Time Change + Heat = Tired The air temperature was cool, but the wall was actually hot to the touch. Oh wait! That is Allen, from Friday, the cool overcast day. Doesn’t he look convincing as a skilled muralist? Let’s have a little review of before and after. BEFORE: (Notice the correct spelling because I […]
Repainting Mineral King, Day Three
When I arrive each morning, I study the mural and decide the order of business for the day. On Day Three, the first item of business was to hang a banner on the back of the truck. (Thank you, Trail Guy, for the most excellent suggestion!) The second item was to move the truck out […]
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 […]
Sometimes in Church
Sometimes in church, I draw. And sometimes I paint. I gave my church snow-covered mountains for Christmas. Things are a little different in Three Rivers than down the hill.
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 […]
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! […]
New Mural In Three Rivers, Chapter Two
I may have estimated my time to be longer than anticipated for the new mural at the Three Rivers Museum.. Perhaps the customer will think I am over charging. Guess I’d better moan on and on about how difficult this is. All that moaning about difficulty was fake. This might be the easiest location I have […]
Finishing the murals
Did you think I was going to leave you hanging as to how the Tanzania mural looked? Customer called to say the cape buffalo needed about 1/2 hour of work. I was relieved to hear from him, because my final day working on them was without his expertise. I’ve never seen those animals, except in […]
Mural #2, Day Three
I may have mentioned that February is my favorite month a couple of times. It still is, in spite of the fact that on this date, 16 years ago, my dad died. Weird. I didn’t think I could make it a week without him around, and now it has been 16 years. Every morning as I […]
Mural #2, Day Two
A guy showed up this a.m. to move the scaffolding out of the way. I drew the base of the tree. Then I redrew it further to the left. Are you wondering, “What tree??” Just hold on. . . Then I began painting the distant trees. A little ground work, more greenery in the distance, […]