Day 4 on the beast. Wow!!!! What an awesome day! A lot of visitors came over to watch me do my little freak show. I met a lot of really cool people from all over who had heard about Ben Wheeler and just wanted to come check it out. I bet 100 people came through the town because of the article written in the Tyler Courier Times last week. If you get a chance, read this story about Ben Wheeler - the little town that could.
I did get some work done, too. I cut in RED all day - lot's and lot's of RED. At one point, I was standing on my 2"x12" board on the top step of my of my 6' ladder (you know the step that says "This is NOT a step") and stretched over to my 8' ladder when the thought occurred to me - "If I fall and spill my guts on the parking lot while holding my bucket of RED paint, the EMT's won't know which is blood and which is RED paint. They'll just have to gig me with a stick or something until I cry out in pain in order to find the wounds." I once worked with a guy that had a whole bucket of Chromatic Bright RED Enamel Paint poured down the front bib of his overalls - and he didn't have any underwear on. I don't even want to know how he cleaned it off.
Hailee Hamblet - the official Vanna White of Ben Wheeler, TX
Vanna and the Vanna-ettes (L-R Judy Hamblet, Hailee Hamblet, Jill Hale-wife). Just some babes that stopped by to admire the artist at work. It's tough being a sub-cultural celebrity.
This little job was parked beside my mural for a good part of the day. Awesome design work, Comilo Pardo. You are a real inspiration to me. Keep up the great work.
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