We spent our last weekend of the season in Mineral King over Columbus Day weekend. The weather was beautiful – about time, after all the smoke this summer! It really seemed weird to shutter things up for the winter when we were running around in shorts and sandals, but it certainly is better than closing […]
Kaweah Post Office Duplicate Painting Progress
What a weird sounding title. Never mind. Have a look at the progress on the Kaweah Post Office oil painting for Chuck. First I drew it on the canvas. Then, I put the first layer of paint down. Don’t be scared, Chuck! They all start out this rough. It is a long layering process, and […]
A Contrast in Landmarks
Over the last 2 weeks I’ve been talking to you about our little landmark post office, the Kaweah Post Office. It took a huge limb right through the roof, and it will cost money to restore the place. It is one of the few landmark buildings we have in Three Rivers, and we need to […]
One More Look at Adding Blue
To continue yesterday’s dissatisfying post about color, here is an aspen painting before I added blue: Here it is afterward: Ahem. Why is it that I can repair photos quite well using Photoshop Elements but cannot get the same painting to scan the same way 2 times in a row? Who cares? I have real […]
A Conversation About Color
A friend is learning about art, practicing diligently at watercolor, taking workshops and painting with a group in her town. She also reads about art, and has been kind enough to spend time with me, discussing various art related topics. She told me about a book called “Breakfast at Sotheby’s: An A-Z of the Art […]
Kaweah Post Office Fundraiser Update
We interrupt our normal broadcast schedule to bring you a Kaweah Post Office fundraising update! (music, graphics, running line across the bottom of your screen? Nope, “We” is just me.) My husband just retrieved today’s mail, and included was a check for $1500 to help pay for the rebuilding of the Kaweah Post Office! Fifteen […]
Kaweah Post Office Fundraising
The Kaweah Post Office is one of our only landmark structures in Three Rivers. I am working to help meet the insurance deductible to rebuild it because a big limb from a valley oak tree smashed the roof. (We are quite rural – perhaps a bear was in the tree eating acorns and caused the […]
The Two Mister Blacks
Mister Black is the name I give to the ravens I paint. There are two so far, painted because of the Raven Festival in Three Rivers. Three Rivers does something special-ish on the first Saturday of each month. A new theme is chosen each month, and for October, it is ravens. The amazing Nadi Spencer […]
An Artist Lives Out Her Donation Convictions
This is an article I recently published on LinkedIn. Sep 29, 2015 Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Share on Twitter I am perpetually fed up with artists getting asked to donate to good causes. In May of 2014, I posted “An Artist Bloviates about Donations” on LinkedIn. My hope was to encourage fund raisers to find other methods besides […]
Mineral King Cabins
I believe that cabin communities are a true treasure of Tulare County, here in Central California. I love to draw cabins. Don’t believe me? My business has been called “Cabin Art” since 1987. As a studio artist, I work from photos. There is no way to get the level of detail I like while sitting […]