Painting by Karl Mullen Blue Rug Belgian wooden model ship on

Belgian wooden model ship on a stand

and deep navy

effortlessly harmonizing with diverse decor styles

West German Ceramic Vase with a high gloss blue and umber glaze

Antique French painted-wood architectural mirror with a beautiful distressed patina

Painting by Karl Mullen Blue Rug Belgian wooden model ship on$2400 A11283 Karl Mullen's palette is the larder: red wine, walnut oil and ink, Barry's tea, pastes in silver tins, powders like exotic spices. To watch Mullen paint is to watch a weird amalgam of line chef, body worker, bartender and day laborer, each having sworn off the traditional tools of the trade. In his studio the just barely heated, former horse stall of his 19th century barn he drops a fresh piece of 22" x 30" Arches paper onto the concrete