Mural Painting In Abu Dhabi

After being in Abu Dhabi nine months an opportunity opened up for me to start mural painting again. I did it for seven years (here and there) in Charlotte, NC. When we moved to New York in June of 2007 I was hoping to start doing it more, but the doors never really opened.

Here, I have been blessed for them to fly wide open. My first client was in a large villa and included three rooms. A play room (garden themed) and two children's bedrooms, the solar system, and the ocean. Enjoy the pictures below.

The playroom got little garden "features" through out. Lots of bugs!

All the rooms is this villa have a very realistic look in the murals.

There's even a few snails on the rock.

A monarch butterfly.

The tree: A snake in the left side branches, a momma bird with her babies in the nest, a lizard crawling up the trunk, ants at the bottom left base, and a snail on the right.

Over 25 bugs in the room, plus bumblebees and dragonflies.

This little frog below is my favorite thing in the room.

The first bedroom I painted had the theme of outer space. It was two walls opposite of each other. One ahead of you as walk in the room, the other behind you.

The solar system.

Close up of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Earth.

Close up of a galaxy, this one has a special view from the bottom bunk!

Wall 2, a view of earth from outer space.

A little closer look.

Space shuttle and various other space stuff!

Room three: Under the sea!! This room was three walls total.

This was a very unique room because it incorporated rub on transfers along with painting.

The entire background is painted and most of the larger items, although the sea turtle is a transfer. I painted under and over the transfers so they wouldn't appear to be "floating".

Wall 1: On the left as you walk in with a door to the bathroom at the end.

The stingray was a lot of fun to paint, and so were the caves.

The small fish are transfers the jellyfish I painted.

Close up.

The smaller anemones are transfers along with the clown fish, the large one I painted.

The "flying fish" are between the stingray and the jellyfish.

Wall 2: On the far side of the room. Eventually there will be bunk beds in this room also.

The whale shark below.

An arabian dhow (fishing boat).

A school of silvery fish.

This momma octopus and her toddlers are the most "whimsical" I got throughout all rooms. They are hiding behind the bed and will one day get a special view from the bottom bunk.

Overall, it was a fun job with hopefully more to come!!!!