A picture is worth a thousand words – here are 11,000 words for you to enjoy. Click on them to see them larger. Entering White Chief bowl This is as far as we went; still much snow remains Lots of Blue Lips out! The next day we went to Empire. This is an old road […]
A year of co-op school
If you are in your 40s or 50s, you probably keep noticing that amazing phenomenon of how quickly time flies. An entire year has passed with almost every Thursday spent at The Art Co-op. I learned a few new things, and one is that an art co-operative isn’t the right place for me. Another thing learned […]
Dancing Feet on eBay!
Sierra Swinney is 15 years old and has lived in Three Rivers her entire life. Ballet seems like an odd obsession for someone who loves to backpack with her dad in the local mountains, but Sierra has been dancing since she was four and dreams of becoming a professional ballerina. She has been accepted […]
Day Ten on the Mural
What a nice day to paint! It was a detail day, so large amounts of ground weren’t covered, but smaller amounts were fully completed. (maybe. . .)
Day Nine on the Mural
Not as hot today – phew! The mules turned out well, but the final pronouncement of their worthiness is pending approval by my mule friends, the Weldons. I think they look great from the standpoint of light and dark ( “values” in Artspeak). However, I may have painted their legs too skinny or their ears […]
Day Eight on the Mural (snow!)
Summer has truly arrived. It was hot on the lift at 9 a.m. so after working on the “snapshot” of mules, I put the machine away and stood on the ground where there was a bit of a breeze. It is definitely easier to visit with passers-by when we are both standing on the ground; […]
Peculiar sight
In Mineral King there are some critters called “marmots”. (Every letter is pronounced unlike “merlot”) To the untrained eye, they appear to be cute. To those in the know, they are a PAIN. In late spring and early summer they have a peculiar habit of chewing on wires and hoses in cars. They like radiator […]
How to be an (professional) artist in Tulare County
That is the title of the talk (“lecture”) that I gave yesterday at the Creative Center in Visalia. The three items are: 1. Love the place; 2. Be flexible and 3. Never quit. The turnout was small, (I think “intimate” is the word used for such things) and I knew all but 3 people. After […]
The life of a busy artist
Look at what I did yesterday: painted the mural took paintings to the Mural Gallery looked at a mural that will need some repair – climbed onto the scaffolding and took reference photos of it got home and unloaded the mural stuff from the car, carried things out to the studio and other things to […]
Day Seven on the Mural
When I arrived this morning, there was a section of mural that said “DO ME!” (perhaps I am exaggerating or hallucinating at that early hour). So, that section got completed today. Maybe. It may need more detail, but hard to say at this point. You can see I am adding little patches of this and […]