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Daughter's 'Muriel'

Postby IreneD » Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:57 pm

Our little town house is very typically Spanish - small windows and in fact the only natural light in the kitchen comes from a shaft in the corner which goes up to the terrace, which has a glass roof/floor depending on whether one is in the terrace or kitchen.

There was a large, bare wall on the sink side which we were worried about drilling into, to hang a nice picture maybe, so my daughter said she'd paint us a mural, and this is it! We are really pleased, it brightens the kitchen and looks great we think.

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Postby katy » Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:14 pm

Wow, good idea, looks very good..handy Daughter to have :)

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Postby Jennifer » Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:15 pm

Magic !!!!!!

Thanks for sharing :D

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Postby Lavanda » Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:22 pm

Really great! For a moment I thought the shutters were real put on to frame the view! :D

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Postby IreneD » Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:05 pm

Thank you very much for the nice comments - much appreciated! My daughter is going to varnish the frame next time and also paint some clear acrylic paint which should look like glass in the middle sections of the shutters, as that's where the glass is on our other windows, when they are open properly.

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This is the only other window in the kitchen, but it opens onto a wall, pretty much, so no light to speak of (or view! Lol!) In fact, our house has probably 4 or 5 houses touching bits of it, it's really snuggled in! Lol!

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Postby redsoxbrit » Sat Mar 21, 2009 6:17 pm

Simply stunning, IreneD, I love the way the plant leaves seem to come in through the 'window' :)

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Postby .Griff. » Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:03 pm

Impressive Irene..

Please don't take this a sly dig, as it's not intended that way, but it's a "mural". Muriel being a town in Zimbabwe or the Abba loving girl in that Australian film.

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Postby concorde » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:24 pm

I think griff, that the 'muriel' was a nod to vintage Coronation Street, Hilda and Stan Ogden used to have a huge mural on their wall but she always referred to it as a 'muriel'.
It went beautifully with the 3 flying ducks also on the wall.

By the way, the 'muriel is stunning', a very talented young lady.
I'm always disappointed when a liar's pants don't actually catch on fire.

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Postby redsoxbrit » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:47 pm

Yep, Ive seen it, it's definitely a 'muriel' (obviously not a Corrie fan .Griff.) :lol:

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Re: Daughter's 'Muriel'

Postby .Griff. » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:53 pm

concorde wrote:I think griff, that the 'muriel' was a nod to vintage Coronation Street, Hilda and Stan Ogden used to have a huge mural on their wall but she always referred to it as a 'muriel'.
It went beautifully with the 3 flying ducks also on the wall.
Aah my bad.. Good intentions were meant however :oops:

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Postby ken2 » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:47 pm

Talent, real talent, how long did it take to complete?? if you need a match stick man, just give me a call, thats my limit,

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Postby oliveview01 » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:51 pm

It´s brilliant, what an artistic daughter you have Irene. Love the ´muriel´ :D

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Re: Daughter's 'Muriel'

Postby IreneD » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:03 pm

Yes, .Griff, it's a mural, have a read of my 'verbal' in my first post, I do use the correct term there, but I prefer to think of it as a 'Muriel' a la Hilda and Stan from Corrie. (Gosh, I can hear Hilda singing as I write! Lol!)

Lovely comments again, thanks so much! My daughter wasn't at all happy with certain bits, so I will tell her it's been much admired, she doesn't have a lot of confidence in her painting.

Ken, it probably took the equivalent of about 4 'working' days I should think, she worked for probably 3 or 4 hours at a time, over several days.

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Postby ken2 » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:17 pm

Ken, it probably took the equivalent of about 4 'working' days I should think, she worked for probably 3 or 4 hours at a time, over several days, ain't it good when you can see your kids do things like this, makes you stick your chest out a?, i have a grandaughter ,can't spell can't really write,well this is not true, because from going to a spanish school she can read spanish and write in spanish,?? how weird is that, but draw and paint, very very good,so what him upstairs forgot to give her, he then gave her what most ain't got,brill, i' am so proud of her like you must be,

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Re: Daughter's 'Muriel'

Postby IreneD » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:28 pm

Yes, Ken, I'm the same, very proud of my daughter's talent. I wish she'd use it to make money really, maybe one day when her teenage children are off her hands.

I also have a 14 year old grandson who is a gifted musician, might as well show off about him, too, while I'm at it! He plays piano, organ and guitar brilliantly, and is in 2 choirs. Aren't we lucky, with our talented children and grandchildren?

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Re: Daughter's 'Muriel'

Postby ken2 » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:40 pm

ain't got a clue where it comes from,?? not me thats for sure.but they never want to think of getting a living from it,me grandaughter dad ,(son-in-law) can really sing, and some of the singers i have heard on the cosla getting a living, he could knock they hats off, but will he,?? nar

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Re: Daughter's 'Muriel'

Postby frog » Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:47 am

i had to look twice to check they were not real plants hanging over
jayne countys most famous song,google it

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Re: Daughter's 'Muriel'

Postby RichardCoeurdeLion » Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:33 pm

Brilliant...

I think the ceiling of the Cistine Chapel needs a re furb, so send her over!

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Re: Daughter's 'Muriel'

Postby deb » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:03 am

Tell her she should do it for a living. I had some beautiful ones done in england and so wish i could find someone here to do some for me.

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Re: Daughter's 'Muriel'

Postby IreneD » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:36 pm

Rick, I'm on it - off to phone her! Lol!

You are all so nice and I'm going to show her this thread, hopefuly it will give her confidence a boost.
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