My favorite thing to paint is my favorite bridge, the Oak Grove Bridge, also known as the East Fork Bridge. That’s the East Fork of the Kaweah River, 6.5 miles up the Mineral King Road. I paint it and draw it often. It is beautiful, particularly because it is such an architectural surprise on a […]
Poppy Painting Worth 1000 Words
I began a 6×18″ painting of a field of poppies and showed it to you with just one pass over the canvas. Then I went silent. Now I will speak 1000 words worth to you: Poppies #41, 6×18″, oil on wrapped canvas, $150
Driving to Mineral King in February!
In the third week of February, people DROVE ALL THE WAY INTO MINERAL KING! Excuse me for shouting. That is just so remarkable, that I had to remark in a loud and shocked and excited voice. I keep remembering back in 1994 (or sometime in the ’90s) that we received almost an entire winter’s worth […]
Done Painting in Church?
Day four of painting in church was a short day. It was time to finish, and I vacillated between “Oh no, how will I get this done?” and “Piece of cake!” The boulders got shrunk a final time, and 2 more were added as the finisher to the right side. I added some dirt on […]
Painting in Church for a Third Day
Holy cow. 10 hours on Day #3, and still not finished! This thing is growing. (Thing? this painting in church!) When people stop by, I ask them for their honest opinions. Because we are all co-religionists (a weird word my Dad used to say just to get a laugh), we are fairly straight-forward with one […]
Painting In Church Some More
When I arrived to paint on Day #2 of Painting In Church (weird – I often draw in church, but have never painted there, unless you count one of my first murals which was outside on a Seatrain storage container, but that was outside, so never mind), this is what I had to work with. […]
Painting in Church
This is how my church looks on a holiday Monday morning. Does it look to you as if there is room for a mural? It didn’t look that way to me, but I did some sketches for That Amazing Shirley as we developed her idea. We even made changes on Monday morning! Changes? Nah, improvements! […]
It Rained in Three Rivers
Rain is an event around here. In the winter, we hope it is accompanied by snow in the mountains. Alas, it was a warm rain, and the river turned muddy. But what a thrill to hear the river roar again! Looking downstream, it was terrific to see the water actually reaching the measuring stick again. […]
My Amazing Friends
A year or two ago, I ran a series of blog posts called “My Amazing Friends”. It was about friends who are remarkably creative and energetic. (That’s why I remarked on them.) There is Bob, Nikki and Barbara. I have a new friend, Ron, who owns Visalia Granite and Marble Works. He wanted to be an […]
Is white a color or an absence of color?
In December and January, I was struck by the number of white things in my yard. Is white a color or the absence of color? If I am drawing, white is paper color, and I draw around the white things. In painting, I use more white than any other tube of paint. Notice I said […]