Seaside Village View - St. Maarten

Designer: Cindy Chinn
Artist: Cindy Chinn

This timeless design was painted in a residence in St. Maarten. St. Maarten is a small Caribbean Island paradise. Cindy had a great time painting this beautiful mural and was done ahead of schedule - so that meant more time for diving and shopping!

Here is the completed mural - look below to see how it took shape. Click for bigger.
Note that the "opening" in the wall is painted.

Step 1 to any mural - get the design ready.
Here Cindy is projecting the design on a large sheet of paper.
This will be the template for the mural.

Cindy with the final template - Click here to see the image larger.

Now with tracing done, and luggage packed - it's time for a media event! Click for bigger.

Russ and Brandon built the scaffolding - Cindy seems safe now.

Cindy traces the design on the wall.

The sky is almost done and most of the water is blocked in. - Click here for larger.

After another session, details emerge in the islands. Click for larger

And now some work on the boats can begin

The boats are blocked in and ready for some detail

Oh oh - Cindy's getting the small brushes out! Click for larger.

Now the foreground boats are done. Click for larger.

Getting there! Almost done! Click for bigger.

Now with the palm fronds added - we just need a frame (tomorrow's work) Click for bigger.

FINISHED! Click for bigger.

Lastly, here is a shot looking up the stairwell.