The best starting point for inspiration is yourself :
your interests, holiday destinations, favourite birds etc..

Artists throughout the centuries have included personal elements
in their paintings: Van Gogh's love of sunflowers inspired a series
of paintings, and the painting known as Vincent's Chair
includes his pipe, tobacco and hankerchief.

When designing a mural for clients it can be fun to include an element
that links the scene to them - maybe a favourite bottle of wine.

This is the inspiration & design stage and I feel that this can be more
of a challenge than the actual painting of the mural on the wall.

I always produce a scaled colour concept sketch for my clients so they
can see what I have in mind (a picture paints a thousand words).
It makes it easier for clients to have a positive input to the formation of
the design concept. it is also much easier to make alterations at this stage
rather than when I am half-way up a ladder painting the mural so its easy
to appreciate why I feel this is a very worthwhile process.

When surveying the site for the proposed mural I take measurements
of everything - heights of walls, skirting, location of power-points
and light switches, furniture, windows etc.. all these things can
have an impact on how the mural needs to be designed.

I have included a selection of concept designs that you can view,
some of them have been transformed into murals that can be
seen in the gallery pages (see if you can recognise them).

Select the link below to view the slideshow - use the slideshow
controls to view all the work.



Concept Designs Slideshow