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BEFORE
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The lobby before the arrival of Lynette Cook. |
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MASKING
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6/30, 7/1
We covered everything -- from the floor to the ceiling -- but the walls that Lynette was going to paint. |
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BASE
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7/1
The walls were first painted black.
Lynette paints as Dr. White steers the scissor lift. The wall is 11 feet off the floor and over 40 feet wide. |
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OUTLINE
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7/2
She starts with the theater side wall which will bear the nine planets of our solar system.
She prepares a carefully measured outline on this sheet of paper... |
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OUTLINE TRANSFER
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and then it is transferred to the wall. |
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GESSO
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7/8
After all the nine planets were outlined on the wall, Lynette masks around Jupiter and paints it with white Gesso. |
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JUPITER
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Lynette begins to paint Jupiter. She is using an airbrush to paint the Great Red Spot.
This Jupiter is about 5 feet wide. |
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INSPECTION
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7/17
Lynette inspects her work thoroughly after completing all the planets.
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MILKY WAY
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7/18
Now the planets are covered up in order to paint the Milky Way background.
With a technique called spatter-painting she paints most stars of the Milky Way galaxy.
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ONE SIDE DONE
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7/18
Fainter stars and interstellar dust is added with the airbrush. With a coat of varnish, this side is finished.
Shown here are (from left to right) Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn.
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OTHER SIDE
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7/22
Lynette begins work on the other side. This is a recently discovered extrasolar planet Gliese 876 b.
The one on the left is a computer printout, the one on the right is her work on the wall.
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HORSEHEAD
NEBULA
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7/24
Horsehead nebula
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ORION
NEBULA
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7/26
Lynette adds details to Orion nebula according to an image from 2MASS Collaboration, U. Mass., IPAC.
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LANDSCAPE
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7/30
Adding details to the landscape of a hypothetical moon of Gliese 876 b.
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FINISHED
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7/31
All the plastic is removed and the masterpieces are revealed.
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FINISHED
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7/31
The theater side.
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