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Jana Botkin's Blog

Posting 5 days a week about the realities of earning a living as an artist in Tulare County, California's fly-over country.

Slacking

I’m around, but not working much, sort of taking time off to spend with some friends and other

A Day in Sequoia National Park

We live in the foothills at the entrance to Sequoia National Park, which we simply call “The Park”.

Library Mural, Day Eleven

Day Eleven was a day of doubt, feeling like a fraud, an imposter, a Jane Bag-of-Donuts masquerading as

Thoughts on Internship

My Intern Today I am painting, progressing on the mural on the Ivanhoe library. I am writing this

Goofing Off in Three Rivers

Yeah, yeah, I could be painting sequoia trees. Instead, I’m just lollygagging around. No deadlines, no pressure, just

Building Sequoias on Canvas

Do you have any understanding of the difficulty of coming up with interesting titles to the same subjects,

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