This is how “the potholes” were running recently. It is wonderful to see all the water! This is how Sawtooth looked on the way up the hill. (That’s flannel bush in the foreground). This is an unnamed drainage, coming down from Empire, about 2 miles below the Mineral King Valley. Every possible drainage is flowing. […]
Wildflowers on Mineral King Road
A few days ago I was in Mineral King and took photos along the road of the abundant wildflowers. But first, let’s start with my favorite subject to draw and paint, the Oak Grove Bridge. Look at that water!!! Wildflowers along the road continue to be prolific. The first photo isn’t technically of wildflowers: these are […]
Mineral King Oil Paintings, Finished and Drying
These photos of six little Mineral King paintings represent a day with 3-4 tiny paintbrushes in motion. 6×6″ paintings are canvases that easily fall off the easel, so I hold them in my hand while painting. The detail is as accurate as I am able to achieve without running each painting into an irretrievable number […]
Mineral King, Summer 2017
The road is open, the trails are snow-covered, the water is flowing. I didn’t take my camera last weekend, just because I wanted to be completely off work. Trail Guy took this photo on the way up about a week ago. The snow is considerably less on Sawtooth by now, but still quite evident.
Little Mineral King Oil Paintings
A week or so ago, I showed you the very rough beginnings of 5 new Mineral King oil paintings. In spite of the scribbly appearance, a faithful blog reader claimed one of them. She knows I can paint, although at this stage there isn’t much visual evidence to back up her confidence in my abilities. […]
Opening Mineral King 2017
Mineral King officially opened on Wednesday, May 24. This is remarkable, considering it was a huge winter. Most of the reason it is open is because Trail Guy borrowed a backhoe and spent 120 hours of volunteer work to fight through the avalanches. This made it possible for the Park’s road guy to do the […]
Mineral King Trail Paintings
Does “Mineral King Trail Paintings” sound as if I am painting along the trail? Sorry to disappoint – there is too much snow to be hiking there now. Instead, I am oil painting in the studio, working from photos taken while hiking in the past. Or just walking. . . remember, it is a hike […]
Day Trip to Mineral King
About 1 week ago, Trail Guy took his buddy Mike to Mineral King for the day. The idea was to take the Trackster into the valley, and then perhaps do a bit of snow-shoeing or skiing. Trail Guy wanted to see the cabin after the big winter to be sure all was well. Lots of […]
Painting Mineral King, Continued
Remember this stage of all these Mineral King oil paintings, as seen last week? Here is the next phase – skies done. Sort of an assembly line method of painting, but I can’t think of a better way to finish 11 paintings in a short amount of time. (Remember, I have a show coming this weekend […]
Painting Mineral King
Sometimes I do my “homework”. Studio work. Planning. Educated guesswork. I looked through my records of paintings sold at the Silver City Store over the past 7 years or so. I made lists by subject matter and lists by size. I averaged the total number of paintings sold, and made a new list of which […]