Furniture by Skip Dyrda
A night at the Theater
For this coffee table, I created a tortoise‑shell faux finish and then painted a delicate lace table runner across the surface, incorporating the client’s last initial into the pattern. Peeking out from beneath the lace are two Trompe L’oeil tickets to the Broadway production of Art, featuring Alan Alda, Alfred Molina, and Victor Garber—one of the client’s favorite shows. The result is a personal, layered still life that blends texture, memory, and illusion.
Detail Images
A section of the Trompe L’oeil Table showing the edge of the lace table runner with two tickets to a Broadway play peeking out. All painted by hand and finished with a satin finish.
A section of the Trompe L’oeil Table showing the lace table runner. I incorporated the initial of the client’s last name into the design. All painted by hand and finished with a satin finish.