Traditional Decorative Arts in a Modern Setting: Color, Detail, & Design

Hope and Fred Angier draw upon 30 years of accumulated experience in traditional decorative arts for their presentation at the Camden Public Library on June 28 at 6:30 pm on “Traditional Decorative Arts in a Modern Setting: Color, Detail, & Design.” The Angiers successfully applied their traditional skills to modern design and new construction in their own home in Hope, Maine.

Their illustrated talk will include a brief description of the traditional decorative arts and how their adaptable techniques can be applied in homes of historic or contemporary design. Techniques include murals, trompe l’oeil, faux-graining, colorwashing, and glazing.

After months of intensive interior decorative painting, nationally-recognized artists Hope and Fred Angier, finished their “work of art” embodied in their new home in Hope. In its beautiful, private yet open setting, the house exudes state-of-the-art efficiency, low-maintenance and functional simplicity while evoking warmth and comfort throughout its interior through the artists’ use of color, detail and design.

Entering this unique, hip-roof, up-side-down house, built specifically to take advantage of the expansive views from every window, you would be treated to the Angier’s tasteful artwork, including murals, ship paintings, trompe l’oeil windows, checkered floors, decorated furniture, painted cabinets, and more. The use of a variety of subtle painting techniques makes newly-milled pine sheathing boards look like rich mahogany and poplar drawer-fronts resemble tiger maple. Each room has its own distinctive personality while the house, as a whole, is cohesively connected and pleasantly understated. The Angiers will present the traditional techniques they successfully applied to the modern design and new construction.