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!

ONLY A FEW MORE DAYS LEFT!

We've done quite a lot since the last post. I apologize for not posting in a while, but I've been busy. Nearly every day, I go between painting on the mural and preparing original oils for gilclee' printing at the studio and all for this client. I'm also getting things ready for an event in Scottsdale, Arizona this coming January through March of 2011. Click on the CELEBRATION OF FINE ART link at the top of this blog to see what that's all about! It will be an exciting opportunity for me to have some great fine art sales and meet literally thousands of serious art collectors.

We're getting down to the wire on the mural. I've started to get to the site each day between 5-6 a.m. so I could get a lot of work done uninterrupted by floor refinishers and company employees. the floor right now looks like an extension of the swamp depicted in my mural. It has become reconstituted concrete mud. The floor guys are polishing the concrete down to the aggregate and they will give the floor a black acid stain. It will have a high polish finish and will have the appearance of a polished black marble floor. Right now, it's kind of a nuisance tripping over their cords and hoses, but I will have the mural finished by Thanksgiving. When the floor is refinished, the mural will look cool reflecting into the highly polished black floor.

Tomorrow, I'm back on Mount Timpanogos all day and Saturday will be my "Final Accent Day" if all goes well. Monday and Tuesday of next week, I will be adding Elk, an eagle, a few black birds and some waterfowl. I hope to have it done the day before Thanksgiving, then I will be very grateful on this upcoming holiday that it is done after 4 and a half busy months!