This post is almost entirely personal. My oldest cousin died, and his family and friends gathered to remember him. He was almost 12 years old than me. I always looked up to him, my big cousin, sort of intimidating, remote, distant. In spite of not really knowing him, I always loved his wife and felt […]
Selling While Acting Semi-Retired
You may have noticed that I have been lollygagging quite a bit this year. I remember my dad describing himself as “semi-retired” when he was the age I am now. I think that is beginning to describe me. Go for a walk, hang out with some friends, organize some stuff, do a freebie job at […]
Other Indoor Oak Trees
I’ve painted oak trees inside three other places. The first one was 3 stories high in someone’s living room. This was the first time such an idea was put forth to me, and it opened a new chapter in my muralizing life. The second one was painted in an empty house as the owners were […]
Library Mural, Day Twelve
Last week I did not work on the mural for reasons that are irrelevant to my public life, as shared here with my tens of readers. The week before last, actually, since I show you on Mondays what I did on Fridays. Never mind. This is how it looked last; it’s kind of hard to […]
Still Slacking
“Phoning it in” is the current popular cliché for doing a half-arse job at something. Is this post in that category? You can decide. I love to draw in pencil. In case you all think I am a painter at heart, here is some evidence to the contrary. I did this commissioned pencil drawing last […]
Library Mural, Day Ten
I left sunny Three Rivers and headed down into the fog. I remember worse fog when I lived outside of Ivanhoe with my parents, so this wasn’t too awful. The mural looked like this. I seem to forget where I left off from week to week. I’m pleased with the repaired mountains. Intern and my […]
Oil Paintings on the Move
Sales were slow this December. Actually, sales of oil paintings were slow all fall, beginning with the show in Tulare called “Around Here”, where no paintings and six pencil drawings sold. However, during the fall season, a few paintings did move. These first two sold through Kaweah Arts, located in The Dome in Three Rivers. […]
Three Assorted Christmas Eve Thoughts
Today we continue the assorted thoughts, all unrelated to one another and unrelated to Christmas Eve. Then I painted the edges. That’s enough. I am guessing most of my blog readers have other things to do on Christmas Eve than read assorted and sundry thoughts from an artist’s rambling and active mind. Yes, calendars and […]
Five Assorted Christmas Adam Thoughts
“Christmas Adam”? Yep. Adam came before Eve. Today will be a peek into the variety of tasks required so far this week to maintain the business of self-employed artist. 2. The host of my website and blog billed me an enormous sum of $$$, an upgrade to Professional Hosting. Because I use DuckDuckGo, I couldn’t […]
Day of Art Business Variety
This happened yesterday. First, I went to the post office to mail some packages of this painting and some calendars. From the PO I jaywalked across the highway to the bank to deposit moola from the day before in Tulare and a check paying for this painting, which sold at the Mural Gallery. When I […]