One of the few Novatek employees who showed up for his work today asked me why I wasn't out enjoying the Labor Day holiday today. I told him that I've always worked nearly every Labor Day. I also mentioned that I love to display the American flag, but I decided not to display the flag on Labor Day since it celebrates Labor Unions. I was quite surprised when the employee mention he never knew that.
He said, "I always thought it was about honoring the virtue of hard work and it never was?"
"Nope." I said, "In fact; In the Midwest, a local labor union in a small town told the Mayor that Tea Party members and non-union conservatives were not allowed to participate in the local parade since it was about Labor Unions."
"Oh really?" He showed a look of surprise.
"I'm afraid so!" I said.
"I didn't know that?..." he walked away bewildered.
I have nothing against hard working highly skilled union members who really do work hard at their job. It is the union executives and their corrupt extortionist tactics I don't like. No one should be forced to join a union or pay union dues if they don't belong to one. I don't agree with Card Check either. Voting for or against union organizing needs to remain private. No one should feel intimidated into joining something they don't want to join. The small guy should also be allowed to compete without fear, for skilled projects along side other companies who are pro-union. If they win the project, it should be against the law for unions to intimidate him.
If I wouldn't have shown up for work today, it would have been because I'm starting to feel phlegm moving back into my chest again. Tomorrow morning, I plan to go back to my doctor's office and try and get an early appointment. In spite of how I felt, I got some color on Cascade. Before I started, I pre-mixed 4 basic shades representing the mountain colors. As I work more form, other colors and values will branch off of these four basic ones. It is important to see and paint the shapes in big masses of color first, before you work in the details. That is what I did when I painted Squaw Peak below Cascade. Right now, the values between the two mountains are pretty closely related. I will adjust the values as the entire painting progresses to the finish. Never completely finish an area before working the all areas around it evenly. Otherwise, you will most likely have to go back and re-work that area you thought was finished because it no longer relates to the rest of the mural. More detail will likely come later.
Novatek South Addition Mural
This mural measures 22 feet high by 200 feet long
FINISHED MURAL WITH NEW FAUX MARBLE FLOOR
Here is a section of the mural finished with the new floor.
REFLECTIONS
more floor, less mural
FINISHED FIRST SECTION
The mural is now finished. This is the first section.
FINISHED SECOND SECTION
All the highlights and shadows are now finished on the snow and all over the rest of the mural.
FINAL THIRD SECTION
We tried to capture the twilight time of day. I think we were successful.
FINISHED FOURTH SECTION
Even the tops of the trees indicate the last few moments early evening light.
FINISHED FIFTH SECTION
I like the way the shadow and light plays on the rocky Timpanogos slopes.
FINISHED SIXTH SECTION
Provo Canyon.
FINISHED SEVENTH SECTION
I love the way the shadows and light bring out the rock forms on Cascade Peak.
ELK CLOSE UP
I'm not really a wildlife painter, yet I feel pretty good about how this bull elk turned out.
EIGHTH SECTION
Squaw Peak (the one with the red scrub oak trees on it's slopes) is mosly in shadow, but with a sliver of light at the top.
FINISHED NINTH SECTION
The middle section of Squaw Peak.
SQUAW PEAK
THis looks so real, it's like you can walk right through it! Pick any door.
LAST SECTION
This shows Rock Canyon during the last few moments of evening light.
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