If you have read my blog for awhile, you may remember seeing occasional references to a friend whom I call “The Captain”. She is exploring oil painting as a new hobby, and she requested my assistance. Naturally, I said YES! I traveled the 2 hours and 7 minutes to her house (could have been shorter and more […]
Flowers in my Studio Yard
Ever heard of a studio yard? In my case, it is the yard area around my studio, a shabby little shed on the property. I suppose the proper and popular term is “garden”, but that feels wrong to me. The place is only partially planted, definitely not professionally landscaped; I’m not growing tomatoes and zucchini around […]
Birdland
I’ve left Mineral King and have now entered Birdland. (If you grew up in Visalia, you may remember an area on the north side of town called “Birdland”. This was because the streets were named things like Dove and Robin. Birdland might still be in Visalia, but the name is seldom used, now that the town […]
ArtSpeak versus Reality
“Artspeak” is a word I made up for all the stuffy pretentious insider terms used by professional artists. Some of the words are useful, because every profession has its own vocabulary. But for some reason, the way some artists talk just gets up my nose. One of an artist’s more dreaded tasks is writing an […]
Squeezing in Citrus
Do you like the title? I feel quite pleased with it. Last month this painting sold: The happy customer asked if I had a matching lemon painting, to which I replied, “No, but I can paint one for you”. Then I couldn’t find the photos, so I went to the 26,000 photos on my computer […]
Finished Mineral King Oil Paintings For Sale
As promised, here are some finished Mineral King oil paintings from my Phactory Phases. Factory Fases? Too much cuteness for you? I’m sorry. Must be the oil fumes. They are all oil paintings on wrapped canvas, which means the sides are painted so they don’t need frames. The prices don’t include 8% sales tax; if […]
Too Random, Need a List
Too much variety means all of this could take up multiple posts, so a list will be the best approach today. There are now many new paintings listed on my website – For Sale–Oil Paintings–Landscape. If you sort by newness, you can see them. I finally finished coloring the grapes in my coloring book Heart of […]
Blog Thoughts
Before I finished working on this blog post, I accidentally hit the Publish button instead of Preview. I immediately took it back down, but those of you who subscribe received the earlier version via email. Oops. Here is the real post. April 15 will be the tenth anniversary of this blog. That is TEN YEARS […]
Cute Little Things
Cute little things? What is this about? This is a post about 4 cute little oil paintings of various Mineral King scenes on boards, each one sitting on its own tiny wooden easel. (Well, yes, they are for sale – thank you for asking!) The rectangular paintings are 4×6″ and are $50; the squares are 4×4″ and […]
Mineral King Painting Factory Phase II, 2
Now there’s a creative blog post title for you. . . just the facts, ma’am. I’m almost finished with this phase. Paintings need to dry, get signed, scanned, and varnished. Have a look at the various stages. Maybe next week I will have a host of completed, signed and scanned Mineral King oil paintings to […]