The Commissioner and Mrs. Commissioner were very happy with their commissioned oil painting of the Kaweah Blacksmith Shop. This little building used to be up the North Fork of the Kaweah where the Kaweah Colony was. The flood of 1997 took it away, and in recent years, The Commissioner and his wife bought the property […]
Sometimes in Church
Sometimes in church, I draw. And sometimes I paint. I gave my church snow-covered mountains for Christmas. Things are a little different in Three Rivers than down the hill.
Merry Christmas!
For you, kind blog readers, a variety of photographs, oil paintings and one pencil drawing (this year’s Christmas card to my drawing students) just to enjoy.
Christmas in Visalia
Holidays, Christmas in particular, are a season for selling. This means it is a season of buying. I do not want to be commercial, but what if people want my merchandise and can’t figure out how to find it? Selling is serving. (I heard this somewhere recently.) I live to serve. Would you like some Christmas cards? […]
2017 Calendar Coming Soon
Like it or not, 2017 is coming in a few months. Why wouldn’t one like it? Because one may have not gotten used to 2016 yet. Why would one like it? Because a new calendar is coming. The Bridges of Tulare County This idea came from the show that celebrated 100 years of the National Parks. […]
Mineral King From My Pencils
Why didn’t I choose to finish one of those other drawings? I dunno. Sometimes I just don’t wanna. (Why doesn’t my boss fire me??) This picture grabbed my attention because it is in Mineral King (White Chief, at the very top end of the trail). It also was appealing because of the reeds and grasses […]
Hard Water in Mineral King
This is Tulare County, pencil drawing, from Mineral King. It is Spring Creek. It could be anywhere. If I have this at a show and someone says, “Oh! Is that Yosemite?!”, then my answer will be, “If you would like it to be Yosemite, then it is Yosemite for you”. Let the record reflect that […]
More From My Pencils
When deciding what to draw next, this particular subject seemed like a good compromise of my theme of Tulare County and what I want to draw because I want to draw it. Strawberry fields have become a common sight in our area over the past 10 years or so in the springtime. That makes this […]
What Came Out of My Pencils
Sometimes I want to draw because I love to draw. I want to draw what I want to draw, and don’t want to think about what might sell. I ignored my common sense, ignored my theme of Tulare County, and this is what came out of my pencils. (as if it just showed up on […]
What Should I Draw Next?
What Should I Draw Next could be the call letters of a radio station east of the Mississippi – WSIDN. Okay, there are one too many letters, but tell me how KMJ gets away with only three?? I stole this from Anne Bogel, Modern Mrs. Darcy, with her podcast WSIRN – What Should I Read […]