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Bridge Day

My favorite thing to draw and paint is the Oak Grove Bridge, 6.5 miles up the Mineral King Road. I think a bridge is the most perfect blend of architecture and scenery. It is sort of a cliche, but so what?

This is 10×10″. The color is weird because I photographed it after dark.
This is closer to the truth, although I do tend to exaggerate colors in my oil paintings.
This is as far as I went on the bridge painting day. Maybe the phone rang, or it was time for lunch.
Scout and Tucker weren’t too interested in the details but liked hanging out on the window sill shelf behind me. Samson would have been chasing my paintbrushes or biting my ankles. This pair came from the same place, but have entirely different approaches to life than their cousin/brother/uncle/who knows.
This 6×18″ painting is an entirely new approach to painting the bridge.
The background shrubbery was the obvious next step since all the colors were ready to go on the palette from the previous bridge painting.
That long green “fairway” on the left is probably the bank leading down to the road.
This is as far as I can go until everything dries. Then, the bridge itself will get painted.

I made up the rocks beneath, which one might think I would have memorized by now. Closies count on this. Ditto with the growies (since I am talking in weird abbreviated words). It will prolly take a week or so for these to be dry enough to continue.

Memorial service for The Cowboy
Bert Raymond Weldon, May 21, 1956 — January 8, 2019
CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND RECEPTION Friday, March 15, 2019, 11:00 a.m. CrossCity Christian Church, 2777 E. Nees Avenue, Fresno, California 93720

3 Comments

  1. Jana, I’m thrilled about your wildflower book, mainly because of the GORGEOUS photographs, and droll comments. I have ALL the wildflower books, back to Parsons’ 1906 book, got from my grandma — it has a fascinating history, this publication, and is now reprinted. I’ll take 2 of yours, for the family cabin(s) and one for me.

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  2. Cliches are sometimes a good thing! What’s more cliche-ish than the Honeymoon Cabin? Sawtooth? Farewell Gap? The Oak Grove Bridge? All worthy and precious to the Mineral King community!

    Cats and windows. It all comes down to warmth. And (safe) views of various critter visitors!

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