The mountains are getting wider? taller? thicker? deeper? Can’t think of the right word here! They are also getting more detailed.
Finishing up, part 2
Aren’t these corners great? And have a look at the plaques of the title and the sponsors (fabulous people, each one!):
Day Two on the Mural
The mountains are being formed from the top to the bottom (which is the same as from the back to the front) and from left to right. Notice the wall’s shadow – that is around 1:30 and it is too hot to paint the minute the sun hits that lift (and instantly dries my palette.) […]
Day One on the Mural, continued
I loaded the most pertinent supplies onto the lift, remembered how to turn it on and drive it, got it into position and couldn’t figure out how to raise it up. I was so desperate that I actually referred to the useless manual. It should have had a simple sentence reading “Move the yellow toggle […]
Day One on the Mural
In life, I am pretty good at about 2 things (drawing and teaching drawing), pretty average at most things, and really bad at 2 things for sure: team sports and morning. Today, I got up at 5, left at 6, and was at the mural site at 6:30. 6:30 is a reasonable time; it is the preceding […]
Warming Up for The Mural
The paint and supplies had to be gathered to begin painting the new mural. As I was going through them, an overwhelming desire to begin came over me. Since it was afternoon and too hot at the mural site and besides, it was Sunday, and Exeter is 25 miles away, what was I supposed to […]
Projecting the Project!
Thursday, June 3 was the date of projecting the latest Exeter mural onto the wall. Wow, was that ever a project! (Isn’t that an odd word in its various meanings?) There was a nice group of people there to celebrate Bill Sario’s birthday and that of his grandson. Bill fixed wonderful sandwiches for everyone, and […]
The Oak Grove Bridge
Every time I paint this bridge, it sells. Obviously I am not alone in my obsession with it! This is from photos provided by my dear friend Marilyn, taken when the redbud was in bloom. This is the first time I have painted it in a horizontal format. This is the largest I have painted […]
Get ‘er done!
These paintings are finished and just drying. The top one is for an upcoming show at the Creative Center in Visalia; Sawtooth with lupine and the snow scene are commissions. The little square is a view of Timber Gap with flowers in the foreground – this is the 3rd time I’ve painted it (but […]
Which end is up?
There are several commissioned paintings that need to be done before the mural begins. This is not one of them – it is a commission, but the commissioner said, “No Hurry”. (music to my ears!) He has a great 16×20″ photo of Sawtooth with Mineral Peak behind it and has been wanting a painting. His […]