Inquiring minds. . .

. . . like to know! Cousin Maggie asked me some great questions about mural painting and indicated that others probably are wondering the same things. So, here we go on a mural tutorial! PAINT:  Acrylic paint by a company called Nova Color is the paint preferred, no, REQUIRED by the Exeter Mural Team. It […]

Giant Project, Day One

The scaffolding is really really high and can’t get moved closer to the wall yet,  and we have to figure out how to fill the blank 9 feet on the left end. See what I mean?  So when you can’t do a thing the way you had planned, you make a new plan! (Well, I do, […]

Flexible schedule

Guess what??  We projected the mural tonight and it is ready to paint!!! Had to, because it is going to rain on Thursday and Friday.  Look! There were some tall young men who were very very helpful – Jarson, Joshua (I think that was Mr. Blue Shirt’s name!) and Jared, who is one of my drawing […]

Marking time

I think this is what it was called in marching band when we just stood in the same place moving our feet up and down but going nowhere! That’s not exactly what I am doing now, but the anticipation is building as I await Thursday night. If it doesn’t rain, we will project the mural […]

Diversion

Today I took a day off from my normal Sunday routine and went to Mineral King. Big surprise, that destination, hunh? Anyway, it was very very beautiful. You can see for yourself in these pictures. Besides, I needed to see it in person once more before beginning to paint!These funny little machines were a great […]

Projection

First published in January 2009 Remember overhead projectors? That is the device we hope to use to project the image on the wall. I spent 4-1/2 hours tracing the model painting of the mural onto a roll of tissue paper (the kind called “flimsy” by architects). Today I found back-up bulbs for the projector, bought […]

Giant Project Revealed

First published in January 2009 What? the next mural in Exeter Where? the 100 north block of E street, on the west side, facing south . Yes, that is correct – it overlooks the parking lot of the Exeter Sun. When? We are hoping to project the image on the wall on the evenings of Thursday […]

Breakthrough!

First published in January 2009 This little gem is a sneak peak at the Giant Project, known hereon as GP. Why am I teasing you with this? Because I have had a victory and want to share it!  I have been fighting my paint and brushes, trying like crazy to get them to do what […]

Reflection of societal values

First published in January 2009 The post “Art and the Economy” made me think about my art and if it serves the functions that were written about in Art Calendar magazine.  Take the cheerful little cheap inexpensive painting of Three Peppers IV, which I am showing you again in order to lift your spirits with […]