Art Tile Murals by ceramics artist Susan Martin Serra

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Blue Skates. Hand-painted maiolica glaze on earthenware. 31" high x 42" wide.

This puzzle-piece mural is hand-carved in high relief. It was biscuit fired and glazed with a white maiolica glaze before being carefully hand-painted with a limited pallet of color to create the proper mood. In this painting, the artist finds herself in a wintry nighttime scene at the edge of a village with buildings that twist and move. Trees are anthropomorphized and representative of the darker side of humanity. Beneath the large tree in the foreground, lurks a hungry wolf baring its teeth as it hides within a tunnel in the snow. The ground moves dangerously beneath the skater wearing high-lace up skates in blue suede. The thin fabric of her dress billows in the chilled night air. A buck deer enters the scene from the left of the composition, proudly carrying his large antler rack strangely blooming with holly leaves.

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