When you grow up in the same county as the Sequoia Gigantea, you tend to call these guys “big trees”. That is sort of a Duh thing, but maybe we are a little duh-ish in Tulare County. As a graduate of Redwood High School, you’d think I’d call them “Redwoods”. But Noooo, I still call […]
The S Word
Stop it. I mean SIXTY. Trail Guy turns SIXTY today. I am not making this up. It defies any category on this blog. It boggles the mind. SIXTY used to be old. It isn’t any more. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Trail Guy!
If You Are Going To Paint One, Paint Two
I know, I know. I’m not painting this year, EXCEPT when I have a commission to do. I think it is funny that on the very first working day of 2013 when I am supposed to have a laser-like focus on The Cabins of Wilsonia, there I am, at the easel! Some people saw my […]
An Afternoon and Evening at The Lake
Growing up in Tulare County we simply referred to Lake Kaweah, created by Terminus Dam, as “The Lake”. (and there is still a stupid dark spot on the lens.) Now that I’ve lived in Lemon Cove (at the base of the dam) and Three Rivers (on the rivers that flow to The Lake), I’ve learned […]
Fridays are for Mineral King
. . . except the snow was too deep and we didn’t get there! We unloaded the Trackster around mile 12, about 2 miles below Trauger’s. I think that is where we were. It looks so very different under snow! The Trackster leaves tracks in the snow. Wow, there was so much snow! (There was […]
New Plan for a New Year
2013 brings a new focus to my professional life as a California artist, a “regionalist from Quaintsville”. I’ve told you about the book I am drawing, writing and publishing – The Cabins of Wilsonia. You’ve seen drawings as they are completed and read my groanings as I wonder how I will ever finish the project. Now, […]
A Break From Blogging
It hurts my heart to do this. I LOVE to blog. Showing you photos, drawings, paintings, life as an artist, Mineral King, the good stuff of Tulare County and California, and yackety-yacking at you about it all, then getting your emails and comments just floats my boat. I know that people have other things to […]
Told You Yesterday That I Was Inspired
Yesterday I ended my post about inspirational beach photos by saying I felt so inspired I would go draw a cabin. You thought I was making that up? This is a commissioned pencil drawing of a Wilsonia cabin. The cabin owners emailed me several photos with some specific instructions, and this is the result. I […]
A California Artist Visits a Santa Barbara Beach
Yesterday I began talking about California beaches and ended up showing a little bit of the Santa Barbara Mission, one of 21 missions in California. Today I will show you a few photos I took at a Santa Barbara beach. Wow, it was beautiful! (Thank you, Captain Obvious) I took a pile of photos that […]
A California Artist visits Santa Barbara
Growing up, “the beach” mean Newport, in Orange County. In 4th grade, my class took a field trip to Mission San Miguel and visited Pismo Beach. It was flat and muddy and there were no waves. It didn’t look like a beach to me. Later, I visited some beaches in Northern California and began understanding […]