The big one is done -- come and see it

 

 Breakfast in the hotel 

 (an ode on 4 canvasses)

In total 6 feet x 8 feet -- this photo the top half 8 feet x 3 feet

Acrylic on canvas

Barbara Muir © 2012

Come on out to the Studio Vogue Gallery to see the big
one in the group show aptly called Exuberance.  It's
a great show and I'll be there to meet you if you come
between 5 and 7 on Saturday.  I'll put the invite in here,
but first here are some photos I took today of the upper
and lower part of the painting.

Here's the lower half. 

 Breakfast in the hotel 

 (an ode on 4 canvasses)

In total 6 feet x 8 feet -- this photo the lower half 8 feet x 3 feet
(I could not get the whole thing on my camera properly.)

Acrylic on canvas

Barbara Muir © 2012

I could not photograph them as well as I would have liked
because I couldn't get far enough away in my kitchen.
But you get the idea. Quite the challenge.

Someone asked today -- why not just use a big canvas?
My Reasons:
Practical
  I can carry the 36 x 48" components that make up this
big painting.
Environmental
I can transport the pieces in a small car using less gas that
takes up hardly any parking space.
Realistic
I work in a small studio in my own home.
Infinite (my favorite)

Think of it!  This painting is 8 feet x 6 feet fully
assembled.  But what's to say it couldn't go higher
and wider using the very same plan.  That's what
Hockney, my inspiration for these paintings, has done
Check out his Grand Canyon on 60 canvasses.

Come out to the show -- here's the invitation:

Have a making-some-big-art day.