Did you miss me? I missed you. I think of you as The Blog, and without knowing exactly who or how many you are, you, The Blog, keep me accountable. You keep me working, when it seems as if I am just slogging along, trying, trying, trying, does anyone care or notice, I’m just working, […]
Still a Central California Artist
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ARTIST? Calm yourself, Interviewer. I’ve been thinking, planning, resting, and taking care of stuff. Stuff? What stuff? None of your beeswax. Fine, then tell me if you are still a Central California Artist. I am. Want to see what I am working on? Are you working on something? But […]
Merry Christmas
Going silent for awhile – May you enjoy the blessings of the season, dear Readers.
Too Hard, Part Three
A few years ago, my mom and I visited Blowing Rock, North Carolina. This is where her mom, my G’ma grew up. We were exploring a bit, and I took a few photos of a little creek near G’ma’s homestead. Mom expressed an interest in having me paint this for her, and I have been […]
Too Hard, Part Two
When something is too hard, we go slowly. Think about a steep trail. Think about moving a heavy piece of furniture. S L O W L Y. The background, the part where the sunlight is brightest, and the bank to the right of that area is beginning to make sense. Ick. This is terrible, and […]
Tina, Where Are You?
This is an unusual post, for an unusual circumstance. Someone named Tina ordered a calendar but did not provide her mailing address. Her email address was provided from Paypal, but there was no physical address or P.O. box # provided so that I could mail her a calendar. I emailed her twice, and didn’t hear […]
Too Hard
Since spending hours working on a painting that is too hard for me (i.e. “above my pay grade”), I’ve been thinking about how we handle things in life that are too hard. . . we take them S L O W L Y. I can’t remember when I started this painting. It was many drawings, […]
Navel Season
December is in the midst of navel season. Navels are seedless oranges, known for their great eating rather than for juice. The season has been greatly extended by adding early and late varieties. These are most likely the classic navel, Washington, also known as Old Line. These five oil paintings are also for the ag […]
Olive Harvest
Olive harvest takes place in October. For me, it is NOW, because these oil paintings of olives are FINISHED. Five of these paintings go to an ag realtor who has the good taste and class to give my oil paintings to his clients. Isn’t that brilliant? The sixth goes to a friend who is giving it […]
Secret Oil Painting Workshop Part 2
Why “secret”? Because I don’t advertise and recruit. . . it is an insider thing for my advanced drawing students. I don’t believe I know enough to truly teach anyone how to oil paint. Instead, I view myself as one beggar showing a few other beggars how to find bread. Let’s see how these other […]