Sometimes when I need to get photos or see stuff, I trespass. Been doing it my whole life, I confess. Forgive me my trespasses. . . Recently I went trespassing up the North Fork of the Kaweah, looking for the site where the Kaweah blacksmith shop sat. I have a photo from 1996, but the flood […]
New Oil Painting With Help
One of the benefits of participating in bazaars, boutiques and festivals is that I meet new people. Sometimes this results in commissions or new drawing students. The Senior League Holiday Bazaar brought me this new oil painting commission. Oh boy, there’s a challenge! When the customer explained that he had taken this photo in the […]
What’s Keeping the Central Calif. Artist Busy
Want to know what keeps a Central California artist busy? I like lists. Have a look at what I’m working on this week. Notice there is nothing on it about actually making art. This is what I refer to as “The Business of Art” or an “Administrative” week. Preparing to give a presentation to the […]
Christmas in Visalia
Holidays, Christmas in particular, are a season for selling. This means it is a season of buying. I do not want to be commercial, but what if people want my merchandise and can’t figure out how to find it? Selling is serving. (I heard this somewhere recently.) I live to serve. Would you like some Christmas cards? […]
Color Bullies, Part 2
My advanced drawing students successfully bullied me into 2 oil painting workshops. We had a great time! A rebel set aside her Sequoia painting that she began last week. This is of the Tetons from a photo she took. I painted the scene first so it would be a little easier for her. (I had […]
Nice Day on the Farm
Thus we conclude the boutiques, bazaars and shows for 2016. Isn’t “thus” a stuffy word? I don’t think it gets used much in conversation. Save
Color Bullies
About twice a year, I allow several of my advanced drawing students to bully me into giving an oil painting workshop. Sometimes everyone paints the same subject, and sometimes each person chooses her own subject. It is easier to teach when everyone paints the same subject. That way everyone benefits from the same instructions rather […]
A Different Type of Event
Tomorrow I will be participating in a different sort of event. It is part of 1st Saturday, Three Rivers. I will be with 3 other Kaweah Artisans in a barn at a farm outside of Three Rivers. You can learn about 1st Saturday Three Rivers by clicking (or tapping if you have a “device”) on […]
New Mineral King Mural Planned
That mural I showed you yesterday served 2 purposes: 1. To dress up the exterior of my studio and 2. To keep me in practice because I felt slightly inadequate to begin the next mural at the Three Rivers History Museum. This is often how I feel when about to begin a mural. I don’t […]
Getting Fancy Outside My Studio
There is some term to describe what happens when people buy new pillows for their couches, and end up having to remodel the entire house. You know how it goes – new pillows make the couch look shabby, so a new couch is necessary. Then the rest of the furniture looks terrible and has to […]