I did not go with Trail Guy because I was at Hume Lake.
I Could Paint This
A friend from childhood inherited a cabin at Hume Lake. In 2018, she invited me to join her and another friend for several days. We had such a wonderful time together that she has invited me back each summer since. Every time I go, I choose a different route to get there. My favorite is […]
Brain-melting Painting
Remember last week or so I showed you some completed paintings intended for Silver City, unless they sold first? They sold. Someone else asked for the one called Mineral King Family Cabin about 5 minutes after it sold, so I told her I’d paint another one for her. Of course I needed to paint some […]
A Full Day of Variety
What does an artist do all day? For this artist, every day is different. Yeah, it seems as if all I did all winter was paint, paint, paint. That’s different right now. First, I walked with my neighbor (numb toes, but manageable for 2 miles), then I worked in my herb garden for about an […]
Painting Mineral King in Mineral King
The view of a family cabin from the Mineral King bridge with Farewell Gap in the back and the stream in the front is the most popular scene that I paint of Mineral King. Sales have been brisk, and I am trying to get some inventory ready to go. So, instead of just hanging out […]
Mineral King: Late May, Early June
There was a fair amount of puttering, cabin maintenance, hanging out with neighbors, a few short walks, and some painting on my most recent stay in Mineral King. Because I needed to complete two more paintings of the iconic scene of the Crowley family cabin with the stream and Farewell Gap, I spent some time […]
Two Large Iconic Tulare County Scenes in One Day
By “large”, I mean 18×36″ and 20×24″. By “iconic”, I mean these are familiar and much loved vistas of Tulare County. I bet you can guess the subject of this 18×36″ painting. Paintings start out so sloppy, but I am finally used to it and not worried when I start a new one. This was […]
Five New Mineral King Oil Paintings
All these paintings will eventually be for sale at the Silver City Store, unless they sell here first.
Painting Mineral King
In anticipation of a busy selling season this summer at the Silver City Store, I am painting like fury to have inventory. If I can get enough small pieces finished ahead of time, then I can return to painting larger Tulare County scenes for the solo show in the fall at CACHE in Exeter. The […]
Eighteen Things I Learned in Texas
I learned so many interesting things in Texas about the culture, history, and of course, wildflowers. Here is more, this time in list form. There is even more I could add, but I expect you have a life. Much of it appeared in my Texas travelogue posts: Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four, […]