May 14 2013
When Sophie and Louise and I went to Sequoia National Park last week, we walked around Crescent Meadow and Tharp’s Log. Want to see? That isn’t the meadow or the log or a big tree. It is mosses on a rock. I pet them. They didn’t purr, but I did. This is the corral by [...]
May 07 2013
It has been about 2 months since this California Artist did any oil painting. When I take a long hiatus*, I wonder if I will be able to paint any more. I used to have that little niggling worry about drawing when several weeks would pass without my picking up a drawing pencil (unless I [...]
Apr 23 2013
How does a California artist goof off and get away with calling it “business”? It’s all business. Everything is a source of inspiration. Everything is inspirational when one lives in a beautiful place. Sorry to rub it in. Forgive me? Thanks. Glad I got that cleared up between us. A California artist gathers her two [...]
Apr 22 2013
How does a California Artist goof off? Lots of ways! She has a friend visit for several days and they go walking together. (If you take food, it’s a “hike”. If you don’t, it’s a “walk”.) She visits the Big Trees (Sequoia National Park) with her friend who moved far away and wondered if she’d [...]
Apr 08 2013
As a California artist based in rural Tulare County, I am willing to do odd jobs. Odd art jobs, that is. (Please don’t call me to wash your windows – they will probably turn out odd.) Staying in the business of art in a place like this means saying, “Yes” when asked to do odd [...]
Jan 23 2013
Two blogs I read regularly addressed the subject of inspiration, and I realized that I am confused between inspiration and motivation. Today I will tackle inspiration. People often ask artists what inspires them, and it is good to have an answer at the ready. (That’s a weird way to say it!) Time for a dictionary. (Don’t you love [...]
Jan 18 2013
That’s me. A drawing machine. This California artist has reverted to her roots of drawing cabins in pencil. 1. Yesterday I finished Wilsonia cabin drawing #92 and began #93. I try to always have one going on the table when I quit for the day. Then, when I return to the studio, there is no [...]
Jan 14 2013
When you grow up in the same county as the Sequoia Gigantea, you tend to call these guys “big trees”. That is sort of a Duh thing, but maybe we are a little duh-ish in Tulare County. As a graduate of Redwood High School, you’d think I’d call them “Redwoods”. But Noooo, I still call [...]
Jan 04 2013
. . . except the snow was too deep and we didn’t get there! We unloaded the Trackster around mile 12, about 2 miles below Trauger’s. I think that is where we were. It looks so very different under snow! The Trackster leaves tracks in the snow. Wow, there was so much snow! (There was [...]
Jan 02 2013
2013 brings a new focus to my professional life as a California artist, a “regionalist from Quaintsville”. I’ve told you about the book I am drawing, writing and publishing - The Cabins of Wilsonia. You’ve seen drawings as they are completed and read my groanings as I wonder how I will ever finish the project. Now, [...]
