In case you are wondering, all the previous days’ blog posts croaked with my website. So, here is the best I can do to recreate the most current day for you. These orange trees have been “skirted”, which means pruned so nothing touches the ground. I tried to fix the trees on the mural to […]
Library Mural, Day Six
If you subscribe to my blog, you probably received an email last night about a new post. It is scheduled to publish on Friday, but I hit the wrong button. Then I immediately rescheduled it. So, you may have read Friday’s already (or you may have no idea at all what I am talking about […]
Library Mural, Day Five
From solid blue sky to wispy clouds. Sky and mountains are the farthest away, and I think they are finished. Next closest is the orange grove. Oy vey, those leaves! Very very cold day. The garbage truck went up and down the street about 8 times. There were roosters crowing. The little pickup with the […]
Library Mural, Day Four
Intern returned, so we studied the wall together and discussed the next step. He put a base coat on Twin Buttes, and I worked on the mountains south of Alta Peak, since I got a few semi-helpful photos on Friday. Together we mixed the color of the background of the packing label. Intern was SHOCKED […]
Library Mural, Day Two
Brrr, BRRR, and BRRR! In driving the 35 miles down to the mural yesterday, I learned that the defroster in Momscar* is INSTANTLY effective, and I actually used the seat warmer, which seems like an ultra luxurious feature. Now I just need to figure out which button makes heat land on my feet. Step by […]
Library Mural, Day One
I got to the library at 8:45 to survey the lay of the land. Muddy. Significant log. Big roots to NOT trip over. What’s that weird little box on a pole? Could it be a Little Free Library, right here at the library? After I unloaded the ladders, I realized that the wall was full […]
A New Mural
Three years ago, the county allowed elected supervisors to have a bit of free rein on things like murals in their districts. My supervisor asked me to paint a mural on the Ivanhoe library, the beloved library of my youth. You can read about it here, here, here, and here. If you don’t want to […]
How I Spent “Black Friday”
2025 CALENDARS AVAILABLE HERE. “Black Friday” kind of disgusts me. (I recognize the irony given the previous paragraph/ad). It overshadows Thanksgiving in the media, and it summarizes and epitomizes the commercialism and greed that taint Christmas. I have participated in Black Friday in the past by joining a group of artists for a boutique here […]
Library of My Youth, Chapter 4
Today I will show you what I submitted for the 2nd mural on the Ivanhoe Library. For review, here is what the selection committee provided. Here is what I submitted for this entry way. Here is my explanation. “Mural B shows 2 Valley Oaks, quercus lobata, which is the largest American oak, native to Tulare […]
Library of My Youth, Chapter 3
Okay, I’ll quit stalling now. This is what the Ivanhoe Library mural project gave to the potential artists. First, I introduced myself with this. “I am very pleased to be able to submit two designs for the library of my youth. I grew up outside of Ivanhoe, attending Ivanhoe Elementary School K-8. I credit my […]