May 13 2011
Third and Final Day
Isn’t that amazing??? I am amazed, stunned, and sort of relieved because it is so hot on that wall in the mornings.
This morning when I arrived at the wall, this was facing me:
Looked like a long day of crawling around on the ground. Bye-bye, little Lift friend. No more getting high for me on this job!
Mural painting involves relationships. Thank you, Betsy, for the step-ladder. Thank you, Larry & Dora for the loan of the ladder. Thank you Sylvia for that fantastic Dr Pepper, my first in 2 years, tasted like heaven. This little heart rock is for you:
It’s not perfect, but they never are in nature. Always fun to discover – hope you have fun finding it on this wall!
And thank you to Paula for the visit while I waited for the shade to cover the wall. (Found your home page – it will be a very thorough website when it is completed and just as lovely as your store!)
And thank you to Rocky Hill Ice Cream for being there while I waited for shade.
And this is for Rachelle:
I know, I know, just show us the finished painting!
The end.
It is bea-u-ti-ful, Jana!
I’m sorry it is done, didn’t get to spend as much time as I would have liked watching you paint. It is beautiful and adds a whole new demention to the mural. Thanks for your beautiful, hard work.
Congratulations, Jana! It’s tremendous!
Love you,
Elaine
This is totally amazing, Jana! Big projects like this take a lot out of an artist but you keep it fresh and alive for the long haul. Good work!
Thanks, Elaine! I love you too, sweet auntie!
How was your walk??
You are welcome, Betsy! It is always a pleasure working with you and for the mural team. Wow, this one went so fast you didn’t have a chance to tell me to slow down!
Thank you, Catherine! I am so thankful it wasn’t really hot out yet, because it really cooked me in the a.m.
You are so right, Diana! Loading the stuff, the drive, the heat, crawling around on the ground, looking at the zillions of rocks and deciding which go where and what size, talking to people while trying to paint, running back and forth to see how it is coming. . . I need a nap! But these big ones are so satisfying when finished!
Love love love it! The corner shape reminds me of a treetop . . . was that on purpose?
Hope to see your beautiful murals in person some day. Well, I did see the Mineral King one in progress, but the finished product is stunning!
Sharon, no, that wasn’t on purpose at all! What a cool little discovery – thanks for sharing! Maybe you can detour through Exeter on your way to the cabin this summer, right before coming to 3R to meet me for lunch.
I love that it is finished/unfinished, if you get my drift. Can’t wait to see it in person.
Looks so real…and a real nice job, there, Jana….I hope to see it soon…
Thank you, Jean, and thank you so much for attending the reception in Tulare!
Jana! I love this! I especially like how it very creatively crawls around the front of the building. It’s perfect!
Thanks, Maren! The credit for that crawling shape goes to The Mural Team. They are the reason the murals in Exeter are so fantastically fantastic.
I am impressed with the color matching between old and new. Did you use a prepackaged blue for the sky, or did you mix? Looks good.
Thank you, Joy! For the previous 2 murals I used blue, yellow, red, white, and burnt umber (for the photo insets). From those I mixed everything. The sky was left over from that, so it was easy. If it hadn’t matched, the fact that it turns a corner means the light is different on each wall and it never looks exactly the same even when it is the same paint! I had to remix the colors as they were used up, but the corner turn worked in my favor there too.
Wow–that is awesome! I LOVE the waterfall! You are sooo talented!
Thanks, Ann, but, ummm, what waterfall??