The
space I was given to work with seemed awkward at first. It starts
on the ground floor on your left as you step inside and it continues
up the stairs around a round corner and on for another ten, twelve
feet or so. At times the wall is 18 feet high and it's over thirty
feet long. There is no way you can see the whole wall at one time
and you never get a chance to see much of it from any distance
at all. But I love the space now and it has been a lot of fun
painting here as all the work goes on around me. Casey went across
the street today to buy some of the old booths out of the Rio
Bamba which is changing hands. Robin has picked the colors for
the walls - maybe twenty different colors. It's going to be festive
for sure. Casey was shooting for November and then December 15th
and now he's talking about a January 5, 2000 launch. I'm praying
I won't be up on this scaffold when people sit down for burritos.
It
took me almost three days, four pencils and two erasers to draw
the thing. I tried to tie it all together with six Mexican band
members working their way up the stairs.
I
painted the background first with Peggi's help. You may not be
able to get this view once the etched glass goes in this opening. |
