Painted Travels

Portraits of Remarkable Places

SJ Axelby

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Pavilion
09 February 2024

History of Art & Design Styles; Watercolours; Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Fashion & textiles: design; Interior design, decor & style guides

An armchair discovery tour of truly remarkable places, captured in SJ Axelby’s inimitable watercolours. This follow-up volume to SJ Axelby’s Interior Portraits transports the reader to bars, cafes, museums, shops, hotels, tearooms, restaurants, gardens, trains and more, around the world.

This is an insider’s guide to the classic, the cool and the quirky, with locations around the world hand picked by SJ and painted in her trademark bright and detailed watercolours. All the featured places have something special, whether that’s a stunning position, centuries of history, designer interiors or a touch of good old-fashioned glamour.

The text offers the reader intriguing details and insider knowledge about the history and design of these locations plus there’s also the occasional cocktail recipe! Curated by an artist with an appreciation of the fine details, SJ Axelby’s Painted Travels is a taste-filled tour to delight and inspire the reader.

A small selection of the c.60 destinations that are featured in the book: HR Giger Bar, Gruyères, Switzerland (immersive artwork and bar in one) Populart, Seville (selling new and historic ceramics including azulejos tiles) The San Domenico Palace Hotel in Taormina, Sicily (setting for season 2 of The White Lotus) Woodman’s Hut, Scottish Highlands (dark-sky eco hideaway) Chatsworth House (Derbyshire’s most beautiful country house) Parker Palm Springs (Hollywood insiders’ escape) UK leg of the Venice Simpson Orient Express (Golden Age restored train including carriage designed by Wes Anderson) Liberty London (iconic department store) Petersham Nurseries (unique plant nursery and lifestyle venue)

By: SJ Axelby
Imprint: Pavilion
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 252mm, Width: 195mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 840g
ISBN: 9780008580728
ISBN 10: 0008580723
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 09 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

SJ Axelby has had a paintbrush in her hand for as long as she can remember. She has a degree in textile design and loves pattern, colour and all things interiors. Best known for her room portraiture (she created the Room Portrait Club during lockdown), recent clients include Christie's, Kit Kemp and Alexandra Tolstoy. Her work has featured in the Telegraph Stella Magazine, FT How to Spend It, the Liberty Book, Elle Decoration and The World of Interiors and international titles such as Elle Decor Italia and Architectural Digest. She is now a full-time room portrait artist working for designers, hoteliers and clients around the world. @sjaxelby 14K followers

Reviews for Painted Travels: Portraits of Remarkable Places

Praise for SJ Axelby: ‘SJ brings a new and refreshingly relaxed style to the pantheon of interiors painters, joining familiar luminaries like Mary-Ellen Best and Alexandre Serebriakoff with a painterly flourish.’ – Ashley Hicks ‘SJ’s watercolours are for me pure escapism. They transport you into another dimension, literally into other rooms that through her touch feel so cosy and dreamy. She creates atmosphere with her brush and paint and they are all a visual feast for the eyes.’ – Martina Mondadori ‘I love Sarah-Jane’s charming interiors paintings, she has an eye for the quirky and depicts the real homes of interesting people so well.’ – Sophie Conran