Tomorrow begins the busiest month of my business. November is the month of boutiques and bazaars, almost every weekend. The first event is this coming Saturday in someone’s backyard in Visalia. I think of it as the Backyard Boutique. Yes, I know it is obvious, but the alliteration is too fun to pass up. The […]
Shhhh, I’m Working
Please forgive the silence on the blog. I am working on a project that requires focus. The customer is away for awhile so I haven’t been given permission to tell about the project. Samson can keep you company while I work.
Speaking of Coloring Books
Who was speaking of coloring books? I was. Yesterday. I said that I thought about skipping a calendar this year because I was so busy with coloring books. I am at work on #5 now. I haven’t cleared it with the customer to reveal their identity (yikes, I just used a plural pronoun. . . […]
2017 Calendar Coming Soon
Like it or not, 2017 is coming in a few months. Why wouldn’t one like it? Because one may have not gotten used to 2016 yet. Why would one like it? Because a new calendar is coming. The Bridges of Tulare County This idea came from the show that celebrated 100 years of the National Parks. […]
New Mural in Three Rivers, Chapter 4
The mural at the Three Rivers History Museum is now finished! (Yes, the light for photographing the mural is different in the morning than in the afternoon. You are observant about details like that!) The lower background, the foreground and the trees all needed refining. Louise also noticed that someone climbing the tower would […]
New Mural in Three Rivers, Chapter 3
The Mineral King mural in Three Rivers is in this building. This is how the mural looked when I arrived on Day #2. Tower is in place, background sort of finished, trees located. In the last post I said it is quiet in the museum. Ahem. Not on Day #2! A cabin facade is getting […]
New Mural In Three Rivers, Chapter Two
I may have estimated my time to be longer than anticipated for the new mural at the Three Rivers Museum.. Perhaps the customer will think I am over charging. Guess I’d better moan on and on about how difficult this is. All that moaning about difficulty was fake. This might be the easiest location I have […]
New Mural in Three Rivers
Yesterday I began a new mural in the Three Rivers Museum’s new Mineral King Room. The internet was on vacation, so you get to see the beginnings today. This is the only photo I have of the Three Rivers Museum. Paul Bunyon doesn’t belong here, except that Carroll Barnes of Three Rivers carved him from […]
Final Fall Visit to Mineral King
Yesterday morning at 8:30 a.m. Trail Guy was reading the weather, and together we faced the unpleasant reality that we might be closing our Mineral King cabin during a rain shower if we waited until the weekend. So, by a little after 9, we were in the Botmobile heading up the hill to git-‘er-dun. Rather […]
Cen. Calif. Artist Actually Works
Lest you think all I do is travel and walk, here is evidence to the contrary. One last painting begun. It is the season of the freebie. This one will go to the Courthouse Gallery in Exeter for their annual fundraising auction. I’m happy to donate to the wonderful place that allows me space for […]