Murals & Paintings

17’X 12’ Acrylic on drywall mural on a tray ceiling in Ormond Beach

”Caryatid” :: Part of a 40’X 24’ mural by David Charles Hettel, in an Ormond Beach riverfront home, designed in collaboration with Teri Althouse/Special Effects.

This abstract painting was commissioned specifically for this room.

A hand painted mural designed in Grisaille to resemble an aged sepia tone wall covering.

”Tuscan Arches” :: Mural gives character to a private elevator lobby

”Low Country” :: Dining room mural, and ceiling finishes by Primal Colors.

Here we see the installation, by an experienced paper hanger, of a large map on canvas.

This map is a blown-up and antiqued copy of an historical chart. Painted on stucco.

This picture shows the detail from a 5’X 16’ custom map painted for the Oldest continuously operated Yacht Club in Florida, Halifax River Yacht Club. The map depicts features from the area at the turn of the century, and a view of the building from an older time. The canvas was faux finished to look as old as the original club.

Another map, tea-stained and with torched edges; this one on a canvas big enough that the installation took four to five people.

This mural features details in the landscape from the customer’s ancestral home in Italy. The columns are also entirely hand painted as faux marble and antique bronze.

This is an original scroll design, created in the Baroque style. Hand painted and then “rubbed back” to give the appearance of age.

An impromptu arrangement of grape leaves adorns this ceiling of a riverfront home in Flagler Beach Florida.

12’X 8’ Tropical tray ceiling treatment. Hammock, Florida

8’X 7’ Barrel ceiling painted in an old-world style sky

In this original mural the brick arches are part of the painted design.

This mural painted overhead in a foyer echoes the environment of its location near the historic Bulow Plantation.

An original abstract composition by David C. Hettel. Acrylic on drywall, Hammock, Florida.

Ceiling scroll for the Flagler County Home Builders Association, Parade of Homes, Showcase Home, 2005.

Monocrome glaze mural for Dining Room, Venetian Bay, New Smyrna Beach.

This mural includes a grotto, containing a statue of the Virgin Mary, from the customers ancestral home in Italy.

A Tuscan scene graces the inset panel on this faux finished range hood.

A mural featuring the Tomoka River. Ormond Beach, Florida

This Hotel lobby mural, in Orlando Florida, features a train mural 80 feet by 4.5 feet, on canvas.

”Tree of Life” :: Interpretation, master bath.

Dining room mural

Tropical passageway.

Hand painted scroll and shell