Jane Knapp Ltd. Trompe L'Oeil Painting

Jane Knapp's work involves her with refurbishment and redecoration projects for historic buildings, including large country houses, museums, churches and follies.

As well as being able to advise about colour and interior design, as a painter Jane Knapp's specialities are:

Painting murals for walls or ceilings, Wood-graining and marbling effects,
Designing and making oil cloths as flooring for museums and conservation projects

NON PRIVATE CLIENT LIST INCLUDES:
- English Heritage
- Longleate Estates
- Hoare's Bank, Fleet Street
- Paxton House Trust
- St. Botolph's Church, Aldersgate, London
- Derby Museum Service
- Mulberry

Ceiling mural of a sky.

Private Client
A large domed ceiling painted with a sunrise in 1996. There are many ways to paint a sky and for this interior, within a classical building, the clouds and sky are represented after the style of Claude Lorraine.

The faux sienna marble slips in the fireplace are also by Jane.

Sky Mural Restoration After Water Damage
I painted this large mural within a domed ceiling in 1996. In recent years rain leaked through the roof above. causing stains. After the roof had been repaired and completley dried out, I was invited to restore the damage.
The restoration was completed in July 2011.

Marbled fireplace
Private Client, Clifton Bristol.

A mid nineteenth century slate surround that has been transformed by Jane to resemble Carrara marble.
Please email sales@janeknapp.com for paint finishing enquiries.

Marbled Walls, Sienna Effect
This London hallway was painted with Sienna marble blocks as a background upon which to hang a collection of architectural prints with black frames.

The Chapel Floor at Audley End , Essex.
Client English Heritage

Handmade and painted by Jane Knapp, this replica of an eighteenth century floorcloth is patterned with faux "Bremen" and limestone paving squares.
House inventories and an early watercolour record such a painted cloth for the first floor gothick chapel which could not support the wieght of a real stone floor.

Griffin Oilcloth

I designed, made and painted this floorcloth or "oilcloth" for use as a practical hall runner. I was mad about griffins after seeing them everywhere on a trip to the Cyclades. Such canvas cloths were popular floor coverings in the eighteenth century.

Photograph by Ray Williams

Toy Chest
A personalised toy chest commissioned as a christening gift. Painted with English wild flowers, moths and butterflies upon sides, lid and front.

Mural For a Nursery, detail
I painted the walls of this room with wild flowers and hedgerow plants using a watercolour technique
The ceiling was painted to look like a summer sky

This toy chest mentioned above is also in this room.

Marbled Frieze
Private Client

A decorative wall treatment using paint effects: a red stipple with trompe l'oeil marbled frieze below.

Faux "oak panelling" detail

Hand painted by Jane Knapp, this trompe l'oeil panelling covers a 15 feet long wall that has first been prepared with lining paper.
Many different wood grain effects can be acheived by oil paint and glazes.

Example of Jane's Mahogany graining
Sample of mahogany graining for shutters and other joinery at Hoare's Bank, Fleet Street, as part of an extensive restoration project. The effect acheived by building several layers of oil glazes with sable brushes.

"Magnolia" Mural by Jane Knapp
Detail of a bedroom mural . The limited colour pallet gives a very restfull effect. The design is influenced by the Oriental hand painted wallpaper I saw on a visit to Belvoir Castle.
I think it would also work very well in a dining room or library, perhaps with a different background colour.

Beckford's Tower, marble paint effect
Marbled oilcloth covering in the tower, which stands on Landsdown, Bath.
A restoration project has rescued this wonderful building for many to enjoy and it is now open to the public.
The rich colours of the "Belvidere" are as they were in 1844 and copied from a watercolour recording the interior by Willes Maddox.
Oilcloth made and painted by Jane who is seen here varnishing the work.
More information from Beckford Tower Trust.
Telephone 01225 460705

Minoan wall painting.
Private Client
Mural for a pool house copied from the palace of Knossos on Crete.(c.1400 BC)
The turquoise colour looks beautiful with the swimming pool and the mural exudes the minoan culture's joie de vivre.

This detail of Griffins among stylized flowers is copied from frescos found in the throne room of the palace .The dolphins are from the Queen's bathroom.

Man at a window
Many windows were blocked up in Georgian England, including this one in Bath, to avoid the window tax.
The ghostly figure represents a man looking down from the top floor in period 18th century costume.
He wears a cap and night gown. I painted this in rather inclement weather from scaffolding for the amusement of a private client. .

"Dragged" paint effect.

Private Client
This pair of large doors have been dragged with an oil glaze and mouldings picked out with ochre.
This paint treatment compliments the georgian decoration of a first floor room in Great Pultney Street, Bath.
(Note Adam style frieze)

Bespoke Colour.

Private Client

Flat water-based colour created and mixed to suit a family's regency hall and stairway .. I was after a happy colour that would "sing".. The corners of the door frames I gilded to add a bit of dash to the neutral painted joinery and radiator.

Gilded Gesso Moulding
One of many late Georgian mouldings that I repaired and gilded prior to them being pinned back on a restored ceiling.
Four inches square .

Longleat House "frottaged" walls detail
(artwork of ancestor by Lord Bath)

Client Longleat Estates

A paint effect for the new banqueting suite at Longleat where many of Lord Bath's own paintings are diplayed depicting his ancestors.Transparent smoke glaze on deep blue. Colours refined and mixed by Jane knapp and paint effect executed by Jane and her team.....to the distant roars of lions in the safari park.

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