Walking in Three Rivers

I love to go walking in Three Rivers, particularly in February, my favorite month for weather. It is really green this year. Muddy too. Thank you God, for rain!!

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I got all excited about this beautiful moss. My sister from Oregon looked at me as if I were loopy.

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Moss AND lichen, oh my.

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Green. GREEN! THANK YOU, GOD, FOR RAIN!

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There are horses running around in one of my favorite walking areas. I’m not very horsey, but they are beautiful creatures.

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This color combination is really beautiful: a reddish horse with a blond mane.

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This mare was not pleased with my walking buddy’s walking stick. She looked downright hostile.

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Anyone know the right horsey description for this color of horse?

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Water! February is so beautiful, especially in a wet winter in Three Rivers.

Poppies in February

Sometimes poppies are in bloom in February, one of my favorite months. March is more common, but we are enjoying an extended season this year.

This is one of those years, at least in Three Rivers and the surrounding foothills. Instead of showing you the real thing, I’ll show you the poppies blooming in my painting studio.

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Upside down is a good way to focus on size and shape.

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This little 6×6 should go quickly, both in painting and selling. These little paintings remind me of postage stamps on a wall.

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More poppies, some background.

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Much better poppies. Better-let-them-dry poppies. Better-wait-to-do-the-stems-and-leaves poppies. Leave the poppies alone!

Stop typing. You sound like a dopey artist. Too many oil paint fumes?

Wilsonia Cabin Confusion Drawing

Wilsonia cabin drawing

This Wilsonia cabin kept me confused for a long time. The cabin sits on a corner of 2 roads. On one road, it looks very rustic. On the other, it looks like this.

You can see this drawing and one of the other side in The Cabins of Wilsonia, available for sale here.

The book was a huge project. Confusion was a regular occurrence as I worked through how to depict a cabin community with 212 cabins.