Adventures in ArtWorks, part 4

It's only Monday and I'm already wiped - I spent this past weekend (my birthday weekend - yay!) at my family's house on Lake Barkley.  While there, I caught a few too many rays and got effectively beaten up by the deadly combination of my dad, a jet ski, and a tube.  So I am writing this update from the warm embrace of my new best friend - my heating pad.  Gettin' old here, folks.

In spite of many muscular complaints, I was somehow able to get myself out of bed at dawn, arriving at our mural worksite ready to go.  Here is some evidence of our recent work:

If only we could have more days like today!  Overcast, mid to low-80s, and a steady breeze to boot!  The crew was in heaven as everyone dove into the real work of laying the paint down.  Today I worked intensively with two apprentices on the Japanese peonies that lay across the foreground (they're conveniently behind the plywood walls - you'll just have to wait to see them in their full glory), and let me tell you, I felt like I had fallen down the rabbit hole into a Georgia O'Keefe painting.

Some of our brains haven't worked quite so hard all summer as they have today, but it is nevertheless so energizing to see our sketches coming to life through color:

Check back soon for more updates!