These first-time parents were excited to decorate their baby nursery. Since they had already purchased Paddington Bear crib bedding, they thought a teddy bear mural on their nursery walls could look nice. They liked their bear bedding, but were also into sports and not quite sure how these two things could work together.
I met with them in person. Here’s what they told me they wanted.
WHAT CLIENT ASKED FOR:
- We want painted teddy bears to match style of the bears on our crib bedding.
- Since our family is really into sports, can you incorporate sports into the mural design? Our favorite sports are soccer, skiing, and golf.
- Basically we just want the mural to make our nursery feel special for our first baby.
Together we looked at the nursery walls to make sure the furniture was optimally placed, and we brainstormed till we had a good plan.
Teddy bears playing sports would look good on the nursery walls.
Here’s what we came up with.
WHAT CLIENT RECEIVED:
A golfing teddy bear was painted to left of the change table with a single golf ball, with swoosh marks above it. And a flag marking the hole is to the lower right of the change table.
Golfing Bear
Above the crib I painted a soccer scene. A teddy bear goalie with the number 11 on his shirt. The number 11 had sentimental reasons to my clients.
Soccer Bear – Goalie
Under the window was a great spot for a skiing teddy bear. (No furniture could go here because it would make opening the adjacent closet difficult – so it was a perfect place for another bear.)
Skiing Bear
I painted these teddy bears in Burbank, CA when my clients had their first baby.
Little did I know that a few years later, my clients would move out of state and contract me to fly to Arizona to paint murals for them.
When I flew out, I painted a nursery and a toddler room. As they had a second child, now.
And then 5 years after that, I was flown out again to paint three rooms. They had just moved into a new home and now had three boys. The youngest was five. Since all three boys missed their last home’s murals so I got to create new ones with them.
I enjoyed getting to know them, and they had fun participating with me, to customize their murals.
- My clients knew I also entertain children on the weekends as “Sparkles” so she coordinated the timing so I could entertain at her youngest child’s birthday party. He was in kindergarten. He felt special bringing his muralist and entertainer to his school to celebrate his birthday with his classmates. I led silly magic, made animal balloons and provided face painting.
So what started out as a simple teddy bear nursery mural turned out to be ongoing connection for many years, and across many miles!
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