Angela Read Painter and Decorator

27/02/2024

A nest of tables recently upcycled. I didn't like the treacley looking wood or the carving. Once I had filled in the carving and sanded back, I decided I liked the look, it reminded me of bones. Here are the after and before pictures.

01/03/2022

A table transformation! The technique was a mixture of pour, action painting and scrafito. The varnished, textured surface is very tactile. It screams "energy" and reminds me if Sring time and growth.

13/02/2022

A small cabinet I have recently painted with a design inspired by veronois patterns. The blue one is how it looked before I started.

22/01/2022

04/06/2018

Just to show how versatile I can be, here are some pictures of a wire wheel I painted (after and before pictures).

02/11/2017

Another recent wall papering job with before and after shots.

01/11/2017

A wall papering job I recently completed. Including some close ups of sockets, seams and work in progress.

13/03/2017

My business cards have arrived from the printer's :)

06/03/2017

Very happy with my award for outstanding achievement award diploma in painting and decorating level 2 from petroc which I picked up last week. :)

12/08/2016

Color wheel with A chromatic in the center painted free hand in Acrylic (center emulsion).

11/08/2016

Marbling-Carera and Verte de Mare. Both water based glazes on oil based eggshell. Difficult to get good pictures because of the glassy finish

09/08/2016

Stipple and drag panel, Inc work in progress. The planning and measuring was the hard work but I can't show that!