Nope, I’m not there. (Where did the word “nope” come from??) But, it is Friday, so have a look at some Mineral King art from my pencil archives: Fret not. Summer will return. Mineral King is one of the treasures of Tulare County, a place I love. We break for this commercial message: This pencil […]
Watching Paint Dry
Last week I shared my thoughts about how the world is now wanting things to be juiced up. Here is the juiced up version of a new Mineral King painting, with enhanced versions of two other paintings, all drying in the painting studio while it is RAINING OUTSIDE!! It is hard to tell that the […]
Thoughtful Thursdays – A Juiced Up Life
Now that the drawings for The Cabins of Wilsonia are finished, I’m thinking about oil painting again. I’d like to make a 2015 calendar of paintings, and need to decide if I have any that can be used or if I need to do 13 new paintings. Thirteen? A year has 12 months, a calendar has […]
A Dry Winter in Mineral King
Trail Guy went to Mineral King. I worked. He is retired. I am completing a book of drawings. It’s cool – we understand that this is a consequence of our vast age difference. (Calm down, I’m just exaggerating!) I might be a good influence on him. On the other hand, I might not be. The […]
Sawtooth on a Notecard
Anyone out there still hand write cards? Send thank you cards? Send a card just because you ran into an old friend and wanted to tell her on paper in a lasting way how happy you were to see her? This is one of the best paintings I’ve done in my shortish painting career. (That’s […]
Mineral King in Monotones
This is how Mineral King looked on Thanksgiving Day. Not much water, not much snow, not much color Not much snow, not much sun, not much color. Ditto to the above comments. This is looking down from the junction of the Timber Gap/Monarch Lake trail. Sawtooth, minus much snow, as seen from the Timber Gap […]
New Mineral King Painting
It is Friday, so here is a little piece of Mineral King for you to dream about: Vandever in Autumn, 8×8″, oil on wrapped canvas, $95
A Bazaar With Knitting, Calendars, Tees, and a Mineral King Box
That is a bizarre title; please be impressed with the way I incorporated Mineral King into a Friday post. (Tahoe is postponed until next week.) Would you like to see some of the things I will have at tomorrow’s bazaar? Great, glad you asked. The lavender purse is spoken for – please forgive me for […]
Closing Weekend in Mineral King
There is beauty in the shoulder seasons in Mineral King. There is beauty in all seasons in Mineral King. In spite of that, it is a summer place to me. I feel sad when we close the cabin, when I am no longer there half of every week and not hiking, knitting and reading guilt […]
Remarkable Event on the Mineral King Road in September
On Labor Day, there was a car fire on the Mineral King Road. I didn’t write about it then because there were hikes that were more interesting. We were on our way down the hill when a car coming up stopped us to say there was a fire down the road. The driver said 3-4 […]