What passes for winter in Three Rivers usually involves sunshine and green hills. Do those folks down the hill know that the fog and gray usually ends at Terminus Dam (Lake Kaweah)? I walked a new route yesterday. It’s been awhile since I went that way, back before peripheral neuropathy when I could actually walk […]
Mineral King—Painting the Details
If you receive this in your email and want to see the photos, click on the title. When we last saw this most popular Mineral King scene on the easels, it looked like this. A little more work brought it to this stage. That big juniper tree needed attention, as did Vandever (the peak). Next, […]
Five Steps Closer on this One
If you receive this in your email and want to see the photos, click on the title. This painting was waiting patiently for some attention. I gave it an entire afternoon, photographing it at 5 stages. First, I put in some sky patches in the upper left. Next, I strengthened the trees. They are all […]
Improving One, Fixing Two
If you receive this in your email and want to see the photos, click on the title “Improving One, Fixing Two”. When a painting doesn’t sell for awhile, I evaluate it, trying to figure out what isn’t resonating with possible customers. Yarn and Dutch iris are two things I love, but something was preventing the […]
Happy 2024!
If you receive this in your email and want to see the photo, click on the title “Happy 2024”. (no reason for the photo other than I like it) THANK YOU for joining me on my workday musings, day in and day out, week after week after month after month after year after year!
Ten New Things Learned in December
If you receive this in your email and want to see the photos, click on the title “Nine New Things Learned in December”. One of those things is actually a relearning situation. I’ll put it last because it makes my head spin, which makes it hard to type. 2. You know all those ads for […]
Favorite Internet Places for You
If you receive this in your email and want to see the photos, click on the title “Favorite Internet Places for You”. There are some places on the internet that are too good to not share with you. It is hard to find well-written blogs with regular posts, blogs without ads or with too much […]
Inspired by Beauty
If you receive this in your email and want to see the photos, click on the title “Inspired by Beauty”. Earning a living with art in one of California’s poorest and least educated counties often causes me to reflect on the difficulty of my chosen career in this location. Art is a luxury, and most […]
Boxing Day, Bonus Week
If you receive this in your email and want to see the photos, click on the title “Boxing Day, Bonus Week”. Boxing Day is what the English call December 26, because that is the day all the unwanted and excess gifts get boxed up to donate to the poor people. In America, people probably box […]
Merry Christmas!
*Excessmas and Nativity