This is what greeted me at 8:30 a.m. on Day Two of repainting the Mineral King mural in Exeter. The truck’s cab is at Mosquito Lakes; the bed is at Mineral Lakes. That’s one big truck. See the little green car in the background? This truck could eat my car for breakfast. I stood on […]
Finishing the Rocky Hill Antiques Mural, Part Four
On Thursday, I left you with a cliff-hanger of a green orange. (Reminds me of the time my mom wanted to show orange trees to her 4 year old Kansas granddaughter. “Look Ashley, those are orange trees.” “No they aren’t, Grandma – they are green!”) White paint is opaque. Put down white paint, and then […]
Finishing the Rocky Hill Antiques Mural, Part Two
I showed my favorite view of the potential revision/addition of the Rocky Hill Antiques mural to the owner. He still wanted the word “ANTIQUES” included. I tried to convince him that the word would change a mural into a sign, and there is plenty of signage at the business with no doubts at all as […]
Rocky Hill Antiques Mural, Chapter 4
A few weeks ago, Pastor Alex preached about complaining. It is a sin. Really? Really. The opposite of complaining is gratitude. So, instead of telling you how difficult it is to paint this mural on Rocky Hill Antiques, I will give you a short list of things I am thankful for as I work in […]
Rocky Hill Mural, Chapter 3
Wow, nothing like a little commute down the hill to remind me why it is REALLY GOOD to work at home. Roadwork delay, long line of traffic with slowpokes (40-ish) until the passing lanes (up to 60+), finally see clear to pass at another passing lane, and the slowpoke pulls into the left (passing) lane […]
Rocky Hill Mural, Chapter 2
We projected and traced on a Sunday night. On Monday during the daylight, I went back to see our work, and to determine when the wall is in enough shade for me to paint. That is barely visible!! No worries, it shows better in person. See the cracks climbing in the bricks? Kathryn, one […]
Projecting a New Mural
Sunday evening I went down to Exeter with my neighbor and friend, Steve who is one of the owners of Rocky Hill Antiques. This is a great big wonderful antique store, open 7 days a week, in an old packing house with 40 vendors. Very good place to shop. (This mural could get to be […]
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 […]
Second Day
First, some observations about mural painting. This is a long one – might want to grab a snack first. Technology is very helpful. Today I studied some photos on my laptop, enlarged them vastly to really see what the lines in the juniper were actually doing. Cappella Coffee House is next door to the mural […]
Hidden Objects
Men + Mules + Water + Power has multiple hidden objects. Here is the list: pick-axe fish 2 heart-shaped rocks 1904 a real rock a real mule-shoe 6 varieties of wildflowers – Sierra Columbine, Indian Paintbrush, phlox, Hoope’s Sneezeweed, Golden-beard Penstemmon, Wild Blue Flax. Here is a little piece of the mural for you to […]