Bathroom Project
Okay, so my parents are redoing the bathroom on the first floor of their house. Originally, their bedroom had a small bathroom off of it, and then next door was this oversized bathroom containing a toilet, sink, and a huge mirror with this extra-loud red plaid wallpaper. The effect of the wallpaper and the mirror gave the room a very "Clockwork Orange" feel, which isn't the most pleasant thing when one is trying to relieve oneself.

Anyway, when everything is said and done with the remodeling, my parents will have a much larger bathroom off of the master bedroom and the guest bathroom (formerly overly-sized Clockwork Orange experience) will now be smaller and more cozy, befitting a toilet/sink only deal.

My dad has asked me to lend a hand and paint a mural of sorts in this new guest bathroom. We brainstormed over ideas, and his first round were extremely ambitious, to say the least (try The Sistine Chapel), but now we've settled into more "doable" options (the quotations connote my mild dubiousness over the ability to pull this off). Last night over dinner we honed it down to three, likely settling on one. These are the options that I find the most interesting:

1.) Alice in Wonderland - finding the original artwork and redoing various images of it on various parts of the walls. I dig the idea of the Cheshire cat hanging out in the upper corner.
2.) A reproduction of a Diego Rivera painting/mural
3.) (Probable Winner) A reproduction of a Magritte. I was thinking in particular of "le Fils de l'homme" (Son of Man), maybe his most famous image of the bowler-hatted guy with the apple.

So, anyway, this is the new Mahan project, but I'm a little worried that I won't be able to devote enough time to it, and then it'll come out all shite. If that's the case, then it'll just have to be painted over.

Erik, over dinner, suggested that we paint a huge photo of him grinning widely and flashing two thumbs-up. That would be sooooo sweet, and so apropos since in that household, it is indeed all about him.