Shelved

Started on the bookshelves today. The flat on each side of the central flats is a three sided affair, triangular in plan, which turn in between scenes. The left side will have these here bookshelves (but finished at some point), a building at night on the next side (not begun yet), and a black side (invisible against the black background when not lit). The right side will have an airport scene on one side (not begun yet), a view of as building out of a window (barely begun), and another black side.

The bookshelves (day one):

All three sections:

















Detail of central flats:

Setting the stage

After some pointless dithering, I have committed myself to paint a set at the theater in Los Alamos.The play is "Sylvia".
This has been an on and off activity of mine over the last few years. Last year I designed and directed the construction of the set for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and also painted the set for "Sarah Plain and Tall". Someone designed that last one, but all he did was set a table in front of whatever I chose to paint. It was an 'immersing' and physically demanding experience painting a landscape on that scale; lots of medium sized brushstrokes (smallish theatre), many buckets of sloppy mixed liquid media (not going to be archival, any liquid with a tint in it will do).

I'll post the development of the set here. Might be faintly amusing.