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By Alix SouBirAn

An extraordinary talent in custom design, French artisan, Alix Soubiran, is a unique resource within the interior design industry.

We invite you to view her custom:

WallpaperTextile & Rug DesignsDecorative Murals & Paintings

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WAllpAper & DecorAtive projectS

Original Watercolor

tree of lifeWallpaper

Tree of L ife, installat ion

Blue, complete repeat

Gray, detail

toileWallpaper

Toile in Gray, installat ion

Original Drawing , charcoal

chArcoAl MurAlMural

Charcoal Mural , installat ion

White/Gray, complete repeat

Silver, complete repeat

hAvAnA AffAirWallpaper

Havana Af fair in White/Gray, installat ion

Havana Af fair in Si lver, installat ion

Detail

cuStoM WAllpAperWallpaper

Custom Wallpaper, installat ion

Original Gouache Render ing

vizirWallpaper

Vizir in Var ious Color s on Metall ic Ground

White/Beige, detail

MontecriStoWallpaper

Montecr isto in Var ious Color s

MGM GrAnD, lAS veGASCustoM rug

Custom Rug for MGM Grand, Las Vegas

Original Render ing , gouache

MGM GrAnD, lAS veGASCustoM Mural

Custom Mural , installat ion at MGM Grand, Las Vegas

Original Render ing , gouache

MGM GrAnD, lAS veGASCustoM Mural

Custom Mural , installat ion at MGM Grand, Las Vegas

Bodrum Blue

Bodrum Hot Pink

Bodrum Eyes

BoDruMWallpaper

Bodrum Eyes , installat ion

“Returning to a cool inte-rior after being blinded by the metallic reflection of the sun on the dark tur-qoise of the Aegean Sea where sea horses dance between the rocky shores. The curtains are blowing.”

Yellow

Pink

Blue

circuS circuSWallpaper

Circus Circus in Pink , installat ion

Beige

Green

29 pAlMSWallpaper

29 Palms in Gray, installat ion

enchAnteD SceneWallpaper

Enchanted Scene, installat ionEnchanted Scene, installat ion

cArnivAl A triniDADWallpaper

Original Render ing , Gouache

Carnival a Tr inidad

l’ecuMe DeS fleurSWallpaper

Detail

L’ecume Des Fluer s

Minuet MArinWallpaper

Minuet Mar in

french rooMWallpaper

French Room, installat ion

“The air is still. The room exhales a faint smell of beeswax and peonies. A large window overlooks the Jardins du Luxem-bourg. Paris feels like the countryside today.”

Detail

French Room

Enchanted Gypsy, detail

enchAnteD GypSyWallpaper

Enchanted Gypsy, installat ion

Yellow

Blue

joSephineWallpaper

Josephine, installat ion

Blue

Gold

SAnty AnoWallpaper

Santy Ano, paint ing

“The inside of a music box, carefully crafted for a young Prince.”

Blue

BirDS & floWerSWallpaper

Birds & Flowers , installat ion

Blue

Yellow

Green

tree pArtyWallpaper

Tree Par ty, installat ion

Vinyl

SeA BAlletWallpaper

Sea Ballet in Gold, installat ionSilver

DecorAtive MurAlS & pAintinGS

cuStoM pirAte MurAlMural

Custom Pirate Mural , installat ionDetail

BrADpainting

tWinSpainting

textureD poMpeiFresCo

venetiAn plASterinstallations

tent MurAlMural

Tent Mural , detailTent Mural , installat ion

DoD Motelpainting

Bio

Born and raised in Paris, Alix attended l’Atelier Met de Penninghen where she discovered her talent for creating whimsical paintings and detailed murals.

In 2007, Alix founded Princ-es & Crows in LA, offering a complete range of custom services including custom murals, decorative paintings, wallpaper, rugs, and textiles.

Through many years of commercial and residential collaborations with interior designers and architects, Alix has expanded her port-folio from the US to France, England and the West Indies.

Her projects have been featured in multiple interior design publications such as House Beautiful, Traditional Home, the L.A. Times, and LUXE Magazine.

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he Los Feliz aerie of Alix Soubiran is just the kind of place you’d imagine for the whimsical designer of Princes & Crows wallpaper and decor. A sleepy black rabbit shuffles across the studio’s hardwood floor; personal paintings of bunnies, float-

ing rams and a mischievous-looking squirrel are stacked under a suite of paned windows; layers of sloping decks wrap around the home; and narrow staircases connect the three charmingly mismatched levels.

Trained at Atelier Met de Penninghen as a muralist, the former Parisian began her career in 2000, decorating the interiors of various celebrity homes and stylish houses in the West Indies, Palm Beach, France and England. Then, three years ago, something about the reflective light in California and the distance from her homeland sparked a transition to wallpaper.

“I had something to say that I couldn’t say with murals,” she notes. In her world, scenes of feasts, fawns and cupids would be verboten; nothing would be classic; her papers would have monikers such as “Major Tom” and “Sea Ballet.”

The subjects are oversized flowers, deep-sea creatures, animal circus acts and abstract patterns, all in harmonious hues. “The colors cannot not be overwhelming but still must have character,” she says, pulling out one of her hand-painted gouaches. “I want my wallpaper to be as if candle smoke were penetrating the walls,” she remarks about another and gestures to a soothing mixture of butter yellow and

French blue panels, and gold leaves she says could never be called “grandma.”

Once she paints a prototype, her hus-band—music director and visual artist, Joseph Mauceri—helps her transform the colors to Pantone with Adobe Photoshop. The designs are then printed on paper, metallic and vinyl options.

“There is something very primal about art on walls,” she adds. “It’s what the cavemen did, no?”

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Alix works closely with each client through every step of the design process:

From consultation and hand painted samples, to creating digital, painted, or printed materials.

To Discuss Projects:

Alix Soubiran866 960 3030

princesandcrows.comalix@princesandcrows.com

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