January 20, 2000

My father finished the flowers on Friday afternoon. It was really cold in the restaurant. Casey has only one of the heaters working and this spot by the front door is the coldest. I'm talking like in the 40's. The flowers look great! Casey commented that the flower woman didn't look too friendly. She does look pretty dour. I could lighten up her frown lines. She is based on a photo I took in Oaxaca during the Day of the Dead and she really wasn't very happy.

It felt good to get back at this project. Thank God Mex isn't open yet. I have been so busy with 4D work that weeks go by before I get to stop back here. But food is being delivered Thursday and the sign is up out front so I should be closing in on this thing. Casey set up a little propane heater behind me while I painted the flower lady. I was standing so close to it that I burnt a hole in my pants.

I painted the lady with the baby today. That is Casey and Robin's son Griffin under the wrap. There was an article in the the business section (not a section actually but the back page of the Sports section) on Mex. They spelled Casey's name wrong but they had a photo of the mural in there. I might change the yellow on that snare drum. It's a little toxic.

I stopped in to see if Casey had made a decision about this upside down bathtub of a nook or niche or portico or whatever it is. This statue from Animas Traders on Clinton Avenue of the Virgin of Guadalupe is almost perfect. I put it up on an upside down drywall pail. So the Virgin is in and I will have to come up with something to put in the space where I removed the dudes just to the right of the trumpet player.

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