Blue Sky Winery Project

"Okay," he says, "You can paint one more bird." It was the last thing to do. My friend who visited India six times dropped off this picture for me. He left it in my car. Perfect. I liked the serendipity. I wove it into my mural. However, I drew it a little too high. I didn't know how much of the bird would be blocked by the ledge that went around the bottom of the mural (it wasn't built yet!) So I thought to put him on a bench ... and then some flowers to add another layer.

This pic is taken from the balcony. The ceiling frames the bottom of the mural.

Here's how things looked early in the process. Click on the photo.

Here I am painting my way out of this upside down swimming pool of a mural. Click on the photo.

Here's how it looked when I first started painting. Click on the photo.

What 600 year old Italian winery is complete without some renaissance cherubs? Click on the photo.

This is how it looked before I changed the bench. Click on the photo.

This was the other bird I painted. " Needs more birds," I told him.