Not quite as pretty as the morning when I took the photo to paint Sunrise over the Kaweah River. T (my walking partner) and I see these bunnies almost every morning. We don’t understand how they survive. Blue dick and common madia are still going strong. It was a morning to spend in the yard. […]
Sunrise Over the Kaweah River
Remember this messy beginning? After finishing the new little paintings to sell in local galleries and gift shops, I returned to this 16×20” painting, which felt like a mural after those 6×6” canvases. There was another painting session between the photo above and the next one. I didn’t take any photos because sometimes I just […]
Because Business Picked Up …
… it is time to produce more paintings. These are the standard small ones that sell steadily to visitors to Three Rivers and Exeter, where my three main selling locations are, Kaweah Arts, Stem & Stone, and the Mural Gallery and Gift Shop. (Because that lemon sold so quickly at the Mural Gallery, I have […]
Only the Living
Only the Living? What is that? So glad you asked! Only the Living is the title of my most recent book publishing effort*. This is a novel by my dear friend, Louise Jackson, author of many books, our third project together. We began working on this one last summer, and now it is ready for […]
Loving April Around Here
How about more photos today? We can talk about the business of art some other time.
Business Picks up in April—Sold
In the 30+ years I’ve been earning a living with art, I’ve seen that business usually picks up in April. This year is no exception. When paintings sell to people passing through town, I replace those with similar paintings. Lots of sequoia trees (AKA “redwoods” or “big trees”), oranges, lemons, pomegranates, and poppies. I’d rather […]
Sources of Inspiration
Today’s post is about beauty, because April is beautiful around here. Color and light is a source of inspiration for paintings. (Detail and light inspires my pencil drawings.) On my way down to work at the Mural Gallery I stopped in the usual turnout for a photo of the lake. On the way home, I […]
Flowers: Wild and Domestic
There is a beautiful world outside of the studio, so we can’t be using up the glorious month of April simply showing you layers of paint as it dries on the canvas. OUT AND ABOUT IN MY YARD P.S. Happy Birthday, Mom!
Ducks Not in a Row
This is an official complaint about modern life, rife with technological obstacles. So, tell me: do all these companies have their ducks in a row? Or are their ducks so multitudinous that it isn’t possible to line them up? Or do I not have all my ducks in a row because I CAN’T STAND ALL […]
Working at the Mural Gallery
The Mural Gallery and Gift Shop in Exeter has been selling my work for many years. It used to only be for artists who had painted murals in Exeter. Eventually we were all old, moved away, didn’t produce smaller pieces, or dead. (Of that list, I am only sort of old—thanks for asking.) Now it […]