Another upcoming event for this Central California Artist. November is my busiest month of the year! Who would have guessed this? The Senior League Holiday Bazaar has been happening for many years at the local Veterans Memorial Building. It used to seem podunk to me, and now I appreciate it as a great low-key event […]
Hidden in the Leaves
Hidden in the Leaves is the title of a show sponsored by the Arts Alliance of Three Rivers. At last count there were 17 Three Rivers artists participating. The show hangs in the dining room of Sierra Subs, along the highway in Three Rivers just before you see the Shell gas sign. (Easier to spot than […]
The Two Mister Blacks
Mister Black is the name I give to the ravens I paint. There are two so far, painted because of the Raven Festival in Three Rivers. Three Rivers does something special-ish on the first Saturday of each month. A new theme is chosen each month, and for October, it is ravens. The amazing Nadi Spencer […]
An Artist Lives Out Her Donation Convictions
This is an article I recently published on LinkedIn. Sep 29, 2015 Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Share on Twitter I am perpetually fed up with artists getting asked to donate to good causes. In May of 2014, I posted “An Artist Bloviates about Donations” on LinkedIn. My hope was to encourage fund raisers to find other methods besides […]
Weird Little Contest Entries
Each of these drawings are 2-1/4″ x 3-1/4″, drawn directly on the entry form called “Blank Canvas” for the magazine “Professional Artist”. The 2 colored pictures are colored pencil. It hurts my wrist to use colored pencil over an extended period of time, but these went quickly. And I […]
Weirdly Easy Little Contest
Competitions and contests are usually a waste of time for a professional artist. This is just my opinion – there are bound to be those who disagree. One can win awards and not sell a thing. Or, one can sell but not win. I’ve been in both places, and frankly, I’d rather sell than win. […]
Cabin Communities Matter
In order to sell books, I need to take them to groups and talk about them. So, I will begin with the Tulare-Kings Genealogical Society on Thursday evening, this week. My entire point of the book, The Cabins of Wilsonia, is that Cabin Communities Matter. There isn’t much to brag on in Tulare County in terms of architecture. There’s […]
Fourth of July in Wilsonia
You’d think that when writing of the Fourth of July in Wilsonia that I’d show a cabin with a flag. Instead, it is the sweet little cabin on a meadow without a flag. Why? Because it will be included in Wilsonia’s silent auction on Saturday, July 4. She-Who-Runs-The-Silent-Auction thought this would have the most appeal, so […]
Redbud Report
The Redbud Festival is a longstanding Three Rivers tradition. It is an arts and crafts fair, and it happens in May, 2 months after the redbud has bloomed. This was Redbud Festival #41! (There may have been a year or two that it didn’t happen.) It used to happen at a restaurant at the Three […]
Redbud Festival Weekend
The Redbud Arts and Crafts Festival is a long time Three Rivers tradition. It has been around since I was a little girl, and it is always long after the redbud have finished blooming. This is how redbud looks in bloom, up the North Fork of the Kaweah River. This is a commissioned oil painting […]