I have a love of antiques ~ all things beautifully made that tells a story of the past. Whenever I travel, I try to make a point to stop into antique stores or flea markets – because you never know what kind of treasures you’ll find. I love old leather-bound books, rustic wooden letter boxes, old luggage tags, weathered wrought iron gates, antique mirrors….but more specifically, I’m inspired by metal patinas. In all of my work, my focus is to portray a sense of a patina – I use various techniques to accomplish this and one of them is the use of gold or silver leaf in my paintings….I manipulate the metal leaf to give the work a sense of antiquity.
So, when I came across these antique ceiling tin panels a few years ago – I was immediately inspired to try these as an alternate way of framing some of my paintings. The combination of my oil & gold leaf paintings with the rustic patina surface of the ceiling tin panel combines really well. I love the result! Here’s three new paintings done on wood panels and then adhered onto the ceiling tin panels:

"Gilded Field," oil & gold leaf on antique ceiling tin panel, 24"x24" (contact me for availability and pricing info)

"Fieldscapes I &II", oil & gold leaf on antique ceiling tin panel, 12"x12" each (contact me for availability and pricing info)

























