Tiki Room progress 3

A quick update on the Tiki Room in our house. Also known as the mural that will never be finished. Well, that's gonna change this weekend. Today one more section was finished and the plan for tomorrow is to finish the last section. The picture here shows one corner I started and finished today. This is my version of a Banyan tree. We see them all over down here and they are really cool. The type of tree I wish I had in my backyard when I was growing up. Vines from the branches make their way back to the ground and root. Over time they become trunks themselves. They must be great to climb on.

While I said the room would be finished tomorrow, that really means the big sweeping version of it. There will be details like parrots, crabs, other birds, lizards and so on that I will be adding as the muse strikes. Then there are the artificial plants that will attached to the walls to add some real dimension to the scene. So that's it for today. I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.

Tiki Room progress

Spent the morning working on the Big Job. Last minute touches to it for the first presentation this week. Then spent some of the afternoon painting my wife's mural. Today I worked one of the Tiki. He is about 90% done. I will get the other one up to the same point before I finish them both. In case you might be wondering what the two tiki are looking at, my wife has several colorful ceramic and metal lizards that will be placed on the walls. One will be on the leaves between the Tiki giving the mural some dimension.

The Tiki Room

The images above are of a mural I am doing for my wife. We have two rooms that open to our lanai and pool area. One room is going to be my wife's retreat. And it will be the Tiki Room. The mural, when finished, will span all the walls. The beach area will cover the two main walls while the jungle will go up and over the arch way from the dining room and over the hide-in-wall patio doors. She has been picking up little things like ceramic lizards, to hang on the walls "leaves" when the room is finished. You may also see the netting with shells above the doorway. Furniture and tiki bar are in the near future. All of the plants in the mural are actual plants. Not making anything up here. Our backyard provides a lot of the inspiration, as does the beaches here. The last photo is a shot of our banana trees, sea grapes and white bird of paradise. These are examples of the plants in the mural. Since this is something that can only be done in my down time, you can imagine the patience my wife has. :) The mural is painted using acrylics. Hope you all enjoy the change in pace here. I promise a cute girl tomorrow. :)