acrylic on 3’x4′ canvas
by Sandi Billingsley
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This wall was a large white area in the room that just sorta disappeared. For this job, I first marbleized the fireplace and the columns. I painted the wall a soft gold that matched the gold trailing around the ceiling edge. I tea stained the edges of the gold wall to add interest. The picture frame molding and the crown molding I painted a seafoam green also tea stained and highlighted with gold.
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I painted “American Goldfinch” painting as a comment to the original GoldFinch painting by Dutch painter Carel Fabritius. His painting depicts a Goldfinch chained to a box hanging on a wall. I couldn’t see the beauty of the painting past the miserable fate of the bird. The “American Goldfinch” would rather chew off her leg than be a prisoner.
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Beautiful Garbage
The goal of this body of work is to continue awareness of the need to recycle. There is a great momentum towards recycling (here is the) buuuut, there is still need for great improvement. Working in various states, in many homes and living with clients for months at a time, I am witness to the fact that it is still rare to recycle. There are various reasons why the average person doesn’t recycle from a belief that it doesn’t make a difference to lack of facilities. In fact almost every home uses disposable napkins, cookware, cups, plates, and utensils for every meal. There is also much waste generated through individually wrapped food, disposable grocery bags and restaurant togo containers. Not only is it a questionable use of our limited natural resources to create, along with the power to manufacture and the use of gas to transport the disposable goods, these “goods” end up in a landfill. I hope to encourage a change of mindset from disposable to sustainable by creating beauty out of garbage.These pieces are made from used and discarded paper styrofoam wood and other goodies someone deemed as garbage. They are painted in non-toxic, low or no VOC water based paints. Because they are mostly compressed paper these paintings are for interior only.
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I painted this storage unit about 3 years ago. I went back to see how it is holding up and other than a little bird poop its in good condition.
before
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Living Water is painted on a canvas I made from used and discarded paper and styrofoam. The hope is to inspire people to recycle or to make sure their trash goes to the designated place instead of loose where it will most likely end up in some body of water.
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This room started out with a plain square opening before it was converted into a comfortable reading area. The cabinet maker built library units and added stained paneling to the walls. The columns and framing around the entry were added. Then, I added texture and a stone finish to the columns and arch. I added wall icing to the underside of the arch. To bring out the details and add character, I added sepia staining to the woodwork. On the coffered ceiling, I painted the frame in a dark metal finish with the same sepia stain on the tin inserts.
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acrylic on recycled wood by Sandi Billingsley
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This piece is made out of used and discarded styrofoam and paper.
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Adding dimensions and layers create an interesting space. A great example is this kitchen ceiling. After the tray was built, we added lincrusta wall paper and faux painting to tie the colors together.
