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Ellen Leigh

Fine art in Clinton, Michigan

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Come Unto Me

“Come Unto Me”

Posted on January 28, 2018August 28, 2019 by Ellen Leigh

A client contacted me with a special request to copy another artist’s work and paint it directly on their wall. Due to copyright issues, I will not usually do this. They claimed to know the artist, claimed that they had [ . . . ]

Posted in inspiration, murals, UncategorizedTagged mural, ReligiousLeave a comment
Proudly Made in the USA

Made in the USA ~ go big or go home

Posted on December 23, 2016January 23, 2017 by Ellen Leigh

An old client  contacted me to paint this ‘Proudly Made in the USA’ mural in his new factory. After 18+ years, I was surprised to hear from him again, as well as excited for this new challenge. The Challenge! The [ . . . ]

Posted in commercial, muralsTagged commercial, Made In the USA, mural2 Comments

Jungle Theme Nursery ~ I’m not Lion

Posted on July 19, 2016August 2, 2016 by Ellen Leigh

Baby number two is on the way for one of my favorite clients. Not due until October, Baby Boy to be will have the sweetest jungle theme nursery. His Dad showed me all of the fun decor that his mom [ . . . ]

Posted in murals, nurseryTagged boys, children, jungle, landscape, mural, nurseryLeave a comment
Giving Hope for the Future ~ mural for a shelter

Giving Hope for the Future ~ mural for a shelter

Posted on June 27, 2016August 2, 2016 by Ellen Leigh

Invisible City Every year my church sets aside several days to give help and hope to local people who need it. Called Invisible City, it is meant to meet some of the needs of people in the area who, because [ . . . ]

Posted in inspiration, muralsTagged lettering, muralLeave a comment
A fairy tale princess castle mural for a little girls room

A Castle fit for a Princess

Posted on March 20, 2015March 20, 2015 by Ellen Leigh

What little princess would not love to have her own castle on her bedroom wall? Sweet little Grace was the lucky little girl to get this fairy tale princess castle mural on her wall. Now ladies- wouldn’t you have loved [ . . . ]

Posted in Children, murals, nurseryTagged boys, castle, children's, girls, mural, nurseryLeave a comment
Cock a doodle door detail Mural by Ellen Leighof Chanticleer the rooster.

Rooster Art Door!

Posted on July 11, 2014September 15, 2020 by Ellen Leigh

While working on the Beach scene, we brainstormed late into the night one evening to come up with an alternative to painting the exterior of the front doors. A similar scene to the one we had planned on the interior [ . . . ]

Posted in faux, murals, WIPTagged door, mural, rooster, stencil, wood1 Comment
detail

Waking up on the Beach

Posted on June 14, 2014February 11, 2015 by Ellen Leigh

After completing the Hacienda Door, I moved my tools and equipment up to the second condo and went home for the week-end. The original plan was to paint the front doors to the condo, but in light of the issues [ . . . ]

Posted in landscape, muralsTagged beach, bedroom, landscape, mural4 Comments
Xander's road construction zone art mural. Cartoonish equipment and road with city in the background. Mural by Ellen Leigh

Construction Zone Art

Posted on February 21, 2014February 26, 2015 by Ellen Leigh

I love when parents have great ideas for their kid’s play spaces! I was called recently to discuss a small back-ground mural for a lower level playroom (I’ll blog about that next week, after it’s done). After we decided what [ . . . ]

Posted in Children, muralsTagged boys, cartoon, children, muralLeave a comment
Fairy tale girl's room mural by Ellen Leigh

Fairy Tale Girl’s Room

Posted on August 9, 2013February 10, 2015 by Ellen Leigh

In the second model home project with the interior design firm that contacted me recently, I was allowed a bit more creativity in designing the work. The designer on the project had a fairy tale girl’s room in mind- stone [ . . . ]

Posted in Children, WIPTagged castle, children's, fairy tale, girls, landscape, mural, stone2 Comments
Firehouse ladder mural by Ellen Leigh

Model Murals

Posted on August 9, 2013February 26, 2015 by Ellen Leigh

A couple of weeks back, I got a phone call as I was out and about. It seems that an interior design firm had scheduled another muralist to do some work for them in a local model home and had [ . . . ]

Posted in Children, murals, nurseryTagged boy's room, children's, graphics, mural, nursery2 Comments

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