Four Steps to Timber Gap
If you have ever walked to Timber Gap, you know experientially that it is far more than four steps. I don’t remember the specific mileage,
April 10, 2024
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Jana Botkin's Blog
Posting 5 days a week about the realities of earning a living as an artist in Tulare County, California's fly-over country.
New and Improved!
Do you remember when advertisers used to try to get our attention with that little descriptive phrase? Did it work? It created some cynicism in
April 9, 2024
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Trying to Paint
I had a morning available to paint but it took awhile to get to it. First, I had to admire Pippin in the window. Next
April 8, 2024
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Fast or Good?
My drawing students are used to hearing me tell them, “You can be fast or you can be good; I get to be both.” Everyone
April 5, 2024
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The Other Day. . .
. . .I walked into the painting workshop, looked at all the paintings in their various stages, and just wanted to walk back out. Why?
April 4, 2024
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Seven Skies and Two Paintings in Progress
This will need to dry before I add in the blossoms.
April 3, 2024
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Almost Finished, Finished and Begun
I mentioned a few days ago that there were just a few details remaining to finish three oil paintings of Tulare County’s prettiest places. The
April 2, 2024
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Eight New Things Learned in March
For some reasons, I couldn’t scrape up appropriate photos for this month’s Learned List. So, let’s enjoy a few photos that Trail Guy took on
April 1, 2024
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March 31, 2024
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A Day of Many Moving Parts
One day I had a bunch of things to juggle, beginning with a “telehealth” appointment. I stared at the landline off and on for 2
March 29, 2024
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