This is the page for February in my 2026 calendar. I drew this in pencil (duh) from several photos taken a short distance up North Fork Drive in Three Rivers. The original is on a piece of 11×14” archival paper. It is for sale. $375 (plus tax if you live in California) or make me […]
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 Eleven
Day Eleven was a day of doubt, feeling like a fraud, an imposter, a Jane Bag-of-Donuts masquerading as an artist. This is probably a result of attempting to paint something with an inadequate photo, on a very rough wall, in a space where I couldn’t back up quickly to observe from a distance and then […]
Thoughts on Internship
My Intern Today I am painting, progressing on the mural on the Ivanhoe library. I am writing this post before I have painted today, thinking ahead. Each day I work on the mural, there are multiple decisions to make. In the past, when I’d get a little stuck, I’d pick a somewhat mindless task, such […]
Building Sequoias on Canvas
Do you have any understanding of the difficulty of coming up with interesting titles to the same subjects, over and over and over? Just asking, not really expecting any answers. These paintings, 6×18”, of Sequoia Gigantea, AKA Redwoods, AKA Big Trees, sell very steadily at $195 each. I get a little tired of painting the […]
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 […]
Four Assorted Boxing Day Thoughts
2. After the Yellow Tunnel oil painting dries again, I will put the finishing touches on it. I can print and write more neatly, sometimes it is just unimportant, such as when I am slamming out the notes as fast as they pop into my mind. 3. This is the best article and idea I […]
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 […]