Indoor Mural, Final Day

Put down your brushes and walk away from the mural! That’s what I had to tell myself at the end of Day Three on the mural at St. Anthony’s Retreat in Three Rivers.

The mural looked like this at the end of Day Two.

At the end of Day Two, I took a photo of the mural, studied it, and made a list of things that were not quite right. When I arrived on Day Three, I didn’t even read the list but just started working. The oak tree, the sycamores, the river’s edge. . . fixey, fixey, fixey.

Next, I peeled the masking tape from the top 2 sections to see how effectively it masked the edges. Then it was time for lunch. (I love working at St. Anthony’s!)

The tape had a few malfunctions. The pencil we used to swing the arc and the blue chalk line all had to be painted out, so I used the wall paint to cover the now extraneous guidelines.

I signed it, then added one more poppy.

Unmasked, touched up, signed, finished!

Stick a fork in it; it’s done!

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12 Comments

  1. A reflection of God’s beauty in our special place.

    • Thank you, Louise! That is always my goal – to reflect God’s beauty.

  2. This mural is awesome, Jana! Now it’s a room with a view! Great idea for a room with no windows.

    • Thank you, Gnat! It makes me want to look at every room I am in and see if there is a place for a mural.

  3. Thanks and beautiful

    • Thank you, Anonymous! (And isn’t it a pain to have to sign in to comment? I don’t know how to fix this, or if it is even fixable.)

  4. It took me awhile to find the extra poppy, but eventually I spotted it!
    Are they going to add a cross bar of some sort, like a window frame, or leave it as is?
    Beautiful, as always!

    • Sharon, I was counting on you to have fun with that! Initially we planned to have someone make wooden frames to look like real windows. There was also talk of a crucifix, and I don’t remember if I said or just thought, “Please don’t put a dead Jesus in my mural!” So, it is all in the category of More Will Be Revealed in the Fullness of Time.

      • “Don’t put a dead Jesus in my mural.” Exactly! “He is not here; for He is risen, as He said!” (Matthew 28:6)

  5. You’ve out-done yourself!

    • Donna, as always, you are so kind and complimentary, and I appreciate your sincerity!


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