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, […]
Nine Things Learned in May
This month I will publish two Learned posts, this one and a Learned in Texas. I shared several things in my little series on being in Texas but there is still more. 1. If you want to search for a term on a website, on a Mac you can use the command key (clover leaf) […]
Sold in Spring: 17 Paintings, 3 Pencil Drawings
Sales were slow last year, mostly due to the fact of my three selling locations either being closed or taking a big hit of one sort or another. This spring, things broke loose, opened up, took off. Have a look! (I may have forgotten some, because I fell out of the habit of keeping track.) […]
Random Photos of Late Spring
These photos are simply things on my property that I thought you might appreciate. Sometimes it is more enjoyable to look at cats and flowers than to watch paint dry. Oh no! I took you right back into watching paint dry! Tomorrow: Sold in Spring
First Mineral King Stay of 2024
On the drive up the hill, I was just astonished by the abundance of yellow flowers, particularly bush poppies, covering the areas that burned in 2021. There were also blazing stars, common madia, flannel bush, and monkey flowers, all yellow. There were some other colors too, but yellow dominated. I have been working on a […]
Remember
Drawing a Pennsylvania Dog in Pencil
Pencil Pennsylvanian? Pennsyl Pennsylvanian? Pencil Pencilvanian? Never mind. His name was Elvis, and some friends of his former owner commissioned me to draw him. All those inferior progress photos were taken with an inferior phone camera. Here is the finished drawing, scanned, photoshopped, ready for delivery.
More Better Than Befores
And thus we conclude our tour through paintings of Tulare County, better than before. I think one must see the paintings in person to properly appreciate the subtle improvements Now if you will please excuse me, I have a commissioned pencil drawing to begin. Tomorrow: Pennsylvania Dog in Pencil
Better Than Before
While at the Redbud Festival, there was plenty of time to sit and study my paintings. I put on my mental critic hat, and made a list of adjustments that would improve my paintings. Whaddya think about the improvements on these typical Tulare County scenes? Betcha you can’t even tell the differences. Tomorrow: More Better […]
Sequoia Oil Paintings
Sometimes I write things about Tulare County that sound rude; they are simply the truth. However, in addition to the fact that we are all fat, poor, undereducated, and have bad air, we have SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK! So, I paint Sequoia trees. Every time I go to Sequoia, which we simply refer to as “The […]