As I post process these shots, here is where the finished ones land.
Bird Storage
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Introducing AB-7
Stage two complete: stretched and ready for primer. Now I can also finally start on my digital sketches for this round. She measures 72″h x 54″w.
Step one complete
Here is the final support after the installation of cross bracing.
Step 1
Here is my flash mob stretcher bar manufacturing set up. I buy really wet and straight MCA treated bull nose outdoor decking 2″x6″ stock, and build the frame “wet”. Then I’ll let it sit in the garage for around a week in our >20% humidity to shrink and cure before the canvas install. If I stretch the fabric too soon it will actually loosen quite a bit after the frame shrinks.
And here is a picture of the stock after I’ve profiled it:
I still have to add cross bracing, after a little drying time. 72″x 54″ of AB-7.
Yeah!
I’m excited to finally be able to purchase supplies for AB-7. I’ll start construction of the new surface this weekend. It’s been trying not being able to paint for the last two weeks. I should be a nicer person after getting started. 
Rainbow Color
I’ve observed more rainbows in Livermore, Colorado, than anywhere else I’ve lived. They never cease to amaze me. Obviously as a painter it is quite a fascinating phenomenon. To see such an organized and transient color harmony is truly amazing.
Possibilities
I’m liking the shapes of this old juniper on our land. Maybe some material for the next painting when allowance is acquired.
On the walk…
We have some of these Pediocactus simpsonii (mountain ball cactus) growing around here. It’s nice that they warn of their presence with a pretty flower in the spring.
Work Weak
It’s been a little while since finishing AB-6, and I’m looking forward to the next AB-7 up to bat. I’ve had a delay due to financial pressures and odd jobs, so I might have to start some drawings until I can afford materials for #7. Such is the life of a struggling emerging artist without collectors or connections.
Woody
A woodpecker at my friends house on his freshly cut dead tree.
