#stephenspera

A.D.100 GREAT SAMUEL BOTERO AND PICTUS HAVE A LONG, WILD HISTORY. WE’VE DONE SOME OF NYC’s TOP RESTAURANTS AND RESIDENCES, AND MANY CLIENTS HAVE SECOND HOMES- THIS IS ‘BULL HILL FARM’, THE ESTATE OF OUR CLIENTS FROM PARK AVENUE. PICTUS DID THE ENTIRE PLACE- FROM THE MILKPAINT WALLS TO MANY ODD VENETIAN PLASTER TECHNIQUES- MUCH PAINT, EVEN A FEW FAUX ‘RUGS’ LIKE THE ABOVE, AND THE CEILINGS, WHICH WERE MADE IN THE TECHNIQUES AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE BUILDINGS’ CREATION- USING ASH, MILK, CALCIUM- WE KEPT IT IN THE VERNACULAR MOST SUITED TO ITS ANCIENT ORIGINS. WE EVEN DID A  BAR WITH OLD WOODCUTS MADE INTO SILKSCREENS, AND LOTS OF NAIVE WOODWORK…I HOPE TO FIND SHOTS OF THE MANY OTHER SPACE IN THIS MAGNIFICENT DWELING………

SO, WE JUST RE-DID THE FLOORS AT THE WORLD-RENOWNED WHITTEMORE HOUSE SALON. WE HAVE DONE EVERY INCH OF THE PLACE, FROM CONCEPTION TO TODAY .....THE FLOORS, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE SALON, ARE A PAINTING- A CREATION NOW INSTALLED BENEATH ONE’S FEET....LOTS OF LITTLE SURPRISES THROUGHOUT.......

With all the things to see in this room, he stares only at the fly

A fantastic compete Townhouse renovation in Brooklyn. Pictus is doing lots of subtle Venetian Plaster....My partner in PIctus, John Bean, has been doing this amazing and complex work, with his assistants. It’s unusual in a few ways- especially as we had to go around soft edges-meeting multiple planes, as well as a ceiling, which is unusual in Polished Plaster finishes.....

the universe hangs about within the curve of the possible

So, Golden, the great artists paint company, has created some incredible new finish materials- and I mean NEW.....I was invited to view a pile of these at Janovic in Soho, NY. And now, PICTUS has done a few projects using these revolutionary materials....there will hopefully be more pics up here soon....and,unfortunately, Golden doesn't yet mention many of these new materials on their site ! I trust this will change soon, and a new area of decorative painting will open up.......

to the depth of water

in your suit of stone and silhouette