Jonathon Marc Mendes

Sources: Jonathon Marc Mendes: About, Annie Sloan: Victorian Inspired G Plan Table, Annie Sloan: Art Deco Chevron Table, Jonathon Marc Mendes: Fabric Painted Leather Look Chair, Jonathon Marc Mendes: Marble Paint Effect on a Radiator Cover, Jonathon Marc Mendes: painted brick and quarry-tile hearth, and Jonathon Marc Mendes: Hand-painted furniture and early watercolor work.

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  Chalk paint

  Mendes uses Chalk Paint in furniture makeovers, including his Victorian-inspired G Plan table and Art Deco chevron table. He layers color and hand-painted pattern over the existing furniture form, adapting the finish to the piece’s decorative geometry. These examples document a commercial decorative coating, not a fine-art chalk medium.

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  Watercolor

  Mendes’s earlier work includes watercolor on paper, a transparent medium distinct from his later furniture finishes. The sheet-based practice uses fluid color and drawn detail, while his current projects apply opaque decorative coatings to furniture and interiors. This row is limited to the documented works on paper.

Sources: Jonathon Marc Mendes: About, Annie Sloan: Victorian-inspired G Plan table, Annie Sloan: Art Deco chevron table, Annie Sloan: Chalk Paint furniture-paint information, and Jonathon Marc Mendes: furniture painting and early watercolor work.

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  Wood

  Mendes refinishes wooden furniture, including tables and cabinets. He prepares the existing finish before applying decorative paint, sometimes adding a hand-painted pattern or distressed effect. These projects document wood as the substrate for his furniture work, rather than as a conventional artist’s panel.

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  Wood Veneer

  Mendes also works on veneered furniture, where a thin wood layer covers a manufactured core. Because veneer can be damaged by aggressive sanding, his preparation and paint application must respect the thin surface; his makeover projects distinguish it from solid wood.

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  Melamine

  Mendes paints melamine furniture and shelving, a smooth factory-finished surface that needs cleaning and appropriate preparation before a new coating can adhere. His documented makeovers treat it differently from porous bare wood, adapting the process to the existing manufactured finish.

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  Metal

  Mendes includes metal furniture and fixtures in his decorative projects. He prepares the existing surface and applies a compatible coating, sometimes adding a distressed or patterned finish. The work documents painted metal in interiors, distinct from the wood and veneer pieces he refinishes.

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  Plastic

  Mendes also works on plastic furniture and decorative objects, preparing the smooth surface before applying paint. These projects document plastic as a base material in his makeover practice; the coating and preparation differ from the approaches he uses on wood or metal.

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  Glass

  Mendes’s projects include painted glass furniture and decorative pieces. He prepares the slick surface for a new coating, adapting application to the transparency and fragility of the material. This is a documented decorative use of glass rather than an assumption that any painted object has a glass base.

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  Fabric

  Mendes paints fabric upholstery in selected furniture projects, applying decorative coating to a flexible textile surface. The fabric moves and absorbs differently from wood or metal, so the documented work requires a distinct application approach and should not be treated as an ordinary wall-paint job.

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  Paper

  Mendes’s earlier watercolor work and decorative projects include paper as a painted surface. On paper, watercolor creates transparent color and remains distinct from the opaque furniture coatings he uses on tables and cabinets. This sheet-based work documents paper as part of his practice.

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  Brick

  Mendes’s interior work includes painted brick surfaces. The coating follows the masonry texture and mortar joints, so preparation and application differ from smooth drywall or furniture. His project examples document brick as a building surface rather than an inferred substrate.

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  Tile

  Mendes paints tile in interior and furniture makeovers, working with the hard, often glazed surface of ceramic tiles. The coating is applied as a decorative finish after preparation; these examples document tile separately from the porous masonry and wood surfaces in his projects.

Sources: Jonathon Marc Mendes: About, Annie Sloan: Victorian Inspired G Plan Table, Annie Sloan: Art Deco Chevron Table, Jonathon Marc Mendes: Fabric Painted Leather Look Chair, Jonathon Marc Mendes: Marble Paint Effect on a Radiator Cover.