I took the bus to the project site this morning so my wife Karen could take the truck to work (We currently only have one vehicle between us). Karen needed to leave early for work and from work. I also got on the bus early AND IT WAS VERY COLD this morning. Shiver, BRRRRRR! I had a lot on my plate to accomplish today.
Things were going real good. I had begun to resolve some design issues I had in the rock wall area. Having the windows in the double doors created a real headache to design around and left some strong annoying diagonals---Bad design trap you want to always avoid. I played around with some fun rock cliff shapes which now looks much better. Turned out, he windows I guess were a good thing. They forced me to come up with a better design solution in this area than even on the original sketch.
Just when I was really in the painting groove, my wife called about noon, informing me she was on the way to the hospital. She was having some extreme pain in her esophagus and upper chest area. Since I took the bus, I had no way to get to the emergency room quickly, but I managed to find a ride about 30 minutes later from one of the employees who happened to be clocking out.
Before I left, I called a good neighbor (my home teacher) in Payson, Utah where we live, who said he'd check in on her. By the time I got there, Karen was just going in for a CAT SCAN. They were concerned that she might have had something like a Herniated Esophagus, but it turned out to be some sort of severe spasm in the Esophagus area, brought on by indigestion---not as serious, yet a concern. She went home about 2 hours later and was doing okay, so I went back to work.
When I returned, I noticed that someone had smeared some wet oil paint on the white wall at the bottom of a stairwell area. It was pretty obvious that someone carelessly forgot the paint was still wet!---(I use Classic Artist OILS). The individual got paint on his/her hand and wiped it off on the wall!
When I started the project, I put up caution signs on both sides by each door window, to watch their hands and shirt or coat sleeves as they pass through the door way. I finally remedied the situation by hanging rags on the door handles. No excuses now. I'm not worried about the mural getting smeared so much. I can fix that easy enough. I just don't want anyone to get paint on their clothes or leave paint fingerprints all over the building.
MOUNTAIN VISTA MURAL
This sketch represents a hike up Timpanogos Trail. Click on photo to enter Novatek website and see finished mural inside Novatek building.
POSSIBLE PAITING FOR MOUNTAIN VISTA CONFERENCE ROOM
This morning, we temporarilly hung this painting in the building's conference room to see if they like it. Reaction was very good!
PAINTING HUNG IN CONFERENCE ROOM
This show how the painting looks in the corporate environment. Now we're looking for a contemporary frame to hang it in.
The Main Scene
Here we attempted to weave several photos together in photoshop
LEFT END
APRIL 7, 2011. This shows the span of the mural from the left end. This is the view you see when you first walk in.
EMPLOYEE WITH MURAL
APRIL 4, 2011. Novatek employee with mural in background.
VIEW OF NOVATEK MACHINE SHOP WITH MURAL
APRIL 5, 2011. Here is another view of the mural with a section of one of Novatek's metal carving lathes in the forground.
APRIL 4, 2011. OPEN DOOR.
APRIL 4, 2011. An open door to another world.
The Interior Setting
MARCH 14, 2011. This picture gives you a better idea of the setting where the mural is painted. It is basically a machine shop. You'll never find a machine shop cleaner and more inspiring anywhere in the United States than inside this building!
ROBERTS BENCH WITH FINAL ACCENTS
APRIL 7, 2011. WHen you see this much of the Bench, a main Timpanogos feature, you're a little better than half way to the summit. A little further up you will come to the remains of a plane wreck that happened in the 1950's, Emerald Lake, a glacial field and possibly spot some Rocky Mountain goats.
Roberts Bench Timpanogos Feature
THis is the actual photograph I took on the hike up Timpanogos Trail last fall of 2010.
LEFT OF THE FALLS
APRIL 7, 2011. Area left of the waterfall.
ROBERTS POINT
APRIL 7, 2011. Between Roberts Bench and Roberts Point and in the saddle, you will discover a lake called Emerald Lake.
Roberts Point
I took quite a few artistic liberties to get my "Roberts Point" to look good painted over the vertical supports, but here is an actual photograph of the Point. The Point and the Bench were not named after the famous Robert Redford who owns neighboring Sun Valley, but after a natualist from the early 1900's. He spent many years hike Timpanogos, conducting hiking tours and developing the trails..
Stewart Falls JPEG
Here is an actual picture of the Stewart Falls feature along the hike. The Timpanogos Trail is a great experience. Next year, I plan to reach the summit of Roberts Bench which is the top of Timpanogos.
FINAL ACCENTS ON DISTANT ASPENS
APRIL 7, 2011. The low morning sunlight spotlights the line of aspens behind Stewart Falls, skitters across the rock wall area and highlights the waterfall..
GOLDEN ASPENS IN SUNLIGHT
APRIL 7, 2011. Aspens in the light of midmorning.
STEWART FALLS WITH ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT
APRIL 7, 2011. WIth the finished mural, the goat, waterfall and surrounding area got some final accents.
Photo Of Goat
Here's the Goat I saw near Emerald Lake. The lake is about a mile and a half below the Timpanogos summit.
Lowest tear of Stewarts Falls different viewpoint.
Took a different trail on July 4th, 2011 to Stewarts Falls.
Aspen Grove
On the hike up to Stewarts Falls, there were many beautiful groves of Aspens.
MOOSE AREA
APRIL 7, 2011. As an added interest, we painted a pair of moose and a squirrel in this area. Can you see the squirrel?
SQUIRREL
APRIL 7, 2011. The squirrel makes a nice accent of detail.
COW MOOSE
APRIL 7, 2011. The cow pokes out from behind a group of aspens. Can you find the squirrel in this picture?
LEFT END DETAIL 1
APRIL 7, 2011. Tree top detail on left end.
LEFT END DETAIL 2
APRIL 7, 2011. This shows some of the finishing details of the mural.
LEFT END DETAIL 3
APRIL 7, 2011. I love to paint the markings and the reflected light details
THE MURAL AT THE BEGINNING STAGES
This picture remins the viewer what tthe mural looked like in during the beginning stages of development.
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