The spoken-for, in-progress Sequoia painting jumped to the top of the queue. Here you can see it in steps to completion. The light was wrong in the afternoon so I moved the easel to the opposite side of the table. When the painting was finished, I had to flip it upside down to paint the […]
An Unusual Job in Three Rivers
Some folks in Three Rivers with a horse-breeding ranch asked me to turn their hand-scratched map into a thing of beauty. It doesn’t need to be to-scale, but all the pastures, corrals, gates, arenas, barns, ponds, and various buildings need to be in proper relation to one another. This necessitated a walk around the place, […]
Back to Work, Party’s Over
What party? Glad you asked! The party of one and sometimes two—goofing off, yardening, exploring, and basically not producing any art. When we got home from exploring up South Fork, there was a serious distraction. Our neighbor’s beagle followed her nose and found her way to our cat feeding area in the workshop (same room […]
Working Toward a Solo Show
In August, “Around Here and Sometimes a Little Farther” will open in Tulare at the Tulare Historical Museum’s Heritage Gallery. What is this? So glad you asked! It is another solo show of my art. Pieces have sold since the show last fall in Exeter at CACHE, new pieces have been painted, and it is […]
Forget Watercolors; Where are my Oil Paints?
The last painting of a lemon sold the day I took it to the gallery*, so I painted another one. This is Lemons on the Tree IV, 6×6”, $75. It needs a few blossoms. Now it is time to start painting Mineral King subjects to sell at Silver City this summer. This is Sawtooth #64, […]
Sunrise Over the Kaweah River
Remember this messy beginning? After finishing the new little paintings to sell in local galleries and gift shops, I returned to this 16×20” painting, which felt like a mural after those 6×6” canvases. There was another painting session between the photo above and the next one. I didn’t take any photos because sometimes I just […]
Because Business Picked Up …
… it is time to produce more paintings. These are the standard small ones that sell steadily to visitors to Three Rivers and Exeter, where my three main selling locations are, Kaweah Arts, Stem & Stone, and the Mural Gallery and Gift Shop. (Because that lemon sold so quickly at the Mural Gallery, I have […]
Working at the Mural Gallery
The Mural Gallery and Gift Shop in Exeter has been selling my work for many years. It used to only be for artists who had painted murals in Exeter. Eventually we were all old, moved away, didn’t produce smaller pieces, or dead. (Of that list, I am only sort of old—thanks for asking.) Now it […]
Begun, Finished, Improved
Begun These oil paintings have their first layer down. Finished These paintings are dry, scanned, and delivered to their stores. (And in the category of Wishful Thinking, perhaps they are sold.) Improved These paintings have some minor items added to make them a smidge better.
Layering, Layering, Layering, Layering Some More.
The sky was bugging me, not just because of the uneven brush strokes. It seemed to be the wrong color. So, I repainted it. Yeppers, better. Those hills don’t look far enough away. So, I lightened them and made them duller in color. (a little shiny-wet here) Then I redid the dirt and the trees. […]