SO. MUCH. FUN.

last sunday i started up on a new mural, and finished part 1.

we (my husband, kg, aka partner in crime) rented one of these monsters:

luckily, our monster came with some really useful tips.
like this one:

so here we are about at 9am, about 50+ feet up, 10ish more to go, and i am very much wishing there was something far stronger than caffeine in that cup:

i am such a wimp. though i have a sort of smile on my face, when this shot was taken, i was pretty much thinking about:

a) wimping out.
b) the fact that real street & graffiti artists (as opposed to me, a studio painter who accidentally caught the bug to paint on big outdoor walls) get to this height and a lot higher...and more often than not it's at night, and rushed, and the cops are probably on the way, and chances are their equipment, if any, is way shakier than this. and, well, if they can do it...
c) my husband's offer to go grab us a couple of 40's.
d) exactly how hurt would i get if this thing toppled over?
e) my safety harness, and if it is really supposed to go there and look like that?
f) the part of the monster that physically attaches our basket platform to the telescoping arm, the part that seemed only equivalent to the size of a quart sized paint can.
g) wimping out.
h) ...wimping out.

at a certain point i guess adrenaline just takes over. that's a nice rush though. once i got used to the height, the sway, and the stress-inducing sounds of the boom's engine & beeping, it was really just SO MUCH FUN. pretty much the most addictive thing i've found to do with paint.

here's a video montage of the process:




direct link to youtube if above won't play:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R86m5xCPtW0&list=HL1330021991&feature=mh_lolz

ants in the pants to get on to parts 2 & 3!!!

oh! and a few other things:

this work is on the side of the district millworks building on e. 3rd in the downtown la arts district. if you visit them or their site, you will find that they make very beautiful things there.

thanks kelly garner & brian paul carlson for documenting with photos.

and thanks to my talented friend jess stroup for letting me use your music in the montage.