I have been providing professional decorative finishes for residential and commercial clients throughout the United States for 20 years. My work has appeared in Seattle Magazine, on KIRO television, and featured in Street Of Dreams.

I've studied and worked with Joanne Day of the Day Studio Workshop (San Francisco and New York). Credits include Stone and marble,wall glazing, color theory and color mixing, trompe l'oeil, murals, gilding and acid-etched metals.

I've also studied with:

• Sepp Leaf (New York)-venetian plaster,waxes, and gilding
  
• Sinopia (Oakland)-venetian plaster, marmorino, and lime paint
  
• Seattle Architectural Finishing Studio
  Texston Decorative Plasters and Stucco Classico
  
• Environmental Home Center (Seattle)-clay plasters
  
• Faux Effects product line of glazes, transfers, and stuccos

Over 100,000 sq. ft. of artistic finishes completed, including projects in the greater Seattle area, Las Vegas, Olympia, Spokane, Portland, Ellensburg, Bend, Walla Walla, Bozeman, Boise, Bellingham, Maui, Memphis, Palm Springs, Anacortes, Boston, and Cape Cod.

Since 1987 Joel Nilsen has provided architectural finishes and custom painting for commercial and residential clients throughout the United States.

• Stucco Italiano lime-based plasters
• Wall Glazing
  Faux Marble & Stone
• Texston Decorative Plasters
• American Clay Plasters
• Wood Graining
• Gilding & Acid Etched Metallics
• Trompe L'oeil & Murals
• Custom Paint Contracting and Design Consultation