Back when I decided to begin muralizing, I started by painting Farewell Gap in oils and increasing the size each time. After I completed a 24×36″, it was time to paint it on my workshop doors. This was the first time I painted large and it shocked me how quickly it went. Michael stood back […]
What you want to see
After I got over the thrill of drawing what was really in front of my eyes, I began to want to make better pictures. Real life is messy; artists get to clean it up. It takes practice to draw what isn’t really there, to make up a tree that you didn’t see, to show the […]
What I did in the Nonweek
The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is sort of an off week. People are off work, school, schedules, diets, and budgets. (Hopefully they aren’t off base or off track too.) I think of it as the Nonweek, when there really aren’t many obligations. During the Nonweek my expectations of myself are low. Write […]
Mural Celebration!
It was hot, reallly really hot. If it hadn’t been my mural, I doubt I would have braved the heat, but these folks were hardier than that! Mickey gave a thorough history on the Mt. Whitney Power Co. and the dams in Mineral King. I hadn’t settled in yet and was hanging out in the […]
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 […]
CELEBRATION!
September 30, 6 p.m. at the new mural – a CELEBRATION! Men + Mules + Water + Power is on E Street in Exeter, between Pine and Palm Streets. The celebration will consist of dinner (free!), some speech-making (not too much) and a square dance! BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS. Questions? Email or call me. See […]
Day Twenty-One on the Mural
IT IS FINISHED! That is, it is finished if the Mural Team agrees. What a week – the hottest days and the coolest day of the entire project happened within the 6 consecutive days. Weather is not a cliche or a conversation filler – it matters immensely when working outdoors! Today was marked by the […]
Day Twenty On The Mural
Today is only in the 90s – almost sweater weather, compared to Wednesday and Thursday! One day left in my mini marathon run of mural painting – oh yeah, I called it because I am an experienced professional! (love saying that after feeling like a poser for so long) Visited with several people (CK returned […]
Day Nineteen on the Mural
Katie and Paul at Mineral King Publishing rescued the crying kitten today! I named it Franklin, but since I am over my quota of stray cats for the year and won’t be taking it home, I have no right to name it. It is very very hot (111 in Three Rivers yesterday!) but should be […]
Day Eighteen On The Mural
Progress is being made despite the fact that today was unspeakably hot and I bailed early. Today was marked by three things: the hottest day yet the saddest day – heard a kitten crying off and on the entire time the weirdest guy came by and told me Exeter has the most murals per capita […]