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DiPace Kitchen Toscana Vista

Unique look at the DiPace’s personal view of Tuscany or a Toscana vista in their kitchen. Custom designed decorative backsplash tile mural.


The painting features wine, cheeses, produce and beautiful views of the Tuscan (Toscana) landscape with its vineyards, orchards, homes and local winery.
Trompe l’oeil and faux painting methods gives the illusion of looking through a window opening in a stone wall.
Hand painted on 6 inch ceramic tiles.


DiPace Kitchen Toscana Vista tile mural backsplash. Stone faux painting method on ceramic tiles. Artist Julia Sweda.DiPace Kitchen Toscana Vista…This backsplash mural was painted in the faux method to give the illusion of a stone wall and window opening with a sill at the bottom.
The mural was actually painted on 6 inch ceramic tiles.
DiPace Kitchen Toscana Vista tile mural backsplash. Trompe l'oeil window view of vista, scenery. Artist Julia Sweda.The painting incorporates a trompe l’oeil view looking through the window opening in the stone wall out to the rolling hills landscape and vista.
DiPace Kitchen Toscana Vista tile mural backsplash. Closeup 1, rosemary sprigs, fresh bread, tomatoes, olives on window sill, background winery, homes. Artist Julia Sweda.Rosemary sprigs, fresh bread, tomatoes, olives on window sill. Winery and homes in the background.
DiPace Kitchen Toscana Vista tile mural backsplash. Closeup 2, vineyards, orchards, winery, homes. Artist Julia Sweda.This view shows some of the details of the faux painting, the illusion of a window opening in the stone wall. In the background are vineyards, orchards, winery and homes.
DiPace Kitchen Toscana Vista faux painted left panel, eggplant, garlic, lemon, bottle of olive oil. Artist Julia Sweda.The left panel extension highlights the faux painting method on the ceramic tiles to make the tiles look like stone blocks laid without mortar joint. Visible on the sill are rosemary sprigs, eggplant leaning against the sill. Lemon, garlic and bottle of olive oil are also shown.
DiPace Kitchen Toscana Vista faux painted right panel, fine Tuscan cheeses, bottle of wine. Artist Julia Sweda.Bottle of wine with “DiPace Vineyard” appellation custom wine label and a display of fine Tuscan cheeses. The faux painting to make the six inch ceramic tiles look like stone blocks and window opening is nicely shown in this view.

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PO Box 8919
Catalina, AZ 85738
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"Julia was wonderful to work with, very accommodating and even matched my fabric colors and swatches for my clients kitchen backsplash."
-Mike B.

"Julia did an amazing job and is very busy. She communicated well with the list of wild flowers and pictures I sent her, of the blooms here at our home."
- Ann P.

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