Still Christmas shopping? This is one more idea for someone on your list who loves Mineral King. Farewell Gap, 6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, $50
More Mineral King for Christmas
You are probably thinking about Christmas shopping. If you are like me, the simpler the better. Not leaving home? The best way to shop! (I used catalogs for shopping long before they were considered normal.) Here is an easy way to please someone on your list who loves Mineral King. Honeymoon Cabin XI, 6×6″, oil […]
Mineral King for Christmas
Friends who care enough to tell me the truth have suggested I be a bit more bold about the fact that I have original oil paintings for sale at ridiculously low prices. Okay. Here goes. Try not to be disgusted by my crass commercialism. The Crowley Cabin, 6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, $50, SOLD
A Yarn Painting Finds a New Home
Whenever I find myself with a little waiting time, spare time, car time, or am procrastinating, I usually knit. Makes sense that an artist who loves to knit would also paint yarn, yes? Loves Cotton, Loves to Knit, 8×8″, oil on wrapped canvas, $100 A quilting friend also loves to knit, and she bought one […]
Why the (beta version) Oil Painting Workshop Was Successful
Yesterday’s blog post told a secret – that I gave an oil painting workshop without publicizing it first, and why I didn’t publicize it. Today, I will reveal why I believe that workshop was a success. No, I will reveal the reasons that I believe it was a success, not why I believe . . […]
An Oil Painting Workshop, Beta Version
Oh Great. Now she is speaking Computer. Isn’t it enough that we have to endure occasional Artspeak without this too? What is “beta version”? I looked it up and found the best definition on Michael Hyatt’s blog: ” The premise is this: ‘we know it’s not perfect, but it’s far enough along that we need […]
Peculiar Sight in Mineral King
Trail Guy is not a peculiar sight in Mineral King. He is puzzling over a peculiar sight in this photo. Words fail me.
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
The Most Beautiful Fruit Bowl I’ve Ever Seen is completed. It is signed, it is carefully wrapped up and sealed in a box, and I delivered it to an undisclosed location in Exeter. Someone will have an a-may-zing Christmas present. And that’s all I’m gonna say about that! P.S. This might be one of […]
2013 Calendars, Again
Dear Blog Reader, Why in the olden days were readers referred to as “gentle”? Did it have something to do with the word “gentlemen”? Why am I writing about the calendars again? Glad you asked – great question! (This is what all interviewees say when asked any question – have you noticed, or is it […]
More about studio artists
Last week I wrote about studio artists in this blog post. Working from photos isn’t the only choice for a studio artist. Sometimes they set up still life things (Still lifes? Still lives? “Things” works for me.) Sometimes they work from sketches they made outside. Sometimes they paint people who sit still and try not […]