Thanks for asking. Were you wondering if all I do is fund-raise, read and tile? I squoze a little painting in. Thirteen little paintings, actually. There are shows in November, craft fairs and bazaars and boutiques, all requiring that I have things to sell. Not finished. Finished, not signed, Finished, not signed, and too […]
Turning Leaves
A few years ago I began painting autumn leaves. Because I often couldn’t decide which way they looked best, I would turn them around and around as I decided which end to put the hanger on and where to sign. “Turning Leaves” seemed to be the perfect title for the subject. Sometimes I just amaze […]
Learning New Skills, Part Two
Yesterday I showed you the tile mosaic work of my friend The Tiling Genius here in Three Rivers. I learned from him two ways to make stepping stones. I previously stumbled onto each of these methods on my own, but he had all the right materials, tools and techniques. It makes a difference, and I expect to […]
Learning New Skills
A handful of years ago I went on a tear making mosaic stepping stones. By “on a tear”, I mean ninja crazy! (In spite of not knowing what that means, it continues to crop up in my vocabulary.) I made about 12 dozen stepping stones, tile-mosaic’ed (no idea if that is actually a verb […]
Running Away With Reading Rabbit
Reading has been my favorite way to run away from reality all of my life. Nose in a book, that’s my favorite place to be. Since my family had a difficult and sad summer, I returned to reading as a means of temporary escape. Here is a list of some of the best […]
Three Rivers is Bear Country
One afternoon I was painting in the workshop. Trail Guy stopped his work on the house to rest a bit. What am I working on? Another Kaweah Post Office, because it is my policy to always have one ready to go. Pomegranates because they are beautiful to paint and sell well. Trail Guy reported a […]
Kaweah Post Offices
The eBay painting went to a very happy lady! Chuck’s painting progressed quickly. This is a photograph of it while it was drying. Hang on, Chuck, it’s coming soon! My Favorite Customer bought this painting and I split the sale with the Kaweah Post Office fund. Several friends gave cash toward the project. Some of […]
Kaweah Post Office – Sad and Good
It took a few weeks to gather the courage, but I finally drove past the Kaweah Post Office. You may need to avert your eyes – it is dismal and sad. Forgive me for such ugliness on this blog. Let me atone for this indignity by sharing some good news about the Kaweah Post Office. […]
Spare Canvas, Stray Fruit
Oops. Yesterday’s “Fruity” blog post had an UFO – unidentified object. It was a pear. You probably knew that. But, I showed you a hint of it in progress and then left the more observant reader wondering why I was ignoring it. When I special ordered those thick canvases for the commissioned oil paintings of […]
Fruity
Remember seeing these commissioned oil paintings in progress? The customer was very happy and asked for more! Remember these three commissioned oil paintings? This customer was also very happy and asked for more! Here they are in their infancy. And here they are finished: detailed to the nth degree, signed, scanned, and now with varnish […]