It isn’t often that I get to paint 2 murals in the same location. This is one of those rare times. Customer chose his scene, using photographs he took in Tanzania. That’s a herd of cape buffalo. Later he requested a crocodile between the water and the buff. The logistics are tricky with that bed […]
Mural, Finished!?!
From the last painting session photos, I made a list of things that the mural needed in order to be finished. It seemed like another day of painting should do the trick, but I never know. Sometimes the detail and fixing just goes on and on and on. . . The ivy needed to be […]
Mural, Day Three
Since the sky is finished, I pulled the blue masking tape from the top. Then I reshaped the small window, widened the building a skosh on the right, filled in the posts with a first layer and then Customer came to say “Good Morning”. He had a smart aleck remark about the bluebird, so I […]
New Mural!
All murals begin with a conversation. It moves into photos, measurements, and sketches. This conversation began in December at a man’s home in his events room. (No, I’ve never been in an events room at a private home before. . . have you?) There are 2 walls under discussion. This is wall #1 as it […]
New Year, New Challenge
I met a guy who likes my art. He is in an art related business, studied architecture and has similar ideas to mine about what makes good art. He told me that he has decided I am an “art-itect”. I understood the term immediately. A few weeks ago he asked me to bid on a […]
Mineral King Mural Re-do
The book The Cabins of Wilsonia may be in route to Three Rivers. Then again, it may not. Trust has been broken, so I am hearing the messages from the printer and the binder in the same sort of sound as the adult voices on Charlie Brown. Remember those? Meanwhile, I am occupied with various tasks, all […]
Orange You Glad This Mural is Finished?
A drive-by shooting of the Rocky Hill label mural on the east wall of Rocky Hill Antiques, east of Exeter. This is how the mural looks in the morning light. It faces east, so I was only able to work on it when the shade was 2 feet wide, around 2 in the afternoon. […]
Finishing the Rocky Hill Antiques Mural, Part Four
On Thursday, I left you with a cliff-hanger of a green orange. (Reminds me of the time my mom wanted to show orange trees to her 4 year old Kansas granddaughter. “Look Ashley, those are orange trees.” “No they aren’t, Grandma – they are green!”) White paint is opaque. Put down white paint, and then […]
Finishing the Rocky Hill Antiques Mural, Part Three
We are waiting for the heat to end so I can finish the Rocky Hill Antiques mural. September passes. October arrives. The heat continues. FINALLY, last week, it mellowed from the 90s to the 80s. Practically sweater weather around here! Wow, the mural is dusty and has some spider webs. No worries, I’m a country […]
Finishing the Rocky Hill Antiques Mural, Part Two
I showed my favorite view of the potential revision/addition of the Rocky Hill Antiques mural to the owner. He still wanted the word “ANTIQUES” included. I tried to convince him that the word would change a mural into a sign, and there is plenty of signage at the business with no doubts at all as […]