A "small" paint on the wall...or the walls!!!

Probably, one of the most important works that I have recently done is a comissioned artwork which consisted in a paint drawn in the wall for the "Kutxa Espacio de la Ciencia" of Donostia, San Sebastián, at the Spanish Basque Country.

The project (a well fashioned term!) covered a total space of 30 square meters. The space was a ditch located at one of the interior rooms of the museum, concretely in the one devoted to Bilbao´s tram (another city of the Basque Country, where Guggenheim museum is). There were 4 surfaces to cover: 2 at the sides, at each extreme, 1.80 mts. width, one at the front with 6.82 mts. and the ground which was 6.82 x 1.80. The height of 3 walls was 2.55 mts.

This is a pic of the room, in which you can see the dith, covered by glass (at the ground). The aim of this artwork was to creat a sensation of depth or perspective, for the people standing on the glass.



This is a sketch of the artwork distribution, showing the area to be painted:



For choose a definitive idea, I drawn several sketches and in contribution with the team of "Kutxa Espacio", and after a selection process, we choose one of them.

But as 1 image worths 1 thousand words, these´re several of them, I show you the ideas:




The, the final artwork, showing all the area and with the collor applied:



And well, someday started the "magna" work, after checking the humidity conditions and priming all the surface:



Then, after 2 days "sniffing" paint, I began the drawings with charcoal:




The, the first spots of collor, seen by the inside and also by the outside:




And the first advances! Woohhhh!







Yes, I enjoy so much little details, as the red Willys jeep at the right (in fact I "usually was" a scale modeller!)...Well, these´re the pics of the finished work:







Perhaps you couldn´t see at the pics, but the shades have a collour degradation, from dark to lighter, in other to get a sensation of depth.






There´s the lighthouse, at the island, and also the observatory:





The "happy couple" at the ship wasn´t my idea! I swear you! The women at "Kutxa Espacio" put this as I was finishing the work at 14th February, the Love Day! Argh!





Another shot over the glass:



Of course, if you want to visit it, you could go to the "Zientziaren kutxaGunea - kutxaEspacio de la Ciencia", Mikeletegi 43, 20009, en Donostia - San Sebastián, http://www.miramon.org/experimentaldia at Miramon, Gipuzkoa.

I have just forgottent to tell you that I painted this in...13 days of work! My own record!