Mineral King on Monday?
Last Friday instead of posting about Mineral King, I posted old pencil drawings of Mineral King. I hope you didn’t feel ripped off. Just in case, here is a report on Labor Day weekend in Mineral King, the official last weekend of summer. (Pay no attention to the little words on the calendar on Sept. […]
Tough Decision, Part Two
There are many seasoned artists who freely share their experience with other artists. One of the nuggets I’ve gleaned through the years is “Get rid of your junk”. There is no reason to keep things around that do not sell or do not represent your best work. The Cabins of Mineral King represented my best […]
Tough Decision, Part One
As a full time professional artist since 1993, I have accumulated a pile of work. It is overwhelming at times for several reasons. If I am looking for something in particular, I have to sift through many other things. If the flat file drawers get too crowded, some of the paper folds, squishes, migrates to […]
2019 Calendar Coming
My 2019 calendar will be A Touch of Color. It has pencil drawings with, you guessed it, a touch of color. Each subject is something in my life, drawn from my photos (except for one when I didn’t have my camera and a friend came to my rescue.) Some people who buy my calendars like all […]
Birthday Drawing
Someone very dear and important to me recently had a birthday. Awhile ago, she sent me a photo of her cat and said she wanted to commission me to draw it. Or maybe she said to paint it. I forget – it has been awhile. With her birthday coming (do they ever stop coming, faster […]
Labor Day
Remember in the olden days when Labor Day was the first day of school? You’d get up in the dark, put on new clothes, wear shoes for the first time in months and say, “Mom, these shoes are too tight!” to which she’d respond, “They are fine. You just aren’t used to wearing shoes”. Then […]
Eight Things I Learned in August
Fridays are for Mineral King, but today’s post is my end of the month list of things I learned. Here is a Mineral King photo for you as a consolation prize. A friend of mine is always on his phone, always always always. But he only uses it as a telephone. For note-taking, he uses […]
Fancy Pants Studio
A year ago fake wood replaced painted concrete flooring in my studio, and I repainted the door. In the spring, the dilapidated board and batten siding was replaced with shingles for amazing cuteness. Last week the red Adirondack chair moved outside and this recently reupholstered old chair moved in. Now when I have visitors, […]
A Little Painting Session
English is a weird and confusing language. Does the title of this post mean that my painting is little, or that my painting session is little? Yes. The hot weather eased up a bit, so I spent some time working on a painting. What the weather has to do with painting is that I paint […]