Mural Project

Jessee is, once again, in Provo for the day seeing off the students. Yet another semester has come to a close. This semester Jessee took on a huge project as part of SFS's community engagement/service. The principal of the primary school asked if we could paint them a mural. We knew it would be a huge undertaking from the beginning, but the students were excited about leaving their mark on South Caicos, so we accepted.

The Initial Design

Just how much work this mural was going to be didn't become clear until well beyond the point of no return. On top of her regular job responsibilities, Jessee spent hours and hours working on and planning for the mural. It seemed to be on her mind constantly. She was getting up before 6am to work on it in the mornings and was still anxious that it wouldn't be finished before the students left. In fact, she didn't even want me to write about it in the beginning in case it didn't get finished!

Laying out the measurements.

Paint's on the wall. There's no turning back now!

There were times, I'm sure, that she regretted ever starting it. But there were also many times that I could tell she was really happy how it was coming along and what it meant to both the SFS and the primary school students.

The primary school kids were impressed already.

Progress was slow when students were busy with their coursework.

Little by little.

Weeks compressed into a series of pictures.

Getting there!

Some of the finer details are starting to be added.

Almost there.

In the end we finished, just barely in the nick of time, before the students left. Yesterday morning (at 6am!), we finished up the top border. Later that morning the school kids and some of the students involved gathered for a photo and to dedicate it to the school.

The final strokes.

Some of the finer detail.

I think there were days of effort put into this lobster.

That's a fine looking Grouper.

Damselfish

I think we forgot to give this shark an eye.

It started as a spear, but we changed it to a net.

Goofy looking Conch.

The octopus was Jessee's design.

The paint was still wet when we unveiled it.

Finished!