vacations eve

Welp, tomorrow is the day I make my way out of this country for the first time ever. I can't believe I haven't been out of the country yet, especially considering how much I love to explore new places...crazy. Anyway, I'm off work for a whole week, and I just finished packing!

Work has been going great lately. The new windows are finished and on display. There is a sale tent blocking one out of the three so I can only show you pictures of two of them but here they are!

It is a 13' x 6' 200 lb double sided wooden panel with canvas stretched over it. I made the frame out of 2 by 3's and a lot of braces and boy is it heavy. Then I covered both sides with 1/8' wood because the back can be seen from the inside.

To give a 3d element to the painting we used water color paper that I drew on with oil pastels and then dyed which were later cut out by the whole team. Thanks guys! 

The 3rd window is a potted plant display of lavender and other plants resembling the painting. I wrapped raw canvas around some of the pots, used prop pots for others, and wooden crates to give it a gardening feel. 

This is an image of the detailing I did on the back of the canvas to give it a little something extra when you view it from the inside. It was shellac'd and then I lightly dusted paint through some lace to give it a pattern before I put another coat of shellac on.

This is the last display I completed with my current visual manager. She is moving on to work with her sister - very happy for her. So I will be part of a new visual team as soon as they decide who my new partner in crime will be. No one will be able to replace her but I'm curious to see what the future holds. We move into a brand new store in August just a couple miles down the road so these are the last window displays I will do in out high-glare, termite infested windows! I'm sure my art room will be downsized in the new store since its one of the biggest in the company right now but I'll be trading up in terms of windows and cleanliness! woohoo

Thats all for me folks, I will be off the radar for a week so if you need me feel free to email me at laurenskunta@gmail.com. If you want to send me your address maybe you'll get a post card ;)