So much to see, so little time. The Captain and I spent only a few hours in Chicago, trying to see and do as much as possible. The goal was the Art Institute, but then there was Lake Michigan and all that wonderful architecture, and so many interesting things to see and do. We were […]
A California Artist in Chi-town
The Captain and I really did make it into Chicago. We had several hours before our flight left, and it seemed right to use it by visiting the Art Institute of Chicago. That would turn a visit to Cousin Maggie into a business trip. That’s the way we self-employed artists think. Ooh, ooh, there is […]
A California Artist Gets Inspired by Snowy Scenes
Yesterday, I left you in the snowy woods of a Chicago suburb. Remember when I told you everything looks better with the right light? It was sunny the day we left, and I was snapping photos like a crazy woman. Beauty and sunlight inspire me. I want to paint. I want to draw. I might […]
You Thought I Was Kidding?
Did you read my post from Friday? It was called “What Happens in My Brain“, and I said at the end, “This is hard – maybe I should just go to Chicago for a weekend. . .” The snow in Three Rivers was so fun that I decided to go to a place of true […]
An Afternoon and Evening at The Lake
Growing up in Tulare County we simply referred to Lake Kaweah, created by Terminus Dam, as “The Lake”. (and there is still a stupid dark spot on the lens.) Now that I’ve lived in Lemon Cove (at the base of the dam) and Three Rivers (on the rivers that flow to The Lake), I’ve learned […]
Fridays are for Mineral King
. . . except the snow was too deep and we didn’t get there! We unloaded the Trackster around mile 12, about 2 miles below Trauger’s. I think that is where we were. It looks so very different under snow! The Trackster leaves tracks in the snow. Wow, there was so much snow! (There was […]
A California Artist Visits a Santa Barbara Beach
Yesterday I began talking about California beaches and ended up showing a little bit of the Santa Barbara Mission, one of 21 missions in California. Today I will show you a few photos I took at a Santa Barbara beach. Wow, it was beautiful! (Thank you, Captain Obvious) I took a pile of photos that […]
A California Artist visits Santa Barbara
Growing up, “the beach” mean Newport, in Orange County. In 4th grade, my class took a field trip to Mission San Miguel and visited Pismo Beach. It was flat and muddy and there were no waves. It didn’t look like a beach to me. Later, I visited some beaches in Northern California and began understanding […]
A Thing for Old Architecture
Perhaps the reason I like cabins is more than just the fact that they are simple rustic structures, usually in the mountains. I like all old architecture, in particular the designs, materials and details from the early 1900s. They inspire me and I want to draw them. Sometimes I want to paint them (pictures of […]
Productive and Pathetic in Wilsonia, Part Two
While in Wilsonia, the private cabin community in Kings Canyon National Park, I visited the General Grant Tree. It is about a mile from Wilsonia in a spectacular grove of giant sequoias (sequoia gigantea not to be confused with California redwoods called sequoia sempervirens). Of course, what grove of Big Trees wouldn’t be considered spectacular? I […]