Lake Murray

Here’s another one that took a long time to get pictures of. This is a map of Lake Murray in South Carolina. The client had a large tile cut to the correct size and shipped it to me with a full-size very accurate and detailed outline of the lake where he lives. I just traced it onto the tile, did the outline with a pen and china paint, and then filled it in. Not very creative, but I actually kind of like jobs like this. Something very out of the ordinary.

Paul LewingDecember 12, 2024ceramic tile, china painting, custom tile, decorative tile, deco tile, backsplash, kitchen remodel, kitchen backsplash, kitchen tile, porcelain tile, tile art, tile artist, tile mural

California landscape

This little mural got installed really quickly after it arrived. Sometimes these things take years, or months, but this one went up right away. It features the view from the home in California, with plants in the foreground from the garden there.

Paul LewingSeptember 10, 2024tile art, tile, tile artist, tile mural, bathroom tile, kitchen remodel, kitchen backsplash, kitchen tile, tile sign, custom tile, ceramic tile, china painting, deco tile

Heron & Friends

Here’s another image from my catalogue. I’ve done this one several times as you can see on my Shop page, https://www.paullewingtile.com/shop/heron-friends. There’s a picture of this mural installed in a kitchen.

Paul LewingAugust 16, 2024ceramic tile, china painting, custom tile, decorative tile, deco tile, backsplash, kitchen remodel, kitchen tile, porcelain tile, tile art, tile artist, tile mural, heron tile

Waptus Lake Tile

This picture was recently sent to me by someone who had bought this mounted tile piece at an estate sale. The seller had the original receipt from 1995. She paid $295 for it then. It sold at the estate sale for $250. See how art work appreciates over time? This is a picture of Waptus Lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, and it’s all different cone 5 oxidation glazes.

Paul LewingAugust 8, 2024tile art, tile, tile artist, tile mural, bathroom tile, kitchen remodel, kitchen backsplash, kitchen tile, custom tile, ceramic tile, china painting, backsplash, deco tile, decorative tile, porcelain tile, North Cascades

Repeat Pattern

I don’t often reproduce commercial tile but there were enough of these to make it worth while, 110 of the square ones and 120 of the bullnose. I had decals made for the black outlines and then hand colored the spaces. I shouldn’t have counted how many spaces that is, but counting two coats on all of them, there were 12,660 of them. The original are by themselves to the right. To see some bathrooms more like what I usually do, go to https://www.paullewingtile.com/bathrooms.

Paul LewingMay 11, 2024tile art, tile artist, tile mural, custom tile, ceramic tile, china painting, backsplash, decorative tile, deco tile, kitchen remodel, kitchen backsplash, kitchen tile, bathroom tile

Wallace Falls

Since I don’t have anything new and exciting to post here, I decided to show you a really old one. This is from maybe 1990 or so. It’s Wallace Falls, outside of Seattle. These people wanted an image that filled the niche but they didn’t want to pay for having every tile in the niche painted. That’s why it’s foggy. But that gave it a nice Asian feel. Still one of my favorites all these years later. To see more of my bathroom custom tile murals, go to (https://www.paullewingtile.com/bathrooms).

Paul LewingMarch 23, 2024tile art, tile, tile artist, tile mural, custom tile, ceramic tile, china painting, backsplash, kitchen backsplash, kitchen remodel, kitchen tile, deco tile, decorative tile