Several months later my wife asked if I could paint a palm tree on one of the bedroom walls. Having covered our Colorado garage walls with murals, I said I'd try. I thought painting inside our home would a take little more talent than 'slopping' paint on garage walls.
The following mural was my first attempt in our new home. If it didn't work out I knew I could always over paint and start anew. I guess that fact took some of my fear out of attempting something so large inside the house.
The colors I used were returned paints obtained at several of the big box hardware stores for two to five dollars a gallon. My palette, if I can remember, consisted of at least an off-white, a dark blue, an ugly maroon, a brown and a very pale green. The most expensive paint was a quart of a bright yellow I purchased to mix my greens. Using a combination of enamel, flat, semi-gloss, latex, indoor and outdoor paints and natural sponges, I began.
The mural took several weeks and was completed in September 2003. The dimensions are just over four feet wide and nine feet high on a wall between two doors. Working with such a large 'canvas' was fun and I learned a little more about mixing colors. There is one more wall that may see paint and sponge but that will have to wait for a cold winter's fortnight.
When driving though the countryside, I still am excited when I see a palm.
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