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Welcome to APE Murals
artworks for people and the environment
Chris Shields & Paul Salmon
Imaginative and skilful murals painted on brick walls, stone walls, smooth walls and rough walls, murals on old doors, murals on new doors, murals on ceilings, murals on floors, large size, small size, inside or outside. Murals for buildings; business or public, murals for vehicles, the theatre or home.
Chris Shields and Paul Salmon are part of an enthusiastic team of professional Trompe l'oeil and mural artists, creating murals where there are no limitations to your and our shared imaginations!
When it comes to creating murals there are a number of factors to consider, these will all influence the time it will take and consequently the final price:
The size, (larger murals will require scaffolding).
The detail and complexity of your mural design.
The surface texture, (it is easier to paint a mural on a smooth wall and uses less paint than a course textured surface).
The location (is the mural to be painted on a wall, ceiling or floor, is it inside or outside?)
If outside will your mural need an anti graffiti coating?
Desk drawn artwork needs to be photographically blown up in size, printed onto vinyl and then transferred to your trailer, van, car etc.
As a first step to creating your mural art we will engage in a brainstorming session with you to decide what your mural will look like, after which we can then provide an individual quote, discuss time scales and answer any other questions you may have.
As a second step we will present you with a detailed and accurate scale drawing, you may then make any alterations you desire. At this point we would also require a small deposit.
On your approval of the mural design the third and final step is to begin the actual painting.
If you require any other information please feel free to contact us at:
Chris Shields, artist and wildlife illustrator, was born in Manchester
England in 1954 and graduated from Northwich College of Art and
Design in 1973.
He has been painting and illustrating animals since he was knee high to a grasshopper and feels himself fortunate indeed, to have combined his two main passions in life - wildlife and painting, into a life long career as a wildlife artist.
In 1983 after a short career in advertising and commercial art he followed his passion for wildlife and became a self-employed wildlife artist and illustrator, specializing in book illustration.
He spent many years perfecting his
artistic skills and is now regarded as one of Europe’s foremost
Wildlife illustrators; he is also a talented painter of landscapes,
still-life, murals and people. Chris has produced to date in excess
of twenty thousand wildlife illustrations in over 300 books, numerous calendars,
greeting cards, posters and jigsaw puzzles. He has exhibited his
paintings widely in the United Kingdom and China and has paintings
in public and private collections all over the world.
As a wildlife artist &
illustrator he has
work published by many organizations including: A & C Black, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Harper Collins, Usborne Publishing and environmental charities such as: WWF (The World Wide Fund for
Nature), RSPB (The Royal Society for the
Protection of Birds), FSC (Field Studies Council) and The Wildlife Trusts.
Paul Salmon graduated from Hartford College of Graphic Art
in 1973.
His talent as a cartoonist is unsurpassed and his caricatures capture the likeness of real, people with humour and the consummate skill of a portrait painter.
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