Oct 31 2010
Been thinking about this subject lately. A month or so ago, I showed a few of my paintings to a gallery owner. For the first time in my painting career, I was told that my paintings don’t have enough detail, that they look as if done plein air. That is French lingo for on site, [...]
Oct 30 2010
First, the shapes get blocked in, scribbled, just a first coat of the thin color. Next, another of paint gets added to the background with more attention paid to the correct colors and textures. This only has the far hills covered – my attention span seems a bit limited here! Now I am seriously out [...]
Oct 29 2010
Getting better already, eh? It starts getting rewarding and fun when I get to make all these itty-bitty marks that remind me of drawing with a pencil!
Oct 28 2010
How can one be homesick for a place one hasn’t lived? I dunno, but today I have an almost overwhelming longing to return to Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Thank goodness for the internet – it allowed me to see photos of the place in the fall. On the other hand, that may not have been [...]
Oct 27 2010
A new art co-operative gallery will open in Visalia on November 1, 2010. The address is 209 W. Main Street and there are 23 very fine artists participating. It is a privilege to be showing with these folks, some of whom I have known for many years. Our plan is to be open in November [...]
Oct 26 2010
Kind of terrible looking with only one layer! Terrible, but with hope. When all this new background dries, I’ll start on the large sycamore tree.
Oct 25 2010
Yesterday Michael and I took a stroll down to the bridge to see the river. It was peaceful, not too slimy and slow for October. But wait! What is that?? Someone has been stacking rocks! Now that is a peculiar way to spend one’s time. Good thing I got the photo yesterday, because this morning [...]
Oct 24 2010
The party was well attended. Very well attended! Here is one area – isn’t that the cutest little building with the grandest oak tree? I only brought art with Three Rivers as the subject. Almost everything Kaweah Post Office sold. The stick is where the mailbag hangs so the horse-riding mail carrier can grab it [...]
Oct 21 2010
Today I am a bit overwhelmed by the amount of work in my face. I think list might help me (you can eavesdrop): 1. Price the work for Saturday’s Kaweah Post Office Celebration 2. Remove it from the screens and pack it into boxes. 3. Sign all the newly completed 6×6″ paintings 4. Photograph them. [...]
Oct 18 2010
Last week in Mineral King there was only a hint of fall color. Look what happened in one week’s time!