PUT IN A PRODUCTIVE DAY!

Today, I worked on the mural from about 6 a.m. to nearly 7 p.m. My goal was to restructure the forms and light / shadows on most of the right side of Timpanogos.  I was able to reach my goal, plus tweak Squaw Peak a little and Cascade too! Tomorrow (Saturday), I plan to refine the blocked-in details  of todays work, then place the final darks and lightest lights where they are needed ina all areas of the mural. About a month ago, I photographed the last light of the day and captured the perfect moment of shapes and colors I've needed to finish the mural. Today's work and tomorrows painting session will set that moment in time for ever how long the building stands or, heaven forbid, someone paints over the mural or knocks out a section of the wall to accommodate the needs of the business. I don't think my client would do that to the mural, but if he ever sold the building in the future, heaven only knows what they might do to the mural (Yikes!). I was saddened when I recently heard that my first painted mural of my alma mater's  mascot was recently covered by a new wallboard remodel, I was devastated! I was 16 years old when I painted it in 1975. That mural had been untouched for 35 years, before some school administrator decided to cover it up. @#*!! tasteless jerk! My high school art teacher assigned me the project, because she couldn't keep me busy enough in the classroom ( Mrs. Hamilton is now eighty years old. I enjoyed her as my favorite public school art teacher and as a good friend ). When I painted that mural, I knew at that moment, I would be involved in more important mural projects in the future.  I also knew fine art would be my life-long career. I have painted over thirty MAJOR murals in my over thirty year fine art career. Some of the projects were for small town museums, some were schools or small businesses and some were important lucrative mural projects like Cabela's, Alcoa, Inc. and Novatek International. I love the process of painting murals. As long as Novatek has a mural job for me to do, I will keep them on my VIP client list. Now after A decade of focusing almost purely on mural painting, I am ready to re-focus on gallery representation and fine art sales mostly. I will be living in Scottsdale, Arizona from January - March 2012 for that reason. Wish me luck. 2011 has been a profitable and fantastic year! I think 2012 could be the best year ever!