KJ Bateman

After dropping my son off at the airport for a year in Guam, I was feeling a bit melancholy so decided to visit the piano once more. Since it was the next to last day of the exhibit why not visit all the pianos? Why not, indeed. Armed with the city map, I tracked them all down. I thought my piano had fared well until I looked at the sides. Harlequin' pig nose ripped off Before And poor Columbine's cat mask was completely gone. Comments? Yes. Don't tape signs onto artwork. Before This was no where near as bad as the damage done to Yasuyo Dunnett's lovely piano. It was destroyed by somebody behaving very badly. Good Day, Sunshine   Yasuyo Dunnett rendered completely unplayable The other pianos were in better shape. Slug Fest     Karien Balluff                                    Wonderland ...

Someday, I will blog along in real time as I am doing a project. I had hoped to do so with the piano but after crawling around painting in odd corners I just collapsed on the couch and watched home renovations shows. If you want to see the evolution of the project from start to finish with details go here . At the Richmond Beach Library  19601 21st Ave. NW until September 15, 2015

My first design planned for figures on the sides but the trick with these kinds of commissions is to balance the design with how long it takes to execute. The end result? Harlequin pattern on the sides and top. Looking down on the top with part of the figures visible. It took two hours to paint all those little triangles. Heads of The Doctor and Pulcinella drawn with Stabilo Aquarellable pencil. It has a soft lead so doesn't leave an indentation and is water-soluble, so melts into the paint.

    The piano is finished and on site for its clear coat. It went pretty smoothly. I had put on the first coat and placed orange cones with tape and "wet paint" signs.      As I was sitting in my car answering a text I looked over and saw someone playing the piano! I had to run over and ask them not to do that as it had just been coated and was WET. They said, "That's why we're holding the cover up".