WIZARD OF OZ Coleraine 2014 Page three
Constructed by Sean Magee
Designed and painted by Brian Willis
Performed by Coleraine Provincial Players,
in the Coleraine Town Hall Jan. 2014

EMERALD CITY WALL Flats

Size 20 feet long by 7'6" high. 2.5 ltr paint tin for scale.

A series of flats butt joined together. The doors and portholes are practical.
Just for a change I decided I would "light" these walls from below. Well .. it makes a change and a bit of an interesting challenge for me when painting.

A six inch high rostrum runs along the bottom in front of these flats but I painted that section green just in case. So often, once we get into the theatre, things don't work and changes are made so I try to anticipate these events.

As I was driving to the workshop on the day I was due to start painting these walls, I passed a stone wall separating some fields. We have a lot of these in this area, and it dawned on me how the builders always find the bigger stones to be a foundation at the bottom.

The pilasters are to break up the monotony of large areas of stone. And to hide the places where the flats join.