Both Sides Now ~ Luisa Graff’s Side Walls

Ruthie Lowen’s Left Wall at Luisa Graff’s Diamond Studio

Tucked behind show displays and finely upholstered chairs are the side walls of Ruthie Lowen’s 55 foot mural. Here they are in all their glory sans furniture and before the Grand Opening.

(By the way, the statue’s name is Sarah, goddess of sales.)

Right Side of Ruthie’s Mural

For more of Ruthie’s tour deforce at Luisa Graff’s Diamond Studio, click here. Commercial Designs and installations in Colorado and Texas are here.

Italian Villa in a Broadmoor Dining Room

Broadmoor Area Dining Room by Ruthie Lowen

Adding interest and depth to a small,  dark, formal dining room is one of Ruthie Lowen’s expansive Italian village scenes. Rivers meander between a hilltop village and a baronial wineyard estate. Ready for harvest, trees laden heavily with fruit border the lower stream.

In one of Ruthie’s signature touch, she has painted Lucy, the family pet into the scene, waiting for her owners to catch up to her before she crosses the stone-studded bridge.

All the dining room walls were faux-finished to capture the feel of Tuscany and to wrap the diners in an atmosphere reminiscent of an Italian Villa.

Italian Renaissance Reinvented ~ Hillside Village During the Harvest Season

Simulated ancient stonework surrounds one of Ruthie Lowen’s charming Italian villages scenes.

Set in a romantic 18th century framework of hanging green grapes outlined by faux blocks of painted stone, this wine cellar mural pays homage to the Italian Renaissance architects who worked in the style of Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). British craftsmen later resurrected the style, brilliantly illustrated by Ruthie Lowen’s work above, and the deceptively simple earthy technique was used in country houses as standard treatments for hallways, nooks and wine cellars.