If you came here on Friday for Mineral King, I’m sorry. I temporarily ran out of things to show and tell on the subject. I hope you aren’t too disappointed to find Lake Tahoe . . . same mountain range. . . does that count? We took a short hike, along with what felt like […]
Lisa’s Lake House, 10
Lisa’s Lake House is completed – signed, varnished, photographed and titled correctly as “Hjartebo”. Now it sits in the painting workshop so I can follow it while working on the duplicate paintings for Lisa’s sisters. You’d think I’d have this completely memorized, but my visual memory is not quite that developed. I could work from […]
Donations Bloviations
When non-profits want to raise funds, they hold dinners or tastings and have silent and live auctions to go with these events (called “Annual Beg-athons” by author Matt Gleason in the Huffington Post on 6/8/11). The first people they contact to donate items to their causes are artists. Why artists? Why not dentists, lawyers, gas […]
Fridays are for Tahoe?
Is it possible that I have run out of things to write about Mineral King? It is true that my interaction with the place is lessened once the cabin is closed for the season. I might have shown you all the best photos already. Recycling photos is a little boring. . . a cop-out method […]
Painting Multiplication
Yesterday I said I’d tell you what is happening with all the duplication and triplication and multiplication of Lisa’s Lake House (which has now been titled “Hjartebo”, but there are 2 dots over the a and I can’t find the key for that on the computer. It means “place of love” in Swedish. Remember, this […]
Lisa’s Lake House 9
Am I finished?? I am not finished until I sign, and I don’t sign until the customer is happy. Is Lisa happy? More will be revealed. . . I am happy. I am really happy! The hollyhocks and day lilies took out the Big Red Square feel of the painting, softened the edges, and livened […]
Closing Weekend in Mineral King
There is beauty in the shoulder seasons in Mineral King. There is beauty in all seasons in Mineral King. In spite of that, it is a summer place to me. I feel sad when we close the cabin, when I am no longer there half of every week and not hiking, knitting and reading guilt […]
Your Opinion Sought
Greetings, oh Gentle and Faithful Blog Readers. Last year I printed a calendar of paintings. This year I have only been working on The Cabins of Wilsonia drawings and a few commissioned paintings. I don’t have any new paintings for a calendar. On my computer there are 21,500 photographs. With the help of my husband’s honest […]
Lisa’s Lake House 8
And finally, it is beginning to look detailed! There will be an extended drying session, because the shadows on the house are all wet. The next step is hollyhocks, lilies and geraniums, and they will go over the house, so it cannot be wet when I add those. In addition to seeing Lisa’s Lake House, […]
Lisa’s Lake House 7
The saga continues. Here is exactly what I emailed to Lisa about it: “Why can I not notice that the wet paint shines until I put it in an email to you?? sigh. The shadows on the left side of the house are really darker, not shiny lighter! “In other news: 1. The sky is […]