the last few weeks have been given over to finishing a long overdue project:

this is the underpainting of a mural on the dinner table top of the local firehouse.
their lieutenant built the table for them as a parting gift when he was promoted
to captain. my friend, dave herman, a firefighter in that house, planned and researched
all the symbolism and the glorious retro-propaganda approach to the table, and i’m
executing the image.

this is how things were looking yesterday morning. by last night, i’d finished the other side of
the cityscape, including the very dramatic sun setting behind the ghosts of the twin towers.
obviously, there is still a lot of work to do, but it’s coming along. today i make one of
the angel-ladies look a little less irish, work on the crest in the center, and turn the lights
on in the windows of the buildings. most of the bridge and my favorite parts (some moody,
smoky clouds) are cropped out of this picture, but i’ll post some overall views later this weekend.