Although I paint a mural very much like how I would approach my easel painting, I sometimes get a little frustrated when It doesn't seem to go as fast. At times, it does feel a little overwhelming on a project larger and taller than eight or ten feet, but when color harmony, design and values start to pull together as a balanced unit, the feeling of more than you can handle begins to subside. Someone asked me today how the project was coming. I responded with, "Everything still appears to be in place and going in the right direction."
I actually covered about 32 feet of the foreground area, while modeling a few trees to the right as well as the rock cliff and a little on the waterfall. A good day in spite of the few hours spent. I had a doctor appointment this morning.
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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