Monthly Archive for September, 2010

Kunming Mural


claire and joyce and jr at the rainbow school in kunming

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.
那些洗净自己袍子的人是有福的!他们可以有权到生命树那里,也可以从门进到城里。
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I had been in the fields of pingba for a whole afternoon, head pounding. The entire morning was spent looking and driving, seeking the right place to stop and paint. We found a beautiful place, and after a meager lunch, set up to paint under an overcast sky. I cant find the photo of that day’s painting, unfortunately…sooner or later.

Concentrating on the scene before me, i felt there should be colors that were not there (as often is the case on overcast, misty oriental days). I trusted the intuition, mixed the color, and applied it. To my great satisfaction, the sun came out half an hour later, and illuminated the precise spot that i had imagined.

The sun continued that day, and burnt me pretty well. I finished the painting 2 hours later, by which time i had already gathered quite an assorted crowd of folks. The kids here were coming out of class and walking the long road home for dinner. After about 15 autographs, we packed up and were escorted to our car.