Velvet A. Barton Decorative Artist

These days quite rare to come across a truly seasoned, expert artist like Velvet Barton. Through her lifetime she has mastered her superior craft by exceeding her clients design expectations.

Velvet Barton is an amazing person and artist. She is extremely knowledgeable in her field and is able to produce the most authentic finishes that I have had the pleasure of seeing. I would never consider her work faux finishing - it truly is decorative art. The end result is so realistic that you would think it was original to the piece she has transformed. Velvet is very patient with the clients needs and will go out of her way to ensure they get exactly what they are looking for. Her process is very time consuming and intricate and you will not be disappointed!

I have had the pleasure of working with Velvet for several years. She and Ernesto are educated, professional, experienced artisans that can create any finish humanly possible! While they can produce fantastic, elaborate work, to me, reproducing a natural finish is the litmus test of greatness. They once transformed a client's badly faux painted built-in bookcases into a stained wood finish beauty, that was undetectable from the high-end wood office furniture. It saved the client from having to have new cabinetry made and it still astounds me when I see it today. They work collaboratively & creatively to bring life to my design vision and are the nicest people you'll ever meet.

Velvet has refinished two bathrooms for me as well as painted two large paintings for my dens. One of the bathrooms was a huge project and it is stunning. She did an Italian plaster and faux painted the walls and ceilings and when I thought it couldn't get any better, she added Swarovski crystals to the walls. It is beautiful. She also painted the cabinets which I thought was the perfect color and then she added another touch to the molded part of the cabinet and brought it to a new level. The other project was a powder room that after painting the walls and ceiling she stenciled randomly on the walls and added a beautiful finish to the ceiling. I am extremely happy with all of the work. What I do also consider a huge advantage to working with Velvet is that she listens to your ideas, your thoughts and your likes and dislikes and when she is done you realize that she did in fact listen to you and that is another reason you are so pleased with her work. I will definitely work with Velvet again.