This was a commission for an incredible, lovely lady. Born in the house she still lived in at 82. The Victorian house was one of those built by her uncle when he constructed the whole street in Oxford.

In the 1960's she had removed many of the original fireplaces and in the 1990's she decided to replace the front room open fire. My commission was to paint the slate fireplace to look like marble, specifically in a green marble with pink marble panels to match the decoration of the house, every room being wallpapered with variations of pink roses and foliage. The other consideration to be taken into account for the marble effect was that the client was registered blind and so the marble veins and markings needed to be very easy to see with limited sight.

Below is a sample of the fantasy marbles used on the fireplace