Exquisite Designs

Decorative and Fine Art by Zulim Bowers Designs

Erik August 25, 2008

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This was a project completed for an online artists forum I belong to. All artists exchanged names and painted each other and sent as a gift. This is a portrait of Erik

Erik

Erik

 

The Gift July 1, 2007

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This is a painting I finished for the Faux Forum Gala 2007.

Oil on Canvas, size 36″x48″The Gift

 

Portrait of a Lady March 22, 2007

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I came across this painting while searching for reference material. I thought she was beautiful and I love the art. The source for this painting is from this website- Web Gallery of Art

This wonderful Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database which I sometimes spend hours at.
The artists info:
NEROCCIO DE’ LANDI
Italian painter/sculptor, Sienese school (b. 1445, Siena, d. 1500, Siena)

Portrait of A Lady

Painting Title-Portrait of a Lady
Tempera on Panel
1480’s

 

Hand Painted Table Set March 4, 2007

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Hi all

I thought I would upload one of my recent projects. This is a hand painted dining room table & chair set. This commission was for a table, 6 chairs with 4 matching bar stools. The client requested the colors. It was painted with alkyds. It has 2 primer coats, 3 base coats, art, slight antique glaze and 3 poly coats to protect.

Very time consuming!

Thanks for viewing and have a great week!

Hand Painted Table

Detail of hand painted table
Table with two chairs
Hand painted table

 

Children’s Painted Furniture February 17, 2007

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I really love painting for children. I market a children’s line of painted furniture and accessories. I find that designing for children to be really enjoyable and fun. I thought I would upload a few of my children’s painted furniture lines. I sell these through online e-stores. More information as to who carries these lines can be viewed here- E-Stores.

Thanks for veiwing and have a great weekend!

“Royal Princess ” Children’s line
Royal Princes Children’s Line

“Garden Girl” Children’s Line
Garden Girl Children’s Line

“My Little Cowboy” Children’s Line
My Little Cowboy Children’s Line

 

Le Gouter (The Snack) reproduction January 24, 2007

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Hi, been away for a few days. I thought I would display the painting I finished from Liliedahl’s School of oil painting
(Old Master Methods Part 1: The Flemish/Bistre Method). This is one of two paintings required for this course. This painting is done with oils and measures 20″x30″. The painting is after “The Snack” by William Bouguereau.
He is one of my favorite painters. I will include a link to some of his work in my next post. He was a very prolific painter for his time and all his pieces are beautiful, at least I think so. This course was not to paint an exact copy but to learn from the old masters and their techniques and to give a better understanding to that process. My copy is in no way comparable to his beautiful piece, but I did learn a lot from the course!

The stages are as follows:
1) drawing stage
2)color glazes
3) final opaque stages-finished painting

Snacks drawing stage

Snacks color glazesSnacks

 

Painted Screens January 21, 2007

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Good morning! I will be posting some of my painted screens today. These are always fun to paint. They are like portable murals. Thanks for looking!Painted Screen
Trompe L’Oeil painted Screen

Painted Screen

                    Hand Painted Screen

 

Painted Canvas Valances January 21, 2007

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Hi! I thought I would share one of my projects for a client. This project was for a painted canvas valance, one of four that I did for this particular client. I was fortunate and contacted by a book publisher who asked to use this particular painted valance in their new sewing book. The book is titled “The Step by Step Sewing Course” published by Reader’s Digest. Here is a link from Amazon-book

I have also included the painted valance on my painting wall. I am frequently contacted for these valances and offer custom designs for the clients.

The first photo shown is the canvas valance stapled to my painting wall. I stretch the canvas and staple it into place, measure, then paint. I will then carefully take the canvas down and trim, hem, add pocket and add any trim. These are really a great alternative to traditional window valances!

Canvas window valance on painting wall

This second photo is of the completed valance

Painted Canvas Valance

This last photo is the of the photo used in the sewing book!

Sewing book with my painted Valance

 

Shadows Painting Steps January 19, 2007

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Hi, today I thought I would show the steps involved in the Reproduction of the painting by John Waterhouse “Shadows”. This course study was from a Liliedahl’s School of Oil Painting. This was primarily executed with alkyds on a prepared canvas. The size of the painting is 40″x30″. This study was one of two paintings for this course in Old Master’s Flemish/Bistre Method.

Step 1:

Drawing Phase (laid in all composition and major tonal washes)

Drawing

Step 2:

Underglazes

Underglazes

Step 3
Overpainting (opaque stage)

shadows-overpainting-stage.jpg

Step 4 Final Glazes

final-glazes.jpg

 

Hello world! January 18, 2007

Filed under: Fine Art — exquisitedesigns @ 7:50 pm

Hello! This is my first post in my new blog! I am still getting to know my way around! I am an artist who specializes in decorative and fine art. I will be using this blog not only to display my work but also to display images, people, other artists and anything else that I find inspiring!

The following painting:Reproduction, After the Painting of John Waterhouse

“Shadows”