Do you have any understanding of the difficulty of coming up with interesting titles to the same subjects, over and over and over? Just asking, not really expecting any answers. These paintings, 6×18”, of Sequoia Gigantea, AKA Redwoods, AKA Big Trees, sell very steadily at $195 each. I get a little tired of painting the […]
Quick Glimpse into Sunny Three Rivers
First, in case you were wondering, there are actually 5 rivers here, all part of the Kaweah drainage. Marble Fork, East Fork, Middle Fork, North Fork, South Fork, all part of the Kaweah river. “Kuh-WEE-uh”, in case you were wondering further. Second, we don’t have a river view; we opted for mountain views, since they […]
Library Mural, Day Ten
I left sunny Three Rivers and headed down into the fog. I remember worse fog when I lived outside of Ivanhoe with my parents, so this wasn’t too awful. The mural looked like this. I seem to forget where I left off from week to week. I’m pleased with the repaired mountains. Intern and my […]
A Light* Workday in Three Rivers
*“Light” meaning the sun was shining and also meaning I didn’t do much work. Let’s get the work part over with, and then we can enjoy some photos that might shock anyone who lives where there is real winter. Three new sequoia gigantea 6×18” paintings are now on the easel. Next, I battled with Adobe […]
Around Here
On a sunny morning in Three Rivers, Trail Guy and I took a drive up the Mineral King Road to see how far we could get, and to see what the construction project looks like. We only made it to the lower gate. Although word went out that the construction crew was on hiatus until […]
Oil Paintings on the Move
Sales were slow this December. Actually, sales of oil paintings were slow all fall, beginning with the show in Tulare called “Around Here”, where no paintings and six pencil drawings sold. However, during the fall season, a few paintings did move. These first two sold through Kaweah Arts, located in The Dome in Three Rivers. […]
Beginning drawing workshop at a “new” place
Stem & Stone, a neat little shop in Three Rivers, sponsored a beginning drawing workshop. Their store is too small to accommodate a big table with people around it, so we used the Bequette House at the Three Rivers Historical Museum. I love old buildings, with all sorts of architectural details lacking in modern structures. […]
Library Mural, Day Nine
You last saw the mural looking like this: On the way to Ivanhoe on Friday morning, a clear, sunny, and cold morning, I pulled over for a few photos of oranges. The mountains were very visible from the library’s address. (Just keep your eyes above the waste.) Intern and I had a brief discussion about […]
What Happened, Part Two
Today I will be painting on the Ivanhoe library mural, Lord willing, the Creek, etc. The past two days have been seriously disrupted by many hours on the phone trying to solve the website problem, which also took down my email. If I was a smoker, it would have been a couple of 2-pack days. […]
Library Mural, Day Eight
In case you are wondering, all the previous days’ blog posts croaked with my website. So, here is the best I can do to recreate the most current day for you. These orange trees have been “skirted”, which means pruned so nothing touches the ground. I tried to fix the trees on the mural to […]