computer programs such as Photoshop. I always take a picture of the blank wall and copy and paste the mural elements into the photograph. For the tropical mural I took some elements of the photo and combined them with other ideas like hibiscus flowers, tropical plants and so on.
I will show you a detailled draft in my next article.

Step 3
Paint the mural
If the mural needs a light coating you would do this first. For the tropical landscape I used a white surface because of the different colors (sky and forest)
Then you do the outlines; I use charcoal – I would not recommend pencil or any other paint.
Fill in hte background colors for the sky and forest, so a foliage green and sky blue which I . Use light colors and systematically add the details. You can do them freehand or project them. For this mural I used the projector only for the plant named bird of paradise in the right corner.

Step 4
The mural’s details would be added at the end, some highlights, deeper tones and little lines here and there. It has to come alive.
After it was finished I sealed the mural with a matt finish to protect it from moisture.

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admin, October 1st 2009 | Tags: Bathroom Murals, beverly hills, european art, european master mural, european mural, handpainted mural, los angeles artist, los angeles mural, los angeles muralist, mural, mural art, mural paining, mural painter, muralist, murals, Nature Mural, pond mural, rainforest mural, tropical, tropical mural, waterfall, Waterfall Mural
Posted in Backyard Mural, Bathroom Murals, Garden Mural, Hallway Murals, Landscape Murals, Nature Mural, Tropical Murals, Wildlife Mural

Antique Scroll on hand painted papyrus

Antique scroll Mural

This is a hand painted antique scroll on papyrus. The paper is not real paper, I faux finished the texture, so it is all painted! My client gave me some quotes she liked which were rounding up the whole mural.

The mural is in the entry way on a wall which connects kitchen and living room.

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admin, September 25th 2009 | Tags: antique art, european art, european master mural, faux art, Faux finishes, faux finishes, los angeles mural, los angeles muralist, mural, mural art, mural paining, mural painter, muralist, murals, old world mural, Old World Murals, wall art, wall painting
Posted in Entry area Murals, Faux Finish Art, Old World Murals, Trompe L'Oeil Mural

How to make a bathroom look bigger

Bathroom wall before muralMural Niche with orchids

Mural Niche with orchids

What do you do when the bathroom is long and small as the one I did the mural for?
First a Faux Finish will add a warm touch to the whole room. Then I painted a Niche Mural which was adding dimension and more brightness into the small bathroom. The stencil border makes the whole design complete.

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admin, September 17th 2009 | Tags: Bathroom Murals, faux art, Faux finishes, faux finishes, granada hills mural, los angeles art, los angeles artist, los angeles mural, mural, mural art, mural paining, mural painter, muralist, murals, Nature Mural, stencil, stencil mural, stencils, Trompe L'Oeil Mural, trompe loeil, trompeloeil, trompeloeilmural, wall art, wall faux, wall finish, wall painting
Posted in Bathroom Murals, Faux Finish Art, Floral Murals, Nature Mural, Trompe L'Oeil Mural

Get the Seventies feeling – T.Rex Get it on!

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admin, September 16th 2009 | Tags: beverly hills muralist, european art, los angeles art, los angeles artist, mural, mural art, mural paining, mural painter, muralist, Music, wall art, wall painting
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Murals by Los Angeles Muralist Gabrielle

How to make a room look bigger – Restaurant Mural

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Greek Wall Mural for the Backyard

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Wine Cellar Door Trompe L’Oeil

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Charlie Chaplin Mural – A Hollywood Legend

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How to make a room look bigger

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Antique Scroll on hand painted papyrus

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How to make a bathroom look bigger

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Get the Seventies feeling – T.Rex Get it on!

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