Here is a list about the vicissitudes* of my life; you may detect a certain attitude coming through. Tomorrow I will try to resume a more professional and detached approach to blogging. Samson caught his first rat! Yep, rat, not mouse. He played with it until Michael took it away. His cat food must be […]
Happy Birthday, Trail Guy!
If you see this man around, treat him to a vanilla latte with a blueberry muffin. He is aging well, dontcha think? 😎
Heart of Agriculture
THIS IS THE COVER OF THE NEXT COLORING BOOK! AND THIS IS ONE OF THE INTERIOR PAGES! Yes, there is a hidden heart in every picture, even this one. I did my best to not have to draw cotton, but the customers (plural – there was a committee) requested it in spite of my explaining […]
Because Jimmy Asked
Who is Jimmy? A friend of mine. What did he ask? Something about William O. Clough and his memorial and Franklin Lake’s dam and the dams built on lakes by the Mt. Whitney Power Co. It wasn’t a specific question, more of a request for more information. He asked me, because Google sent him to […]
3 Mineral King Paintings in Progress
I’ve been inching along (more accurately, “layering along”) on the 3 largish Mineral King paintings. With colder temperatures, the oil just isn’t drying quickly enough to make much progess. Here is Farewell Gap with a few more layers. Here is White Chief with a few more layers: And here is Sawtooth with a new sky:
Just One More Frivolous Post
I know, I was going to get back to work, but Samson is so fun that I have become one of those internet weirdos bores who post endless photos of her cats. This is for Kaylee, and I don’t mind you called The Boy “Sammy”. This is my blog, I’m 57, so I’ll post what I […]
Growing Sequoias With Paint
Ever heard of growing Sequoia trees with paint? It’s figurative, not literal. Unlike the new (wrong) use of the word “literal”, I mean that I am figuratively growing trees. As in a figure of speech. . . Please excuse the detour. Words mean things, and sometimes people need to be reminded, although I believe my […]
Two Oil Painting Commissions
When there is work to be done, I’d rather get it done than postpone it. Someone has described people like me as “precrastinators” rather than procrastinators. Commission #1 – Kaweah Colony blacksmith shop This mess on canvas is becoming the Kaweah Colony’s blacksmith shop. The background doesn’t show in the photo, so I went to […]
End of the Year Thoughts
Those year end newsletters are good for updates, and they make everyone else’s life seem so sparkly, happy and fun, just like Facebook (Nope, not on, and not going to join). Life is a balance of both good and bad things, but who wants to put the sad, bad and hard stuff in a newsletter? […]
Two Last Non-Art Subjects
Subject #5 What is this? Inquiring minds NEED to know. . . we got a pair of insulating mugs for Christmas, and got curious as to which sort of mug will keep coffee the hottest. So, we conducted an experiment. They were all within degrees of one another, with the short Starbuck’s mug in the […]