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Chinoiserie Reinterpreted

Chinoiserie, a style first started in France in the 17th century, is one of my favorite historical styles — playful, fantastical, and joyful portrayed as what the Europeans envisioned of Cathay. I have adapted it to my own approach, and find it suits my skills and temperament.*

  • All
  • Chinoiserie Small
  • Chinoiserie Rooms & Walls
  • Baxter
  • Morris
Ship of Fools. Chinoiserie style. The Princess is being taken to be married to a Prince, but she probably with end up elsewhere, because the captain has poor map skills and the crew is drunk.
This young lady is exercising her pet butterflies.
A lady from the royal court is feeling the spotted deer, while the fishermen net for wild river shrimp. The farmer is carrying produce past the bulldogs (pets of my clients), and the musician and heron oversee it all.
A chinoiserie panel (8x4’) with an insouciant parakeet as star of the scene.
Chinoiserie butterflies, lotus, and fish.
Chinoiserie night and the Mandarin White Rabbit is looking at his watch. His Ship is Late! Random Animals from other climes — zebras, kangaroos, and marmots — are wandering in the twilight.
Tea, sympathy and tunes on a lute, while two of the royal ladies fish from the bridge.
Life would not be complete without peacocks in the peonies — along with pretty lizards, frogs, and bugs!
Chinoiserie, Baxter north wall. Note that the peacock over the upper door is bas relief!
Chinoiserie, Baxter south wall. I tend to get really into my painting and destroy my clothes!
Chinoiserie, Baxter south Wall and entry. The entry door “pergola”, was inspired by an ornament over a door carved by Luke Lightfoot for Claydon House, Britain. The Baxter ornament was designed and executed by Jeanne Franz, and the chair railing was designed and executed by Dana Perreault. I designed the bas relief tiger and the flying parrot, Jeanne sculpted them, and I painted them.
Chinoiserie, Baxter overview. Acrylic on canvas. Note there is a shading of blue toward the top of the panels.
Chinoiserie, Morris room, 8’ high panels, 20x20’ square. My clients, Jim and Ann Morris had been to the Muckross estate in Kerry, Ireland, and Ann fell in love with the chinoiserie wallpaper in the billiard room. They asked me to replicate something like it for their living room. And, when the Morrises sold their house, the new owners liked it so much they kept the murals!
Chinoiserie, Morris room corner. Crane, persimmon tree, bamboo, and trompe l’oeil bamboo borders. Acrylic on canvas.
Chinoiserie, Morris room, pheasant and peonies and bamboo panel. Acrylic on canvas.
*Chinoiserie Notes
Small Chinoiserie: All of these images are derived from large murals. Acrylic on canvas.
Chinoiserie Rooms & Walls: I had two delightful Chinoiserie projects with two perfect client couples. One, the 20x20' Morris living room, and the other the Baxter entry which involved 300 linear feet of canvas and a staircase. Most of the canvas panels were 25’ high.
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