Mural at the Ramada Inn, Belleville

The Ramada Inn in Belleville asked me and another artist to do a painting on three windows overlooking their pool area (inside). The main reason for this was that they couldn't clean the windows properly on the outside without someone "walking the plank" or getting wet in the pool!
Anyway this is it. They wanted it wash-offable (is that a word?) so we used tempera. However, I don't recommend this as it is difficult not to leave streaks where areas of paint overlap. I think acrylics would have been easier to paint with, but they would have had to scrape it off, if they ever wanted a change or did not like the painting.

The beach scene was chosen to make the pool area feel tropical and warm.

Finished-maybe

This may be the finished cat picture. I am not sure yet. I have added some more darks and lights and changed the background to have more colours in it, using some of the same colours as in the cat and the skeins of wool.

Had lunch at Bren's -next door to the Belleville Art Association gallery- yesterday. There is a great show of Jolyn Grieve's work on the walls. Impressionistic,almost "group of 7" like landscapes and some great portraits.

I may be doing a "mural" window painting at the Ramada Inn, along with a couple of other local artists. Still negotiating the price! They want a scene with palm trees and beach overlooking the swimming pool. I think I can manage that.