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 […]
Repainting Mineral King, Day One
On Wednesday, I began repainting the big Mineral King mural in Exeter. Gave me something to do while I waited for Samson to get civilized at the veterinarian in Exeter. So much has changed since I painted this mural in 2009. The attorney who told me to use his office as a staging place died last […]
A Field Trip to Sequoia
Today I begin refreshing the largest Mineral King mural in Exeter (North of Pine, West side of E Street, South side of Capella Coffee) Tomorrow I’ll show you today’s work on the mural. Meanwhile, you can enjoy some photos of a recent half-day field trip. Trail Guy and I went to Giant Forest in Sequoia […]
Repainting Mineral King and Prudence
Happy Birthday, Gordon!! The big Mineral King mural in Exeter has faded. Yellow fades the quickest, so gray becomes purple, tan becomes gray which then fades to lavender, and green becomes blue. The mural colors were like this when I finished it after 52 days of painting in 2009. Now the colors look this way: It […]
Little Bitty Ore Buckets
Say what? Ore buckets? Little bitty ore buckets? Remember the first Mineral King Room (in Three Rivers History Museum) mural was of a tram tower below the Empire Mine in Mineral King and only made sense if someone was standing there ‘splaining it? Now, there are visual aids. In addition to the real ore bucket […]
Because Jimmy Asked
Who is Jimmy? A friend of mine. What did he ask? Something about William O. Clough and his memorial and Franklin Lake’s dam and the dams built on lakes by the Mt. Whitney Power Co. It wasn’t a specific question, more of a request for more information. He asked me, because Google sent him to […]
Stick a Fork in Me, I’m Done
That’s a non-Google kind of title, but the real title is boring. “Mineral King Mural #3 is Finished in Three Rivers Museum”. First, a little context. Here is mural #1 as it appears in the Mineral King Room of the Three Rivers Museum (Redundant, I know, but I have to say all those words so this […]
3rd Mineral King Mural, Day #3
The third Mineral King Mural in the Mineral King Room of the Three Rivers History Museum is almost finished. I estimated 3-4 painting days, and that’s about right. First I worked on the mountains on the upper right. They were still rough, but it wasn’t apparent until I had detailed the other mountains. The contrast […]
Third Mineral King Mural in Three Rivers Museum
“Third Mineral King Mural in Three Rivers Museum” does not sound like a colorful, clever or creative title, but that’s the truth of the matter. This is mural #1 in the Mineral King Room of the museum. Here is mural #2. Finally, here is what you have been waiting for and wondering about: Mural #3! […]
Third Mineral King Mural in Three Rivers Museum Day 2
Day #2 on the third Mineral King mural in the Mineral King Room of the Three Rivers Museum might be easier to paint than to spell out. I began on the left, working down and forward in space. Then, I realized that the farthest mountains were quite unfinished. This meant starting at the top (farthest […]