Imagine coming home after yet another hectic day knowing that a world miles away from work, traffic, and stress awaits you. Your children race to their bedrooms; the boys eager to tell their favorite sports hero about their day, your daughter anxious to return to her enchanted forest, with wandering unicorns and a fiery dragon. You choose to shrug off the tension by floating in the tranquil clouds that magically open the confining walls of your bedroom to heaven.
Introducing Curtis Stokes and MURALlusions.
By far, Curtis is today’s most talented and creative muralist. Curtis does not simply paint walls, he brings dreams to life. You will not find another artist capable of making what is not real leap from the walls as if the very plaster and wood have been torn away to reveal a new world.
Curtis Stokes’ murals are some of the most realistic and captivating works of art today. His attention to detail, composition, color and texture have been fine tuned through his work as a professional photographer. Unlike the rest, Curtis takes his passion for realism to the next level by incorporating photography into his fine art. He has been known to travel near and far in order to capture the perfect picture. Then, he will return to recreate the image in exact detail using various mediums, the airbrush being his first choice.
Discovering his talent for art at the age of four, this Los Angeles native never let go of his dream. By the age of sixteen, Curtis started his own business which is still in existence today; Curtis Stokes Custom Airbrush. Not many artists can say that they are lucky enough to do what they have loved since childhood.
Through his growing popularity as on airbrush artist, Curtis has become known as the go to man in Los Angeles when you want custom works of art. His client list reads like the who’s who of Hollywood. Stephen Spielberg, Hugh Hefner, Jason Alexander, Henry Winkler, WWF’s Macho Man Randy Savage, and Olympic Gold Medalist Mark Spitz are just a few of the celebrities who have commissioned Curtis’ work. Most recently, the rest of the country was introduced to Curtis’ talented ability to make dreams come true on ABC’S Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Curtis was the first muralist chosen by the network. His beautiful art has appeared in multiple seasons of the TV show, and has managed to bring families to tears with his work. He has also been featured on Fox’s "Renovate My Family", "Good Day LA", "Kimora Lee - Life in the Fab Lane", "Dress My Nest", and "High Maintenance 90210". Even Playboy mogul Hugh Heftier has hired Curtis as on artist for several of his personal events, as well as commissioning him to paint a mural in the bedroom of one of his playmates.
Curtis continues to evolve as on artist, always thinking forward and out of the box, creating new and exciting ways to add a little magic to our lives. His Black Light murals can actually turn a room from day to night with a flick of a switch. He has transformed mundane back yards into a tropical paradise, and swimming pools into exciting shark infested waters. Curtis Stokes is an artist in every sense of the word. He has managed to live the life that many artists can only wish for through his positive thinking and drive to constantly work on and fine tune his art.
You dream it and Curtis Stokes will bring it to life.