Blushing Pear, 4×6 oil on board, with easel, $40 You notice that all the cars at a stoplight are the same color. You ask your husband to pull over so you can see if that wildflower you just passed is the same color as your sweater. You notice that 25% of the people in the […]
Alta Street, done!
Or is it Alta Lane? Alta Drive? Alta Road? I’m talking about Wilsonia, specifically The Cabins of Wilsonia. In my interview with myself, I revealed the strategy for drawing all the cabins. Alphabetically, by street name, means that the first set of drawings is for Alta Street/Lane/Drive/Road. Nope, you don’t get to see the entire […]
Next three books
Salt and Light, 11×14 oil on board, NFS This California artist does more than just draw or paint. Sometimes she knits, sometimes she reads, sometimes she does both at the same time (if the book will lie flat). Pennybridge, by David Tolladay is a self-published novel by a pastor from Tollhouse, California. (Hmmm, do you […]
More talking to myself
This is one of the pencil drawings for the upcoming book, The Cabins of Wilsonia How will the book be organized? Alphabetically, by street name What order are you doing the cabin drawings? Alphabetically, by street name. EXCEPT, when I began in the summer, I did quite a few of the Masonic tract and then […]
In Which the Artist Interviews Herself
The Cabins of Wilsonia, my huge project, has created a few questions. Here I will ask some of those questions, and then answer them for you. (Mr. Google, I am a California artist who will do over 200 pencil drawings of cabins.) What is Wilsonia? it is an area of about 100 acres of private […]
Walk in the Park
Today that animal I am married to is turning 59. We did a stroll in The Park. Anything feels like a stroll after attempting Monarch Lake on the old “trail” last week. We stayed in the foothills, and almost wished for shorts and were annoyed by the face flies. Hard to believe it is January. […]
First mural, revisited
Back when I decided to begin muralizing, I started by painting Farewell Gap in oils and increasing the size each time. After I completed a 24×36″, it was time to paint it on my workshop doors. This was the first time I painted large and it shocked me how quickly it went. Michael stood back […]
Weird Winter Walk, part 3
As we descended the non-maintained trail from Monarch, this was our view of Sawtooth Peak. If you aren’t familiar with it, the view here might help you. Michael referred to this as the “moonscape”. “. . .miles to go before I sleep.” Nice light, eh? Sometimes we lost the trail because we were avoiding stuff like […]
Weird Winter Walk, part 2
Yesterday I left you with the information that I am married to an animal. He went to within view of Monarch Lake, and then returned to me for the camera, which I gladly handed over, then resumed my semi-comatose state of gathering strength in the sunshine for the “walk” down. Can you see the lake? […]
Weird Winter Walk
On January 2, Michael and I drove to Mineral King. That is weird for this far into the snow season. The drive up was seasonless – is this late October? early May? Then we walked to Monarch Lake on a mostly dry trail. That is immensely weird. Okay, I lied a little bit. Michael went […]