The Faux Zone
Art by Deborah Holliday

Ms. Holliday has had a life long affair with the arts. Her talents in both fine art and decorative art have combined to create an artist who can make your home or business a personalized one of a kind “work of art”. She also has a degree in business, so her clients can rest assured that her work will be as represented and completed in a timely, efficient manner.

 

She started her career in decorative home and commercial painting, faux finishing, and painting murals over thirty years ago. Her business has expanded ever since to include new projects for prior clients and an expanding list of new clients. She has worked in many cities throughout the country, as well as in Europe for a long list of interesting and dynamic people (including approximately 10 professional baseball players) who prefer to consult with a professional color specialist. Every project and every client is unique. She creates a special environment with her work customized to the individual taste of each client.

 

Ms. Holliday works with many high end commercial and residential builders and transforms their homes and businesses from “vanilla” to “ultra-desirable.” Twenty five years ago, she pioneered and perfected a faux wood graining technique on metal garage doors to duplicate the look of wood by combining special pigments and products, which can withstand Florida's harsh sun without fading.

 

There is no project too challenging. In addition to her own custom mural designs on walls, ceilings, and buildings, she has restored existing murals and canvases to their original beauty. She uses her vast experience and knowledge of customized surface cleaning and preparation, and the science of adhesion, along with the ability to paint in whatever medium is necessary to bring missing, faded, or otherwise damaged art back to life, while understanding the color palettes of various periods. She can emulate the technique of any artist's original hand, being sensitive to it's original color and spirit. She also employs the challenging technique of reverse glass painting on antique clocks to repair damaged or missing designs for the occasional collector.

 

In addition to restoring murals, canvases, furniture, and other objects, she is called on as a specialist in the industry to mimic stone, marble, and wood using only paint to fool the eye. She has studied extensively and employed the art of Trompe l'oeil, creating the realistic imagery of a three dimensional object, on a flat surface, using perspective.

 

Her personal goal is to help her clients feel comfortable in and proud of their homes and offices. Whether her project is a soft, comfortable, aged wash finish in a family room or a three story tropical mural surrounding a winding staircase, the work always makes a refined, individual statement.

 

Ms. Holliday is a well-known and respected member of the art community in Pinellas County, Florida. She has been a tireless volunteer and promoter for art events for many years and was on the board of the Morean Arts Center for that critical six-year period during it's rapid expansion to it's current location in St. Petersburg, FL.