Trains Planes and Automobiles
by Maria Hunt
Title
Trains Planes and Automobiles
Artist
Maria Hunt
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On 90 Ft. Panel
Description
It was a commissioned mural and I am in awe of the "Chief Designer/Train Engineer's vision.. all along the 90 feet of wall space, he would have notes on the infrastructure ( that doubled as scaffolding while I worked) The indicators would show where a canyon would be or in this case a road to "Lost Wages," (Las Vegas) and where tunnels would be going.. all in his head and I only had to make up landscape to go along the 90 feet.. My contribution to this train room is a 3ft x 90 ft. long series of panel painting of a desert scape. Our desert, here, is surrounded on both sides by mountains and they meet at the pass between Mt San Gorgonio and Mt. San Jacinto. Once the backdrop was painted, these intricately designed villages, sifted decomposed granite to act as gravel along the tracks. In this section, Ralph's first plane is in the sky, a small oasis in the distance, his passion for autos has one coming through the tunnel with an expected train about to pass on top. This segment of the room brings together his life-long passion for trains, planes and automobiles. He sold his first restored Corvette to buy his 1st plane (at 18) After serving in the Army as a Huey Pilot in Viet Nam, he became a captain with a leading airline and began his planning 10 years ago for this just-completed room. My role was just to make the backdrop match his vision.
This side of the room has fair skies and required several convocations of eagles.
Over a 10 year period, trees, brush to go along the desert scape, palms, Joshua trees, tumbleweeds were collected, along with gravel, river washed stones to create the natural environment in miniature.
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August 28th, 2014
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Comments (11)
Maria Hunt
Thank you, Dave. I appreciate that... This mural is just under 100 feet long an 3 ft high It was done about 4 feet off the floor to support a wonderfully designed, complex train platform.
Dave Farrow
Outstanding work of art Maria...this beauty has great depth and I love the colors...I voted for this gold medal winner (diamond studded gold)....L/V
Maria Hunt
Every minute of the project was a thrill. I probably repainted twice over with all the changes I wanted to make.. It was a pleasure to work with the Chief Designer and his Bride who came up with such wonderful ideas for incorporating details that brought it to life.
Genevieve Esson
Creative and inspiring work Maria! You are amazing! What a wonderful project for you to work on! I am sure you enjoyed this one very much! v/f
Maria Hunt
Thank you Joe. It was a commissioned mural and I am in awe of his vision.. all along the 90 feet of wall space, he would have notes on the infrastructure ( that doubled as scaffolding while I worked) The indicators would show where a canyon would be or in this case a road to "Lost Wages," (Las Vegas) and where tunnels would be going.. all in his head and I only had to make up landscape where villages would be or such.
Joe Bledsoe
very creative what an interesting project and design f/v
Maria Hunt replied:
To Correct the comment below: the car's lights are painted to look like they are on.. There is no switch to turn them on and off. I thought they were controlled like the trains.. Oops. - My bad! *.~
Maria Hunt
I am going to load more of the pictures on Facebook. This is amazing work.. the car's lights can be turned on and off with a switch. I think I need to get in and paint the tubing that forms the tunnel. He actually strained the granite to get the right color gravel along the train tracks, then covered it with watered down glue to make it stay put. The road to Las Vegas comes out of the tunnel in the back and narrows as it gets farther away. The tiny oasis is for real.. it is where the San Andreas Fault runs through the desert.
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