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Ellie has completed custom murals and custom designs for area businesses and homeowners. Custom murals are painted on a prepared surface in acrylic or water-based paints. In each case the murals have been designed and developed with customer input and suggestions to enhance the room décor, colors, and layout and to meet the wishes of the customer as much as possible.

Finishes range from ultra contemporary using the hottest new metallic paints and plasters to old world European textures using smooth and heavy bodied plasters. Imagine updating your dining room using a gorgeous, rich two-toned metallic plaster with an elegant Damask stencil, then over glazed to achieve incredible depth. Your dinner guests will be as impressed with your walls as they will be with your gourmet meal! What about that empty space in your basement or off your kitchen where you’ve dreamt of creating a wine room? Ellie can create the room to feel like you’ve walked into an old European wine cellar using anything from faux brick, frescoes, a scene from Tuscany, or hand-sculpted grapes base relief. You could have your own private get-away to enjoy good wine and food with your friends. Or, for something truly unique, create a new feel to your back deck or yard with an outdoor mural by Ellie.
Ellie is one of a very few decorative wall finishers who does hand-sculpted plaster relief. This is a lost art. Ellie received her inspiration for this type of work while living in Europe for seven years and being surrounded by plaster relief in various buildings. She fell in love with type of craftsmanship and has been studying it for years. Despite her extensive searching for schools or teachers, she ultimately had to rely on her own research to learn this craft, (the craftsmen who originally did this work were called stuccadores). She also has taken ideas from the Jefferson Building Library of Congress, which is her favorite building in America. She makes her own molds and with her skill and talent can create true elegance in your home.
If you want to spice up an existing space, in the process of doing a complete interior makeover, or building new, be assured that you will add value to your home and will want to stay put for years to come! Please contact Ellie for a complimentary consultation.
We’ve heard a lot about going green these days. Now there are products that are green, can beautify your home, and actually make it safer for your children and you. Modern Masters has developed a new line of finishes called “Shizen” which means in Japanese, natural beauty. These finishes, developed in Japan, are all natural and are much safer in your home than traditional paints that can emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are harmful to our health. Breathing some paints is as harmful as standing behind a car and breathing its exhaust.
The Shizen line uses natural products like sea shells, cork, and diatomaceous earth to produce beautiful finishes for your walls. These products provide several unseen benefits in addition to beautifying your home. For example, diatomaceous earth is natural occurring, soft, chalk-like sedimentary rock that is easily crumbled into a fine white to off-white powder. It is a natural bug repellant and is moisture absorbing.
Only preferred applicators, those trained in the art of applying these finishes, are allowed to use these products. Ellie van Dijken-Ellis of Elite Artistry, LLC, has been trained and is a preferred applicator. The Shizen line is not available through retailers, but only through preferred applicators, like Ellie.
Whenever Possible Elite Artistry uses Recycled Materials
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