Finally! getting going on the second part of the second bathroom mural. after taking some time out to get mostly over a way-too-long-long winded cough and give some attention to Feather River Art Camp.

Painting Pond life has been an interest of mine since 1977, though it wasn’t until the early 90′s that I really began painting them in earnest. Monet has always been a favorite, but a real inspiration was a Chinese woman artist from the 17th century named Yun Bun. Her painting entitled “World Under the Bridge” touched my soul so many years ago and spurned me on to a whole genre of Fish Painting. I enjoy making it look like you can see different layers of the water, the surface where leaves lie, the inside – where fish swim and other creatures move about and some aquatic plants grow, and the bottom – where silt lies and plants grow.

Pond Painting going Swimmingly

I have layed in the main shapes, but as I go along more subordinate shapes could come in to play.

I have an Art Festival in Menlo Park this coming weekend, April 16, 17, 18 and am praying for no-rain. I will be there the whole three days. If you are there and want to find me, call me on my cell phone – 510-601-1619, so I can tell you my booth location.

April 3 Mural Progress

Here is  how the mural is shaping up.  I am just about finished, or at least enough to stop working on it for a while and start the side walls behind me.  Its not meant to go to the ceiling, more like a wrap around band at door height. I plan to start the next part on Tuesday. All in all I am pretty pleased with it, and so is Jessie, my bird. (Jessie usually accompanies me to the site, since there are plenty of cockatiels for her to visit with there, along with a dove named Lyle, a couple of lovebirds a canary and a couple of parakeets. Jessie is always appreciative and not too critical.)