Last Friday, the client asked me to clean up by removing the masking, my paint and brushes, ladders and supplies from the mural areas in both buildings. He was hosting VIP's the following Saturday morning. This morning, we only replaced some of the masking then got to painting. It was really weird to be able to look through the windows again. The Shop Manager, Jay Reynolds (the eagle and 'Jay Bird' guy) wants to get approval to paint over all the windows except his office window which has a nice wood veneer blind. I'm all for painting over the windows, but we'll have to prime it first so no light can come through, otherwise the effect will not be consistent with the rest.
As you can see by the pictures, we painted out the last eagle that we had blocked in (and the 'Jay Bird'), replacing it with a smaller, more proportionate and less obnoxious looking bird of prey. We didn't intend to leave the jay bird in. The whole thing was meant as a joke for Jay. We don't want the mural to be corny or silly, especially if I want to attract potential customers.
On the way to work this morning, Karen and I saw a very large Golden Eagle sitting on top of a power line pole. It was the biggest bird of prey we had ever seen! My best guess is that it stood about 3 feet plus from head to tail! Along this route, we will occasionally spot Ospreys, Red Hawks, Vulture Hawks, saw a Bald Eagle once, and lots of Ravens, Sea Gulls and other smaller bird variety. The birds of prey are usually seen sitting on a power line pole looking for rodents. We stopped below the bird and got out to view it. The bird just sat on top of the pole and didn't move. It was not threatened by us. If you had big, strong, sharp talons, would you be afraid? I called up to it by attempting my best eagle imitation, which wasn't very good. The eagle just looked down at us like it was saying, "Don't annoy me or I'll eat you!" There were no other birds around---wonder why? We decided that since the eagle was so big, it probably at the other birds, plus a few rodents!
Back to the mural...
We are now getting more serious about adding detail. In my mind, I have divided the mural into five sections. Each day, our goal is to nearly finish a section so we can have the mural painted by next weekend.
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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