I had an extra peach painting that was going to become an orange, and then after a reality check, it got turned into redwood trees. This is Three Rivers, gateway to Sequoia National Park, and I need to have paintings of sequoia trees. Sequoia Gigantea = redwood = Big Tree. I went to Redwood High […]
Thank You
Thank you to all who expressed sympathy about Samson. Our neighbor found his body, and we buried him on the hillside above the house. He died from a freak accident, and you really do not want to know the details. Neither do we, but too bad, now we do. I called the woman who owns […]
Art and Reality
Art and Reality is referring to the fact that I earn my living with art and have to be realistic about things. The economy has definitely picked up. People are buying larger paintings and more of them. Paintings sold very well for me in December (perhaps I’ll do a blog post showing all the ones that […]
Samson
Bengal. Biter. Liked water. Fierce, ferocious and fearless. Too fearless. Short life. Gone a week now. Hope diminished. Is it better to let a cat be a cat and know he will be in danger and probably have a short life or is it better to have a cat declawed and kept prisoner, safe inside […]
White Chief Finished
The White Chief oil painting might have been a teensy bit too hard for me, but I got-‘er-dun. Here is how it looked last time I showed you. Now there is more detail on the bank above the pond and more detail on the lower left corner. The pond has some new color too. New […]
Sawtooth, Continued
The oil painting of Sawtooth was looking a bit rough when we last saw it. It is only slightly less rough, because I chose to work on Farewell Gap more. It is tricky to fit in painting time around holidays, visitors from out of town, short daylight hours, colder temperatures, and year-end business to wrap […]
Happy Birthday, Trail Guy!
He’s very busy, as you can see. And don’t you wonder if all retired guys wear shorts year around??
Progress on One of Those Largish Paintings
This is the classic Mineral King view of Farewell Gap with the Crowley cabin, step by step. The bottom photo isn’t finished yet. What remains are the exacting details, the part that I enjoy the most about oil painting. I am drawing with my brush at that stage, and you may remember that I love […]
More Large Painting Situation
Having “successfully” begun a second largish painting, I grabbed another largish canvas (18×24″) to begin a third. This is also a Mineral King scene. Mineral King is what people expect from me. I drew it on, stepped back, and said, “Nope. Too much sky”.With another color, I drew it again, stepped back, and said, “Yeppers, […]
A Recent Friday in Mineral King
Last Friday, Trail Guy and I went to Mineral King. Our first idea was to take the trail down to the river behind Lookout Point. It was steep steep steep and slippery too, and then it was completely unmaintained. We spent 30 minutes on it total – 19 down and 11 back up. Nice view from […]