Customer approved the colors and arrangement of the geckos with interlocking tails, so I packed up my supplies and drove to the river gazebo. The board is a good height for painting, the river is roaring, and there is great shade in the morning. I’m going to enjoy this job! Where is this place? So […]
Gecko or Gekko?
I don’t know the correct way to spell gekko/gecko. Both seem to work. Who cares? (WHAT?? The Typo Psycho actually doesn’t care how something is spelled??) When I spelled it with 2 k’s, I found better images on Google. A customer has asked me to design a mural of gekkos/geckos, because they are a symbol of welcome. […]
Repainting Mineral King, Day Eleven
On Saturday, there were a lot of Model A Fords in Exeter. The weather was a bit iffy, but after a phone call, I donned my painty pants and headed down the hill. I tried my best to not think about all the things to do at home, and listening to the audio version of Cry, […]
Repainting Mineral King, Day Ten
When I arrived at the mural on Friday a.m., this was my view. Sunny day ahead? This is the area where I wanted to start, so I studied it for awhile to figure out how to blend old blue with the new green, way up on the wall. I mixed a bluish green and blended the […]
Repainting Mineral King, Day Nine
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AUDREY! What a wonderful painting day! The weather seemed iffy, and I was reluctant to leave home, but after two phone calls to verify a rainless situation, I left. Made it a mile, turned around and went back for my lunchbox. On this post, I will put the explanations beneath the photos. I […]
Hidden Items in Murals
When Exeter began its mural project, I was the president and had no earthly idea how big this thing, this rescue of a city, this PROJECT would become. The mural team was fantastic, and we figured out how to make this happen together. Then, one of the early artists, Nadi Spencer of Three Rivers, hid something […]
Repainting Mineral King, Day Eight
It wasn’t hot Monday! I thought I’d be able to paint on the Mineral King mural in Exeter (please excuse the redundancy – it is for the search engines) until around 5 p.m., but no way because I am a middle-aged wuss who ran out of gas. A pleasant day with lots of interesting folks […]
Repainting Mineral King, Day Seven
When I arrived at the Mineral King mural on Day Seven, it was obvious what needed paint next. Finished that part, and then it was time to beepbeep back the truck up again. This one was tricky. The asphalt is dropping so the curb is higher with each truck backup. When I looked at the […]
Repainting Mineral King, Day Six
Traffic picked up a bit on Day Six, but still no Larry. Have a look at the day’s visitors: 3 really smart, cute and personable girls on a break from med school in Iowa An old friend told me he liked the blue better than the green, and he asked me if I am still […]
Repainting Mineral King, Day Five
Happy Birthday, Laura!! Repainting Mineral King, Day Five was a wuss-out day. The heat did me in. Sometimes I wonder if my Mom would have been climbing around on the back of a truck in the heat at age 57 . . . no, she was probably climbing a home-made scaffolding while hanging wallpaper. How […]