I’m in a bit of a holding pattern, waiting for several things: the Mineral King road to open, a week-long plein air painting trip to Monterey, the indexer to finish repairing the index on the TB book, and my show, Simply Home, to open. What’s a person to do while waiting? Stuff, both personal and […]
Getting Ready for Simply Home
The amount of work to prepare for a solo show is astonishing. I’m so thankful that I was given an entire year to get ready for Simply Home at CACHE, opening October 19, 4:30-6:30 PM. Here is the list of the most recent show prep activities: After all this thinking, I made a list of […]
And Another Still Life
Fridays are usually for Mineral King. We haven’t been able to get there due to the road closure. There are limited times that people can pass through, but it isn’t helpful to only be able to go up at the end of the day and be required to head down early in the morning. (Maybe […]
A New Still Life
A week or two ago I told you about working in Mineral King, when I spent time digging through photos, looking for ideas to paint two new still life paintings. (Would that be “still lifes” or “still lives”? Eh, who cares?) So, I started one, and concentrated so hard that I forgot to photograph the […]
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A Productive Painting Day
Is there a word that starts with P to substitute for “day”? I could use “process”, but it isn’t accurate enough. After spending time with Krista evaluating my paintings, I repaired four in one day. (One wasn’t even on the list, but it was bugging me.) Everything dried quickly to be scanned. Maybe I will […]
Eight Things Learned in August
August in 2024 has been a month of activity and learning and a full schedule. Good thing I don’t teach drawing lessons during this month because there was no extra time. Most of my learned items this month are accompanied by irrelevant photos. 1.William Faulkner is not for me. I tried As I Lay Dying […]
Mineral King: Clear in the Morning, Smoky Later
With the Coffeepot Fire about 10-15 miles down the road from the Mineral King valley, the smoke blows up each day, anywhere from 9:30 until noon. Sometimes it clears up a bit in the afternoon or early evening, then it blows back down the canyon at night. Trail Guy took these clear morning photos for […]
Mineral King: Weekend of Uncertainty, Chapter 6
After wondering all weekend if we would be evacuated from Mineral King, a Park employee came by our cabins on Monday morning around 8, telling us to be at the Conifer gate (7.5 miles below our cabins) to be escorted out. If we didn’t want to go, that was fine, but then we’d be unable […]
Mineral King: Weekend of Uncertainty, Chapter 5
Our weekend of uncertainty in Mineral King began each day with clear skies, and hope that the clarity would remain for as long as possible. We headed down the road for a walk one morning, not quite as early as hoped, and were also delayed by conversation with fellow cabin folks. Everyone was in that […]