Painting at the Hall

The Gallery so far

Day 19 (9/5/16)

It is hard to know where to start, so much has happened since the last blog. After we removed the Reznor I was able to paint and install the old railing. I wanted to paint it with the color changing characteristics of my artwork. It ended up being a much bigger task than I had anticipated. We decided that painting it up in the loft might be best but it got quite cramped at times. I also didn’t count on the lack of control that I would have doing it with aerosol cans. After getting a trigger handle it was a little easier but still did not have the control of an airbrush. Also, the enamel paint wasn’t as transparent as I would have liked so it was impossible to get the layering that I sought. It didn’t exactly match my vision but will have to do for now. Installation was pretty straight forward and soon we had the railing in place. Eileen and I then started putting a coat of white paint on the walls and floor of the loft. Eventually we would like to spatter paint the floor with leftover paints. We decided we would see if we could recruit some friends on Facebook to help paint the walls. We couldn’t believe how well received it was. I had students representing over twenty years of teaching along with in one case her spouse and children. Some teacher friends showed up again accompanied by their children. Our grandson Wade brought his mom and dad and the day ended up being quite the celebration of painting. At the end of the day we were amazed at the amount of work that had been done. Almost all the walls have at least one coat of paint on and some were done almost completely. It was after dark when we finally left which was also a new first; we had never been there after dark before. I hope that everybody had as much fun as we did. I know Wade did. He was everywhere at once. Having other children around was quite exciting for him and even though they were older he wasn’t going to let a little thing like age get in his way. He was painting, climbing ladders, up on scaffolding and just genuinely enjoying himself although he may have given his parents a few gray hairs. Looking back on it makes me so proud and appreciative of the students and friends who dropped by to give a hand. We only that we can make the Old Town Hall live up to their expectations. 

Spraying the Railing

Eileen painting the Water Closet

Still Smiling 

The Water Closet

The Railing from the East

Railing from the West

All sorts of activity

Work continues

and continues......

Rita in Safe Mode

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Finally they give us a break

Wade and Finn

Wade and Gramps going to the Loft

Look at us

Not out of the "Woods" yet

Emma in the Loft

Whats next?

Sitting on the Water Closet

More painting

It is finally starting to look like a gallery