Tile Art for Alpena Community College & Thunder Bay Arts Council

Custom Designed Tile Installation for 

Alpena Community College, Thunder Bay Arts Council

by Sharon Smithem

The full size drawing of the tile mural

 Each tile is slab rolled to size and then each rectangle is imprinted with the design as below.

Then the design gets slip on the lines

Tiles are drying on the racks

All tiles are numbered and the first firing has been done

     

 Glazing

The 36 tiles are glazed

The tiles are then fired once again with the glaze

  

 A newspaper article in the Alpena News about the Installation at the Alpena Community College

The History Industry Sculpture Event September 21 2018

New Sign for the Flour Girl Pizzeria

LOGOS     

 New Sign for the Flour Girl Pizzeria in Petoskey, Michigan

                       Drawing the design on the MDO board for the painting

Before the black outline is put on.

                                              Sharon Smithem Painting Logo for Flour Girl Pizza, Petoskey

                                                   "4x8"       "12x20"

                                                     Installation Day!

CONTACT ME FOR A LOGO FOR YOUR BUSINESS! EMAIL NOW

My Sign Making - Vacation Rental House Plaques

House Plaques for Vacation Rental Homes

Contact Me to Get Your Rental Home Sign Completed This Season! 

Handmade oak frames with square ebony pegs 

Custom Designed For Your Location

The Sizes are all 16"x 20"

                                            

Order Yours Today! 

PAINTED SHUTTERS

Think about the outside of your house. 
Dress it up with some hand painted shutters.  Here is a job I did in Whitehall Mi. on White Lake.  Each shutter is a match and everyone is an original painting! Then the shutters are varnished several times to preserve that image.

Call me to set up a consultation for your home today!!  Sharon Smithem

Micro Lighthouse Paintings

Micro Paintings on Tiles 

Each tiny painting is created on a domino.  The paintings are carefully and intricately painted by hand.  The frames are handmade from yellow pine. 

South Manitou Island

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Straits of Mackinac

Little Sable Point Light

Charlevoix Light

Muskegon Lighthouse

    size: 4x4 framed         price: $48 each + shipping

Cafe Sante' Boyne City - Painting Party

 A lovely Sunday afternoon in March

  Cafe Sante' in Boyne City, Mi.

 Excellent paintings 

  Can you believe that they never painted before?

Must be one great teacher!!

miartuncorkd.com         Great Class, Well done

Your Favorite Artsit, Checking In!

Hanging out in Lewiston, Michigan at my Uncle Harry's cottage for a family reunion

Everyone loves to check into real life and enjoy family! Here I am in Lewiston, enjoying the cottage life with my family for a family reunion. An artist lives to create, but even a busy artist needs to check out of the studio and into social life. I'll see ya back in the studio next week! Have Fun! 

Orange Sunflower

Painting in Oils,  Vibrant , textured - size 24"x36"   $1700  SOLD