Color Cat Studios: Reconstructing Alice, Part Three, Painting Sets

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Reconstructing Alice, Part Three, Painting Sets

Here I am painting the very back wall of the stage for Reconstructing Alice. This incredible show, written, produced, directed and choreographed by our daughter, Melody, will debut July 24 and run for two weekends.

Get your tickets at:
http://www.cythouston.org/shows/Reconstructing-Alice-70

You'll be glad you did!

This often happens when you're painting on top of a ten foot ladder - the thing you want to paint is just inches out of reach! I think this is definitely helping me overcome my fear of heights!

The entire back of the stage is now pipes, graffiti, torn-down posters and... what are those... nuclear waste signs? Whatever they are, they will enhance this dark show. I'm excited! Be sure to get your tickets before they sell out!

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Another look at those natural color-sources. I asked about cochineal, because you couldn't just have that on a shelf, and yes, their deep reds are cochineal. It's a South American insect that is a parasite to the prickly pear. Owners deposit them into their fields, and blow them off and collect them once they're big. Then they crush their fat, bloody bodies for a nice, natural, red dye. I'm so happy to report that the rug we purchased has cochineal in it. I'm also happy to report that it's likely in your lipstick and blush, ladies, and if you drink cherry coke - it's in there, too! :)

'My' Chair

At our theatre the other night we had an orchestra meeting after I taught my sets class. After about a half hour, someone pulled me out of the meeting for a few minutes. When I came back, everyone in the room was laughing and pointing to the nice, uh, black leather chair. I had paint on the back of my shirt, and it permanently smeared all over the leather! The last time I went in the office, I noticed that someone had taped up the sign you see here. One way to lay claim to something! Well, it's not the first time, let's see, there's my driveway with many colors of paint, our carpet with Peter Pan green footprints, my car with yellow paint on the seat, my gloves, half of my clothes. It seems like everyone likes my painted clothes, kind of like already-broken-in-jeans. Maybe I should start a clothing line!

Color Cat Studios

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Reconstructing Alice, Part Three, Painting Sets

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