Each year I hope more businesses in town will latch on to the Window Splash: seasonal Splash or even as sign-age or advertising specials. I am part of a fabulous group of Window artists all over: Canada, the States , Australia ,Europe.. just about everywhere and I am so in envy of their work. They excel at their craft. Most paint on the outside of the window, which has many advantages: not having to deal with disrupting the inside of the store to paint or dealing with below zero temperatures and of course the ability to layer back to front instead of painting the foreground first as you do when painting from the inside. I marvel at the different styles I see and the techniques that they share. I hope to have more opportunity next year to share new designs for some of the local businesses. In the mean time I will paint my own windows.
Here are some of my windows this year. the polar bear scene was inspired by a children's story about a family of polar bears. I chose to just paint some cubs in a Northern scene. If I could have painted the whole window, I would have tried the Northern lights, which would have been a challenge. Most outdoor window Painters choose to do an initial layer in white paint and then paint colors on top. I chose to paint direct and mix paint colors and shade as I work. It is my style .
The next few paintings were painted on the inside windows of Restoroute a Restaurant in Temiscaming, QC. I chose to follow a theme of Hollies and Christmas decorations and Christmas lights.
The final window painting was at Station Beaute in Temiscaming, Qc. The owner requested something that could stay up for the winter , so what better than a winter scene and since a door I needed something with a little height. Birch Trees. I tried to add in the beautiful colors of birch, tricky, but they do display some color other than white , pink , yellow and blue. Difficult to capture with the lighting, but suffice it to say , better in person.
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