I might have another mural coming. Possibly possible. Right now it is in the conversation stage. I’ve taken photos, looked through the customer’s photos, and figured out a way to show them how a mural might possibly look. All my artwork begins with conversations. But, a picture is worth a thousand words, so I’ll be […]
Sequoia Mural Complete
Doesn’t that sound like a terse newspaper heading? The Sequoia tree mural of a section of the Parker Group on one of my ridgey garage doors is now completed. Maybe. I signed it, but when I live with a piece of art, little corrections ask to be made. So, is it finished? I spent 18 […]
Tiny Change
When I am painting a mural, every time I look at it I see things to fix, change or improve. When I live by the mural, this can add up to a lot of looking, fixing, changing and improving. The change I made was that the sunshine behind the big trees was so light that […]
You May Slow Your Horse Down Now
For awhile, I’ve been advising you to view my Sequoia mural from the back of a fast horse, preferably at a distance. I’m beginning to think that it might be okay to slow your horse down now, but distance is still an advantage for best viewing. Getting better with each session. This is the result […]
More Sequoia Mural on a Ridgey Garage Door
This is the current level of the mural. More accurately, this is the current version that I have to share with you. Perhaps you live in my neighborhood and have driven by between the writing and the posting of this post. Then you, my neighbor, will know that the progress is even more progressive. That […]
And the Paint(ing) Goes On
The Sequoia mural on a ridgey garage door continues. Here is what my view looks like while I am painting: The horizontal blue line is so I can tell where I am. It is the center from top to bottom. I don’t know exactly what I am doing when I am this close to the […]
The Slow Sequoia Mural
Slowly inching along, climbing up and down the ladder, walking to the end of the driveway and back, studying, scrutinizing, evaluating, analyzing. I have to live with this mural, not just drive past it occasionally, so it needs to be really well done. Besides, it will be advertising for murals during the Studio Tour. One […]
Paint Slowly
Two of my neighbors have requested that I paint slowly. They want to enjoy the process of seeing a mural develop. With this mural of Sequoia trees on a ridgey door, I don’t have a choice. In my head the thing should be going quickly, but reality is much different. I climb down the ladder […]
Sequoia Mural on a Ridgey Garage Door
First, I mixed my main paint colors, using the primaries. That weirdo greenish yellow (or yellowish green) is not a primary, but is an example of a color that is easily mixed using red, blue, yellow and white. Isn’t that UH-MAY-ZING?? Still thrills me. I actually use 2 different reds and 2 different blues. First, […]
No Longer At Loose Ends
Now that the drawings for The Cabins of Wilsonia are finished and the book is in its first review session, I’ve been sort of wandering aimlessly. Organize a little, paint a little, work on the blog a little, procrastinate a little, wonder what to do. Suddenly I have a big list: Finish painting the outbuildings Begin […]