2018, a whirlwind year so far

Art of Tao LaBossiere is busy juggling our commercial art projects and the rebuild of Still Waters Retreat Center in Voluntown, CT.  Tao is the lead creative visionary and co-owner of Still Waters, while I handle the business side. We both dabble in the creative and business arenas, however, we each use our best strengths to create new artwork, build the creative community and facilitate healing for others. Here are a few things that Tao has visualized and created this year: 

• Trompe l'oiel outdoor stone mural
• Full porch wrap-around garden boxes
• Coat and hat racks made from 300-year old rustic barn wood
• Rustic end tables and a sliding kitchen door
• Crushed stone walking paths
• Stepping stone greenway installation on Goat Island
• Pond-side stone ceremonial platform infused with healing stones
   (see work in progress picture below)

and so much more. Follow Still Waters on Instagram and Facebook to see all the visuals and stay up to date. We'll do our best to post when possible. Thanks for checking us out! 

Update from Amy

We've had a lot going on this summer. We did a bunch of work in the Hartford area, including hand-painted store signage for The Greenway Market, chalk art style illustrations and signage for The Place 2 Be, and now, we're starting on another HUGE outdoor mural for J's Crab Shack in Hartford. Good stuff. Stay tuned! 

Middletown Press Article

Here's an article on the large-scale mural at Still Hill Brewery, from the Middletown Press. CLICK HERE! 

Photo by Kathleen Schassler

Reception for large scale mural on March 13 in Rocky Hill, CT

Still Hill Brewery Before

Art of Tao LaBossiere LLC is pleased to announce the completion of a large-scale mural project at Still Hill Brewery, “The Tap Room”. A public reception will be held at Still Hill Brewery, Shunpike Business Center, 1275 Cromwell Avenue, Building C, Unit 8/9, Rocky Hill, CT, on March 13, 2016, 2 to 5 pm. Please join us for a brief artist talk at 3 pm. Food and refreshments will be provided and the Brewery will be open for sales. 

About the work:

“The Tap Room” is another architectural transformation mural by Tao LaBossiere.  It takes a plain wall and transforms it with trompe l’oeil painting to become an old barn interior, featuring old post and beam architecture, plank walls, brown bottles and antique signs.  The concept was created by Tao LaBossiere with input from Amy LaBossiere, along with Still Hill Brewery owners Scott and Sue Barbanel. The mural is 16 ft high x 43 ft long on two walls in Still Hill Brewery’s Tap Room. The Project took two and half months to complete, with some assistance by Hartford artist Dwight Teal, Jr. and Simsbury artist Julie Pereira. Hidden within the mural, one can find likenesses of the LaBossiere’s dogs, Maggie and BeeBe, a likeness of Amy LaBossiere and Tao’s father, Paul LaBossiere. Tao often hides whimsical elements within each mural he creates.

About Still Hill Brewery:

Still Hill Brewery is Rocky Hill, CT’s first microbrewery, founded by brewmaster Scott Barbanel. Still Hill’s taproom is a place to relax with a pint or flight of each beer style. They fill all growlers or sell their own in 32 or 64 oz bottles. In the future they will provide kegs to restaurants and bars and in bottles to selected package stores. Open Friday 4-8 and Saturday 12-6PM For more information about the brewery, calendar and its beer, visit stillhillbrewery.com.

About Art of Tao LaBossiere:

The Art of Tao LaBossiere LLC is a creative services company, providing murals and public art to businesses, municipalities, universities and art patrons. The Art of Tao LaBossiere is managed by husband and wife team Tao & Amy LaBossiere and based in Hartford, CT. Recent mural projects include “Welcome Home” at Scott’s Jamaican Bakery; “Smokehouse” at Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ Hartford; and “Everlasting Spring in the Secret Garden” at Saint Mary Home, West Hartford. For more information, visit artoftaolabossiere.com or facebook.com/artoftao.               

Welcome Home Community Mural

Led by master artist and Connecticut muralist Tao LaBossiere, the team of artists co-created a large-scale mural that celebrates what home means to them in the City of Hartford’s North End community. 

The artists and project planning team would like to thank the people and places of North Hartford that inspired “Welcome Home”. 

“Welcome Home” planning team: Thea Montanez of North Hartford Promise Zone, Tao & Amy LaBossiere of The Art of Tao LaBossiere, Patrick McKenna, Gina Muslim and John Thomas of Community Solutions; Ryan O’Halloran and Ron Pitz of Knox, Inc., and Gordon Scott of Scott’s Jamaican Bakery.

What goes into planning and creating a community mural?
Check out this video that highlights some of the process.