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Bryans Brothers Painting Inc. Interior Church Restoration & Painting
Decorative Painting / Murals / Faux-Marbleizing
Holy Angels Church Porter Ave. Buffalo NY
Interior Restoration, Painting and Decorative Painting Phase1 Winter 2008

Holy Angels Church underwent Phase #1 of an extensive interior restoration, with decorative painting, and faux-marbleizing, gold leafing and oil paintings. It is shown here with the front and altar nearly completing phase #1
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Angel Capitals Enhanced There are 63 angel faces altogether. So far 36 are completed.

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below an angel capital primed and ready
left and below angels with their decorative transformation
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Before. . .
Decorative angel support base for the stations of the cross.
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After . . .
The same angel with it's decorative transformation.
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Faux-Marbleizing


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Faux-marblizing was applied to the columns using the shades of existing marble.
[bottom]The capitals were crowned with the newly painted angels.
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Gold Leaf Lettering

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The prayer "Queen of Angels Pray for Us" originally behind the altar was redone with an appropriate font in gold leaf.
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Celtic Ceiling Cross


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This modified Celtic cross was done to enhance
and accent Holy Angels' ceiling's matrix.
It was a collaborative effort and a challenge due to the
undulating vaulted ceiling on which it was painted.
Shown [bottom] with the ceiling painted a fesh white with gold accents on the arch's ornaments
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Sacred Hearts of Jesus and St.Mary


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Oil paintings by Timothy Englert. These were installed to replace the sacred hearts that were here years ago but painted over.
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Sisters of Mercy Chapel Abbott Rd Buffalo NY
Full Interior Painting and Stations of the Cross Winter 2007

Sisters of Mercy Chapel underwent full interior painting, with gold decorating, and faux-marbleizing on the stations of the cross. It is shown here nearly completed
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The Painting Process from Old to New

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Primer is applied first.(white)
Then the ribs were painted grey and striped in dark blue to enhance the dramatic vaulting of Sisters of Mercy Chapel.
An off white, "Cameo White", was applied to the main body.
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Finally gold paint applied to enhance the vault clusters.
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Stations of the Cross
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Faux-marbleizing the columns
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Finished stations with faux-marbleizing, gold and blue trim, and copper gold background added
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Blessed Sacrament R. C. Church Delaware Ave. Buffalo NY
Full Painting and Faux-Marbleizing Autumn 2006

Blessed Sacrament underwent full interior painting, gold decorating, and faux-marbleizing.
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Faux-Marbleizing
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Faux-marbleizing on column, also showing the gold paint enhanced clusters.
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St Mary's R. C. Church East Eden, NY
Mural Repair and Faux-Marbleizing Summer 2006
 St Mary's is one of the oldest rural Catholic churches in Western New York. Built in 1850. a classic country church located in the peaceful village of East Eden New York.
St Mary's underwent a mural repair, decorating, and faux-marbleizing.
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Faux-Marbleizing
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Faux-marbleizing on larger columns, showing the process and completed work
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Statue Enhancement and Mural Repair
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Holy Angels R. C. Church Chapel Porter Ave, Buffalo, NY
Painting and Decoration Spring 2006

Holy Angels R. C. Church Chapel underwent a complete painting, decorating, and faux-marbleizing
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End Result Faux-Marbleizing
To our left we see the completed job with the faux-marbleizing done on the columns.
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Detail
To our right we see the marblelized column in detail with gold leaf and blue accents.
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St. Michael's R. C. Church, Downtown Buffalo, NY
Painting and Decoration Fall/ 2005

St. Michael's R.C. Church is a beloved landmark and popular place of worship for Catholics throughout Western New York. In the above photo we see the job near completion with walls and ceilings painted, windows and ceiling accented, and to the extreme right one of the two front columns that were marblized.
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Accenting Windows
To our left we see the windows accented in a dark blue.
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Marblelized Columns
To our right we see the marblelized column from ground level.
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Ascension R. C. Church, North Tonawanda, NY
Completed Restoration and Decoration Winter /Spring 2005
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Marblelized Column Shaft with Gold and Red Capital
Ascension R. C. Church, North Tonawanda, NY underwent an extensive restoration and decoration in the winter of 2005. To our left we see applied mable painting on the shaft accented with red and gold paint on the capital.
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St Mary of the Cataracts Restoration Niagara Falls, NY
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Bryans Brothers played it's part with the extensive restoration of St Mary's of the Cataracts with a complete interior painting including marblelizing and gold leaf crosses on the ceiling panels
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another view of St. Mary's
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