This whole process is fascinating, and very impressive indeed. All the parts that have to go into the final, huge installation kind of boggles the mind. You have a lot of talent, that's for sure.
And I can only imagine how frustrating it would be to have all the outside 'tinkering' coming at you, particularly once it's moving forward. Which I suppose is good, in one respect. They love what you are doing, and want it to keep getting larger and more involved. Beats the opposite scenario.
Nice you can use your expertise and well-honed people skills to convince them otherwise. After all, it is your art as well as their pool. Great to be able to convince them to stick to your thoughts, since you ARE the artist. And truly know more about perspective and final result than most everyone involved.
Seeing it at scale is kind of awe-inspiring. I saw your original drawings in previous post(s), and thought they were pretty incredible at such scale. But seeing the transfer to the final area of life is really fascinating and fun. And it still looks like it should, when laid down! Imagine that ( :
(You can tell I'm not much of an artist..)
I look forward to following to the end result. Maybe you can bring a snorkel and mask and take some downward snaps from inside the pool when all done. Wouldn't that be fun...
Such a delightful comment dripping with insight @ddschteinn, sorry it took me so long to respond!!
The client has to live with the piece and are forking out no small amount of money so I feel a huge responsibility to make something awesome for them. Then get so distraught imagining it turning out terribly due to poor decisions on their part and poor communication/diplomacy on mine. Thankfully this time it's now moving forward in a good way with all parties satisfied.
It was so great to meet you last Saturday, thanks so much for taking a look at my work and I will do my best get in that pool with a snorkel and a waterproof camera. Maybe if I just show in up in my swimsuit to one of our meetings they'll have to let me!