Finished 90hrs of redoing this mural so time to sail! Feeling fit and I've been looking forward to a decent sail as a reward but all the rotten fronts are blocked by a high! grr

I painted this mural back in 2005 and it was looking pretty tired and faded so it's just had a facelift ( repaint). It was the first mural I had ever attempted back then and I was disabled so I could only paint a few hours a day and all left handed ( I'm right handed). The guys face and the grass was the only bit right handed ( and I ended up stuck in bed for 3 days with a headache after it). I won the Hunter Business Awards that year and I think it was because I managed to do the mural while disabled.
10 years older now but healthy so the repaint was much easier!



Above - Before the repaint.



After 3.3m x 9m



It's on the side of the BWS liquor Barn at Kurri - Hunter Valley NSW


Unfinished but it shows you the size

Details

That looks great Sue, I am heading out to Cessnock tomorrow, I will go through Kurri and have a look.

much better after the touch up. I can't believe you could paint it with your non dominant hand.
Great work!

Looks fantastic Sue... what a great achievement (left or right handed)!!

You might be rewarded on Saturday with a little bit of Westerly, but the early bird catches the worm

Cheers

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Windxtasy said..
much better after the touch up. I can't believe you could paint it with your non dominant hand.
Great work!

Thanks. This time I didn't have to.First time I did and also had to use little sponge rollers ( lighter touch) on a smooth wall which is why I only ever did 2 murals in Kurri. I couldn't rub the paint into the bricks with a brush like the other artists.
A mural is easier to paint LH as it's so big the brush strokes don't need to be as accurate 1-6" out won't really affect most of it - especially the broad details where as on a portrait such as this a few mm out will wreck the likeness! I had a ball flicking the paint around doing the grass and rear bullocks.



Problem with the mural is the faces of the main bullocks are so big closeup they just look like patches of colour. I had to go across the road - plan where the mark had to go ..run back and paint it then go back and check..It was easier going over the faded image but I did change the main bullocks head a lot. The driver's portrait is of Peter Avery of Mulbring and the mural depicts the last working bullock team of the area back in the 60's.
If you want to see the day by day progress you can see more at my Blog-
suelintonartist.blogspot.com/
June + July posts

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tbwonder said..
That looks great Sue, I am heading out to Cessnock tomorrow, I will go through Kurri and have a look.

Thanks! If you can score a sunny afternoon it looks best from about 1.30pm - the sun really brings the colours out!

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N1GEL said..
Looks fantastic Sue... what a great achievement (left or right handed)!!

You might be rewarded on Saturday with a little bit of Westerly, but the early bird catches the worm

Cheers

Thanks!
Yep..At the moment there's a bushwalk I feel I should do - mainly to test my feet out and see if they survive ( I really want to go skiing again!) - Watching things though and wondering about early next week? Maybe even Primbee next blow..

It's now looking like it could be worth keeping an eye on Sunday/Monday Sue. But it's a little early to be making a call on what will happen.

That's amazing Sue. I can't believe the level of detail - especially in the man and his clothes. I don't know anything about art but you can really see the depth/distance with the trees in the background behind the man. Impressive stuff. I'll have to go have a look in person on the next road trip up that way.

By the way, a strong Westerly is blowing here in Canberra right now so also most probaby at the coast (i.e. Primbee, even though it is North of Canberra a bit). Supposed to be windy all weekend around the region at least I think. Pity it is the middle of Winter and so cold here. I am waiting for the warmer months to appear again :-(

I thought this thread was about wind and where it was or wasn't....

No wind. Better make a start on next year's Archi'.

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JimmyS said..
That's amazing Sue. I can't believe the level of detail - especially in the man and his clothes. I don't know anything about art but you can really see the depth/distance with the trees in the background behind the man. Impressive stuff. I'll have to go have a look in person on the next road trip up that way.

By the way, a strong Westerly is blowing here in Canberra right now so also most probaby at the coast (i.e. Primbee, even though it is North of Canberra a bit). Supposed to be windy all weekend around the region at least I think. Pity it is the middle of Winter and so cold here. I am waiting for the warmer months to appear again :-(

Thanks ! Not Wal got out yesterday and absolutely stuffed today but going again if it blows as last wind for a week or so..No time for Archi's only get to do one painting a year for me ( and that's for a group portrait exhibition) as too busy painting custom portraits for other people! or sailboarding or on seabreeze..