And in case you were wondering if all I do is work, please be reassured that I always find time to knit. A friend is waiting for a new pair of lungs, and there will be a fund raising dinner with silent auction and pick-a-prize items. I made these 2 infinity scarves for the event, […]
The Rain Stopped and The Sun Came Out
The rain stopped briefly and the sun came out, so I went for a walk here in Three Rivers. This was on February 12, but there were other things to blog about last week. Look! The buckeye trees, always precocious, are leafing out already. Here is an unobstructed view of Alta Peak and Moro Rock. The […]
Mineral King Road Messes
Last week Trail Guy and Retired Postman headed up the Mineral King Road. This was a couple of days after some very heavy rains. First stop? My favorite bridge, of course. (The Oak Grove Bridge). Retired Postman is very very tall, so he was able to take a photo above all the messy shrubs. This […]
Did You Miss Samson?
Samson is still around and participating fully in everything. So far he has wrecked 3 pairs of tights and a cable knitting needle. I began this painting of a jalapeno pepper, and he immediately began batting the pepper around the workshop. I encouraged him to bite it, hoping it might cure him of this nasty […]
Finished Oil Paintings
Did you think I had forgotten my promise to show you recently finished oil paintings? Nope. First, the commissioned piece. It isn’t totally finished, but I never show you the sides of the canvas anyway. It is Oak Grove Bridge XX, which means #20, but is probably the 25th time I’ve painted it because sometimes […]
Working Again?
Please excuse the extra blog post at an unexpected time. Almost everything is almost working again on my site. You can subscribe to the blog using your email address and the Subscribe button (although, if you are reading this, you have probably already done so.) You can subscribe to my occasional emailed newsletter on the […]
Heart of Agriculture
That is an apt title for today – a nod to both Valentine’s Day and the World Ag Expo’s opening day in the title of my latest coloring book. This coloring book was published in partnership with the Tulare County Farm Bureau, a delightful group of people to work with (in spite of their rejection of […]
Little Victories
Life is hard, full of obstacles, difficulties, problems to solve, and hassles. But, sometimes there are victories along the way that lighten our loads and lift our spirits. Last week I experienced a few of those little victories in my business of art. The scanner now works with the new laptop!! The pencil drawing that […]
Repainting Mineral King and Prudence
Happy Birthday, Gordon!! The big Mineral King mural in Exeter has faded. Yellow fades the quickest, so gray becomes purple, tan becomes gray which then fades to lavender, and green becomes blue. The mural colors were like this when I finished it after 52 days of painting in 2009. Now the colors look this way: It […]
Trading Water for Walnuts
This week I’ve set aside my current obsession of drawing water and begun a commissioned piece of a walnut grove. This has involved several sketches, beginning with the page of the walnut grove as it appears in the coloring book, Heart of Ag for the Tulare County Farm Bureau (NOW AVAILABLE – WILL POST TO FOR […]