Addicted to Painting Large Stuff

I'm rather bummed out to not be living at the theatre now... : ( Even though I'm supposed to be involved in a brand new *paid* mural!!
I'm a team gal

Close up of stump in foreground Detail of castle on a mountain.

The Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe

Striking the set.

Almost made my blood run cold from time to time but I'm optimistic that many pieces will live again!

Been immersed in set painting off and on since the end of August and this is one of the results. Thankfully, TwinB was available to assist on this backdrop (16' x 40) and I was completely unaware of the ammount of sets that needed some rather extensive work. I'd really like to just live there and keep working instead of hopping in and out of the situation...would cut down on prep and clean up time by at least 25 %. I can see my future - or hope I can - as a little Paint Gremlin - developing and realizing the dreams of others.

Finally: fruition

Approximately 18 months from concept to completion - here is Kildala Mural As A Done Deal

It looks kind of piddley here. But it's not.

One step remaining and that's to apply the nasty resin clear coat on just the right day and finally the unveiling *with dancing*. I tossed around the idea of choreographing a generic folk dance for the school, to a medley of traditional music. But that's a little ambitious...the Tetley Tea Dance perhaps?

Many Eyes & Fish That Fly

This here's the study for Many Eyes & Fish...

Had to consider it done enough because we're hanging the exhibit tomorrow; that would be 'Here Fishy, Fishy'. This second annual event celebrates all things fish and fishing related and is held in conjunction with the Kitimat Fishing Derby (other wise known as Rape the River in some circles)

don't want to sound whiny but I can't seem to photograph my stuff - esp. on watercolour paper - in a way that's at all flattering.

Birthday Bash

Celebrated my 50th birthday by helping with my brother's roof in Calgary. He had cedar shakes on top of asphalt; the weather was hot and most of the bodies old or inexperienced so tear-off took a couple of days. TwinB worked valiantly for the first morning, developed heatstroke as usual and took a good 36 hours to fully recover.
Found some interesting things up there such as an old bone probably from a cow (just a small section that some bird had lifted from someone's garbage) and the hind leg from a very young jack rabbit. There was so much good composty dirt under the shakes that ('nother)brother Alex and I agreed that the simplest solution would be to start a roof top garden right there with the supplies at hand.

The 'elite' crew

2 grade 7s (French Immersion...I love them!!) carefully apply their finishing touches to the main kites. I drew the designs on it myself in chalk and Erin and I have been painting and touching up various parts of it. I rigourously maintained a 'students only' policy for the boards representing the different classrooms but the 2 large kites were a different matter (partly to save time).