I forgot to warn Trail Guy that there was a bear in the workshop and thus, it startled him. The cats were fine with it. He had some spots—bird droppings? dust on his feet? —that I really noticed when I set him on the table to begin painting. Since these customers (very close friends, actually) […]
Fixing Someone Else’s Work
Doesn’t that sound arrogant? While helping my friend set up her grandpa’s house as a vacation rental, we encountered a barn painting that made us both groan. It had no signature, so I offered to take it home and give it a makeover. I was practically itching to tackle this, to put it out of […]
Odd Job on Rusty Corrugated Metal
My friend G is building a pool or pond or something for some people in Three Rivers. He has a vision of a corrugated metal wall with the shape of the mountains cut at the top of the wall. He said the wall would be about 8 feet, and asked if I could draw the […]
A Beary Odd Job
From time to time, I get asked to do an odd job, something that requires a bit of paint, a bit of skill*, and the willingness to try. Remember this? A Welcome Bear Or this one? Little Bucky 1, Little Bucky 2 Here is the latest one in my collection of unusual jobs. This bear’s […]
Five Assorted Christmas Adam Thoughts
“Christmas Adam”? Yep. Adam came before Eve. Today will be a peek into the variety of tasks required so far this week to maintain the business of self-employed artist. 2. The host of my website and blog billed me an enormous sum of $$$, an upgrade to Professional Hosting. Because I use DuckDuckGo, I couldn’t […]
Tackling an Unfinished Project
Trail Guy nailed some boards together for me several years ago, and I painted redwood trees on them. We got on a roll, and he pounded a few more of these panels together, but sales slowed and I moved on. We were cleaning out an area in the workshop and 2 of these appeared. I […]
Too Busy to Paint
In the mornings I meet my friend and her cat so we can power up a steep road in the neighborhood. Some mornings there are turkeys yelling in the middle of the road. None of this keeps me too busy to paint. I just wanted you to see these pictures. There is a large project […]
An Unusual Job in Three Rivers
Some folks in Three Rivers with a horse-breeding ranch asked me to turn their hand-scratched map into a thing of beauty. It doesn’t need to be to-scale, but all the pastures, corrals, gates, arenas, barns, ponds, and various buildings need to be in proper relation to one another. This necessitated a walk around the place, […]
A Welcome Bear
We have bears in our neighborhood, and they are a nuisance. However, there was a welcome bear in my workshop recently. Literally a welcome bear. This odd job came from the same man who had me repaint Little Bucky. I started with the letters. Next, I rotated him to experiment with brown fur colors. He’s […]