Painting on Antique Furniture
Posted by BJ Park on April 28th, 2008
They say that there are no limits to art, and that the creativity of the artist cannot restricted by the medium. One of these mediums, is the canvas which artists use to create their works.
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Artists tend to use all sorts of canvases for their work. Paper, stone, walls, rice grains, and now, Antique Furniture! The artist is Sonnet Eden Henkel who, so she says, was interested in art even before she could walk.
Henkel is not new to painting on alternate surfaces. She has painted on wall murals, faux finishes, and portraits. But now, she is interested in painting in furniture, as she said she has been interested in that for a long time.
She has teamed up with Jan Landis, who is the owner of East Beverley antiques, and has been given a wooden wardrobe to paint. She has started working on it, and it is covered with flora.
However, even though Henkel hopes to keep working at the antique store, she will work in other art shops as well, including her own personal paintings, which she say she has never given up, and regularly draws inspiration from.
Her paintings on Antiques are very different from her personal paintings, which are imbued with her emotions. And here’s hoping, that her paintings will give her another source of inspiration!