A room decorated with hand painted murals from Klutss Thompson Designs! Since I can remember, I have longed for an entrance hall adorned with lush tropical palms, flowers and exotic birds of paradise. While wall paper murals are a common site in homes today, hand painted murals bring to mind a time when artists learned their craft after long, grueling apprenticeships under the strict supervision of a master. I think of villas tucked into the hills of Tuscany, or overlooking the rocky shores of the Amalfi Coast. I can't imagine having anyone but Raines and Earle Thompson help bring this landscape, dream scape to reality. Raines' unusual background includes training at the Lorenzo de Medici in Florence, Italy as well as studying Aboriginal art in Australia through the Rhode Island School of Design. The two met while at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and later studied in Italy together. The discovery that each one's talents complimented the other has resulted in such successes as the UNC Children's Hospital at Chapel Hill. If not a local to North Carolina, no need to fret. We already know they are more than willing to travel to the far corners of the earth for their art. As a side note, I can't help adding that since the beginning of KTD, Earle has married Raines' brother Bo, hence Thompson and Thompson!
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