“Oil Paintings, Completed!” with an exclamation point, because it feels like an accomplishment to have a finished piece. (Currently I have about 6 pencil commissions, all on hold while people ponder their options.) Backcountry Lake, 10×10″, oil on wrapped canvas, $150 Mountain California Quail, 6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, $60 You can click on the […]
Long Way There
(Happy Birthday, Melissa!) Anyone remember the Little River Band? Does the song “Long Way There” do anything for you? I loved it in 1978, and I still do. Many people think of “Long and Winding Road” when it comes to driving to Mineral King. That is probably a more accurate theme song, but I used […]
Wildflower Oil Paintings
Remember these wildflower oil painting beginnings? First, I drew them with my paintbrush. Stage two was to get the first layer of color down. The real fun was putting in the detail. It isn’t often that I get to paint with these colors, and it just makes my heart sing. Lalalalalalala! LALALALALA! Excuse me. Got […]
Unusually Wet Summer in Mineral King
It has been an unusually wet summer in Mineral King (along with measurable, puddle-making rain in Three Rivers 3 times in July!) Most of the times I have gone up the hill, it has been wet. Rain, hail, drizzle, fog, overcast. It’s all good. It’s all very good. I pray for rain every day, and I […]
Ambiguous Oil Painting
(Ambiguous: unclear or inexact.) There’s this 10×10″ oil painting that has been collecting dust and spider webs in my painting workshop for awhile. I’m unclear as to when I began it. It just hangs there, and after awhile, I stopped thinking of it as a painting. Instead, it was just another thing that the spiders […]
Non-commissioned oil paintings
So much to paint, so little time. These are new paintings, begun for the joy and challenge of the subjects, in addition to the confidence that they will sell. Mountain quail are shy. We are so fortunate to have 2 pairs feeding in our front yard in Mineral King. Because of the way the […]
Oil Painting Commissions
Commissions – orders to make a custom item, following the wishes of the customer. I’ve been asked to do 3 custom flower oil paintings, each 6×6″. Three makes it easy to find a place to hang, either vertically or horizontally. Or, they can be set here and there without having to locate wall space. This […]
Mineral King, Real and Painted
Time for some Mineral King, because I had a rough painting week with all those “Little Bit Too Hards”. I can paint Mineral King! Yes I can!! This is the first time I am painting Farewell Gap with that giant red fir on the left gone. GONE. Cut down. Bye-bye, big fir. Hello little red […]
Easier a Little Bit Too Hard
That was an awkward title. See yesterday’s title and post about “a little bit too hard” and then maybe this will make sense. Still a little bit too hard, but not as difficult as The Flower Girl. This is Grandma’s Creek. It is where my Grandma grew up, outside of Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Oh so very […]
A Little Bit Too Hard
Sometimes I paint things that are a little bit too hard for me. They are not commissions, nor are they subjects that I think will sell. Instead, they are things that I just want to paint, in spite of my lack of skill or experience. After I have completed paintings that need to be done […]