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!
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.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
THREE MORE WEEKS
I think the mural will just about be finished in about three weeks. I hope so, because I'm needed in the studio also. I will be selling artwork in Scottsdale, Arizona January-March of 2012. This means, I have a large number of paintings, frames and prints to get ready for this event (Celebration of Fine Art). My goal is to return to Utah in early spring with $100k or more in my pocket. It has been done before by other Utah artists who have participated in Celebration of Fine Art. If they can, I can! The sooner I get the mural finished, the more time I'll have to get things ready for this big event. If I'm lucky, I won't catch pneumonia or bronchitis like I did through April to June of this year while working on the MC Print Mural. If I got sick during this Celebration of Art event, it could be a miserable three months. I will do my best to stay well and sell lots of artwork.
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