The Honest Courtesan

Jae has been planning this mural for quite a while. She gave me a description of what she wanted to do, and I trust her judgment so I gave my OK.  She did most of the two center panels last summer, then started working on the ends a couple of weeks ago; she still has some finishing touches to do (for example, the second coat of blue sky toward the top), but the basic appearance is all done.  Other than the paint, the materials are all scrap from other projects or left by the previous owners; for example, the two blond mountains in the middle are made of scraps from the kitchen flooring, and the dark mountain at far right is scrap from the living room floor I installed in ’20.  Using scrap was a conscious design choice on her part; given that a lot of the construction itself was similarly built from salvaged materials, she felt it was a kind of unifying theme, and I concur.  One final note: in the foreground, you can see that the new hot tub control panel is plugged in, but not affixed to the side yet; I wanted it out of harm’s way while I was working on the plumbing, and installation will only be a five-minute job later.