Is the Fat Lady Singing Yet?
This painting has been very challenging. I’m working with multiple photos, combining them, and making stuff up, hoping for it to be believable. It is very large for me: 20×28?
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.
Life After Cabin Closing
After being gone every single weekend since Memorial Day, I have been thoroughly enjoying time at home. This is a boring look into my boring life, which is suiting me
Is This Little Boy Finished?
Remember this? With nothing to lose except some time and perhaps any requests to ever do portraiture, I dove in to finish this. I am annoyed that I began painting
Sawtooth in the Fall (and in the Wrong Location)
I erroneously thought I could finish this painting in just two more sessions. (This could be called The Triumph of Hope Over Experience.) My painting sessions are shorter than I
Because I Want To —Wait, Sawtooth??
Been painting things lately just because I want to, so why am I painting Sawtooth? I began this painting because there is a messed up wall in the foyer at
More Painting Because I Want To
In my recently reduced 36,000 photos on my laptop, there are many that I want to paint. Some are simple single subjects, and others are complex scenery requiring many photos.