The Pine Meadow Ranch Mural

My two weeks with our artist cohort at Pine Meadow Ranch was a phenomenal experience. I hadn’t met the three artists before this, but Rochelle and I had chosen them from a jury of applicants. We were confident the three had the skills and talents to jump right into our project, and “hit the ground running”, as Rochelle likes to say. We worked together as a cohesive team and got the project finished in perfect time!

I’ll tell the story in more detail though photos.

Panel 7 in the early stages

On nice days we worked outside.

Team working on a sunny day. L-R: Rochelle Schueler, Brenda Gratton, Kellie Hoyt, Line Bergene.

Rochelle at the wet saw.

The tents went up when there was a threat of rain, or if it got too warm.

Varied thrush I made with smalti.

Project updates on the chalkboard.

Using an extension cord to draw rough guidelines for the sky andamento.

Panels propped up midway to check out.

Work in Progress— "WIP".

The sun I laid indirectly. Ready to mortar on the panel.

Trees Kellie was laying, WIP.

Project update!

Happy project leaders!

I'm putting the last pieces into the sky.

Final cleaning before grouting.

Grouting.

Piping in grout around the rock mounds.

Installation Day

Here comes the first panel to install!

Detail of center panel

Detail of a tree panel

Detail of last panel with sun.

The team hanging the panels.

The evolution of the Re-Imagine Mural. Created by Rochelle Schueler.