Posts Tagged ‘Grand Canyon Association’
CHALKING UP AZ!
CHALKING UP AZ! I’m putting these events in chronological order, the most recent ones first. Good friend Jen, after doing chalk art here in Prescott with me, decided to organize a festival in Cochise County where she lives. She teaches art normally, but her small school where she taught closed. Jen, not being one to…
Read MoreIndian Motorcycle mural AND LOTS MORE!
James Dean ’53 Indian Chief MOTORCYCLE MURAL (and LOTS more!) So the first 3 days of this mural were spent sketching! LOTS AND LOTS OF LITTLE DETAILS that must be exact! It’s an Indian Chief 1953 with James Dean sitting on it. Now since JD’s Indian was a 500 and not a Chief,…
Read More"TILE WORK"
So the marks are put around the words “tile work” because this is 100% paint. Not real tile. Several years ago I worked in a set dept. that did all kinds of sets for plays, movies, events and industries. The joke when i worked there was the bossman would hand us a piece of wood…
Read MoreARTIST IN RESIDENCE-Grand Canyon National Park, South Rim
Julie was selected by the Grand Canyon Association to be their first South Rim Artist in Residence, a program that had been going on for several years on the North rim and other National Parks, but only recently started on the South. She selected as the sight of her mural the Shrine of the…
Read MoreLEARJET MURAL
LEARJET MURAL Look at the tiny light switch on the left to get an idea of the size of this mural. This jet was photographed while it was on the ground from a high vantage point to get the angle, then superimposed with a few tricks for realism, over some clouds I photographed on a…
Read MoreWHAT ARE WE MISSING?
Metro Station, Washington D.C., on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. two thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After three minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed…
Read MoreGrand Canyon Coyote
This coyote was one I came upon during a “photo safari” I did one of the days while an Artist in Residence at the Grand Canyon National Park. I’m from Prescott, so I see coyotes all the time, but NEVER have I seen one this big and healthy! He came within 30 feet of me…
Read MoreGRAND CANYON MURAL UNVEILING!
GRAND CANYON MURAL UNVEILING! JANUARY 18, 2008 Im just now recovering from the weekend, and it’s nearly the next! Last Saturday we finally had the unveiling of the Grand canyon mural at the Shrine of the Ages. What a trip that experience was! It’s inspired me to LEARN so much…
Read MoreGRAND CANYON BIGHORN
This big guy was part of the booty I gathered on my photo safari while an Artist in Residence at the Grand Canyon Nat’l Park. One day I took a day off from painting my mural at the Shrine of the Ages and took my camera, car and roomate and just photographed all we saw!…
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